Must The Winter Come So Soon

Must The Winter Come So Soon
Must the winter come so soon?
Night after night,
I hear the hungry deer
Wander weeping in the woods,
And from his house of brittle bark
Hoots the frozen owl.
Must the winter come so soon?
Here in this forest,
Neither dawn nor sunset
Marks the passing of the days.
It is a long winter here.
Must the winter come so soon?