幼苗 林鈺堂 簡繁轉換 - 繁體

沒有保護的幼苗
極易夭折

已經茁壯的倖存者
是多少愛護、栽培的結果

每一個幼苗
蘊藏著多少新希望
和生命的喜悅

已經成形的老幹
刻滿歲月、風霜的痕跡
和老殘的記號

一代接著一代
要靠老幹遮撐風雨
仔細照料幼苗
使之茁長
而老幹生存的意義
就在使幼苗成長之中


                     二〇〇八年五月五日
                     養和齋   於加州


Sapling Yutang Lin

Sapling without protection
Very easily died young

Fortunate ones that survived and had grown up
Are results of how much caring and cultivation

Each sapling
Holds how many new hopes
And joy of life

Old trunks that already took shape
Are carved all over with traces of seasons and weathers
And marks of aging and damages

One generation succeeded by another generation
Depends on old trunks standing up to storms
To shelter and look after sapling
So that they may grow up
And the significance of the existence of old trunks
Lies in the growth of sapling


Written in Chinese and translated on May 5, 2008
El Cerrito, California


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