A blooming tree

一顆開花的樹

? ? ? ? ? ? --席慕蓉

May Buddha let us meet

如何讓你遇見我

in my most beautiful hours,

在我最美麗的時刻

I have prayed for it

為這——

for five hundred years.

我已在佛前 求了五百年

Buddha made me a tree

求它讓我們結一段塵緣

by the path you may take,

佛于是把我化做一棵樹

In full blossoms I'm waiting in the sun

長在你必經(jīng)的路旁

every flower carrying my previous hope.

陽光下慎重地開滿了花

As you are near, listen carefully

朵朵都是我前世的盼望

the quivering leaves are my waiting zeal,

當你走近 請你細聽

As you pass by the tree

那顫抖的葉是我等待的熱情

without noticing me,

而當你終于無視地走過

My friend, upon the ground behind you

在你身后落了一地的

is not the fallen petals but my withered heart.

朋友啊　那不是花瓣

是我凋零的心