生当如夏花 It Is Not Growing like a Tree
It is not growing like a tree
要成就人生,In bulk doth make man better be;
不必如巨树,木秀于林;Or standing long an oak, three hundred year,
不必如橡树,经年不倒,
To fAll a log at last, dry, bald, and sere:
亦难逃枯朽之命;A lily of a day
五月之百合,Is fairer far in may,
绽放一日,便有万种风情;Although it fall and die that night—
纵然是夜凋零,It was the plant and flower of light.
却是光华的落英;In small proportions we just beauties see;
于细微处领略美丽,And in short measures life may perfect be.
于残缺处完满生命。