双语有声阅读：席慕蓉《一棵开花的树》

 A Blooming Tree——by Xi Murong一颗开花的树——席慕容May Buddha¹ let us meet in my most beautiful hours,I have prayed for it for five hundred years.

如何让你遇见我在我最美丽的时刻为这我已在佛前求了五百年求佛让我们结下一段尘缘Buddha made me a treeBy the path you may take.

佛于是把我化做一棵树长在你必经的路旁In full blossoms I'm waiting in the sunEvery flower carrying my previous hope.

阳光下慎重地开满了花朵朵都是我前世的盼望As you are near,Listen carefullyThe quivering leaves are my waiting zeal,当你走近请你细听那颤抖的叶是我等待的热情As you pass by the tree without noticing me.

My friend,Upon the ground behind youIs not the fallen petalsBut my withered² heart.

而当你终于无视地走过在你身后落了一地的朋友啊那不是花瓣那是我凋零的心

1 Buddha   

n.佛；佛像；佛陀

参考例句：

• Several women knelt down before the statue of Buddha and prayed.几个妇女跪在佛像前祈祷。
• He has kept the figure of Buddha for luck.为了图吉利他一直保存着这尊佛像。

2 withered   

adj. 枯萎的，干瘪的，（人身体的部分器官）因病萎缩的或未发育良好的 动词wither的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• The grass had withered in the warm sun. 这些草在温暖的阳光下枯死了。
• The leaves of this tree have become dry and withered. 这棵树下的叶子干枯了。