To the oak
If I love you ------
I’ll never be a clinging campsis flower
Resplendent in borrowed glory on your high boughs;
If I love you ------
I’ll never mimic the silly infatuated birds
Repeating the same monotonous song for green shade;
Or be like a spring
Offering cool comfort all year long ;
Or a lofty peak
Enhancing your stature ,your eminence.
Even the sunlight,
Even spring rain ,
None of these suffice !
I must be a kapok , the image of
A tree standing together with you ;
Our roots closely intertwined beneath the earth ,
Our leaves touching in the clouds .
With even whiff of wind
We greet each other
Bu no one can
Understand our words .
You’ll have bronze limbs and iron trunk ,
Like knives , swords
And halberds
I’ll have my crimson flowers
Like sighs , heavy and deep ,
Like heroic torches ,
Together we’ll share
The cold tided waves , storms , and thunderbolts;
Together we’ll share
The light mist , the colored rainbows ;
We shall always depend on each other .
Only this can be called great love .
Wherein lies the faith , true and deep .
I love not only your stateliness
But also your firm stand ,the earth beneath you .
If I love you ------
I’ll never be a clinging campsis flower
Resplendent in borrowed glory on your high boughs;
If I love you ------
I’ll never mimic the silly infatuated birds
Repeating the same monotonous song for green shade;
Or be like a spring
Offering cool comfort all year long ;
Or a lofty peak
Enhancing your stature ,your eminence.
Even the sunlight,
Even spring rain ,
None of these suffice !
I must be a kapok , the image of
A tree standing together with you ;
Our roots closely intertwined beneath the earth ,
Our leaves touching in the clouds .
With even whiff of wind
We greet each other
Bu no one can
Understand our words .
You’ll have bronze limbs and iron trunk ,
Like knives , swords
And halberds
I’ll have my crimson flowers
Like sighs , heavy and deep ,
Like heroic torches ,
Together we’ll share
The cold tided waves , storms , and thunderbolts;
Together we’ll share
The light mist , the colored rainbows ;
We shall always depend on each other .
Only this can be called great love .
Wherein lies the faith , true and deep .
I love not only your stateliness
But also your firm stand ,the earth beneath you .
