第623期:超美英文诗-A Blooming Tree

 今天是3月12日，是中国的植树节。对于治沙还土的英雄们来说，在过去的几十年里，他们几乎天天在种树。他们不仅仅是中国的英雄，也是世界的英雄。今天这个日子，分享一首关于树的小诗。

New Words:

Pray: vt. 祈祷，祷告;

Blossom vi.（植物） 开花;

Previous adj. 以前的; 先前的;

Quivering adj. 颤抖的;

Zeal¹ n.热情; 热心;

wither² v. 枯萎; 凋谢;

May Buddha³ 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 tree

By 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 sun

Every 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 carefully

The 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 you

Is not the fallen petals⁴

But my withered⁵ 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 zeal   

n.热心，热情，热忱

参考例句：

• Revolutionary zeal caught them up,and they joined the army.革命热情激励他们，于是他们从军了。
• They worked with great zeal to finish the project.他们热情高涨地工作，以期完成这个项目。

2 wither   

vt.使凋谢，使衰退，(用眼神气势等)使畏缩；vi.枯萎，衰退，消亡

参考例句：

• She grows as a flower does-she will wither without sun.她象鲜花一样成长--没有太阳就会凋谢。
• In autumn the leaves wither and fall off the trees.秋天，树叶枯萎并从树上落下来。

3 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。

4 petals   

n.花瓣( petal的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• white petals tinged with blue 略带蓝色的白花瓣
• The petals of many flowers expand in the sunshine. 许多花瓣在阳光下开放。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5 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。