It is not growing like a tree
要成就人生,
In bulk doth make man better be;
不必如巨樹,木秀于林;
Or standing long an oak, three hundred year,
不必如橡樹,經(jīng)年不倒,
To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere:
亦難逃枯朽之命;
A lily of a day
五月之百合,
Is fairer far in may,
綻放一日,便有萬種風(fēng)情;
Although it fall and die that night—
縱然是夜凋零,
It was the plant and flower of light.
卻是光華的落英;
In small proportions we just beauties see;
于細(xì)微處領(lǐng)略美麗,
And in short measures life may perfect be.
于殘缺處完滿生命。