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To The Oak---- Ting Shu
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If I love you
I won't wind upon you like a trumpet creeper
upvalue myself by your height
If I love you
I will never follow a spoony bird
repeating the monotone song for the green shade
not only like a springhead
brings you clean coolness whole year long
not only like a steepy peak
enhances your height, sets off your straightness
even sunshine
and spring rain
No, all these are not enough!
I must be a ceiba by your side
as a tree standing together with you
our roots melt underneath
our leaves merge in clouds
when wind breezes
we greet each other
but no one
can understand our peculiar words
you have your strong stem and branches
like knives and swords
and like halberds
I have my red ample flowers
like heavy sighs
and heroic torches as well
we partake cold tide,thunder storm,firebolt
together we share brume,flowing mist,rainbow
as if we separate all the time
actually we forever rely on each other
this is great love
loyalty lives here
Love
not only your giant body
but also the position you stand，the earth under your feet
I won't wind upon you like a trumpet creeper
upvalue myself by your height
If I love you
I will never follow a spoony bird
repeating the monotone song for the green shade
not only like a springhead
brings you clean coolness whole year long
not only like a steepy peak
enhances your height, sets off your straightness
even sunshine
and spring rain
No, all these are not enough!
I must be a ceiba by your side
as a tree standing together with you
our roots melt underneath
our leaves merge in clouds
when wind breezes
we greet each other
but no one
can understand our peculiar words
you have your strong stem and branches
like knives and swords
and like halberds
I have my red ample flowers
like heavy sighs
and heroic torches as well
we partake cold tide,thunder storm,firebolt
together we share brume,flowing mist,rainbow
as if we separate all the time
actually we forever rely on each other
this is great love
loyalty lives here
Love
not only your giant body
but also the position you stand，the earth under your feet
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Post comment Comment (3 replies)
- Reply SharingMan
- One of my favorite poems, hopefully someone must understand it now or later.
- Reply missluo
- is it your translation?i prefer the original in Chinese,i'm deeply moved in the poetic imagery.recently my roommate watched a tv named "媳妇的美好时代"，and i watched several episodes in passing，it's a comedy,some exaggeration,but reality .
- Reply SharingMan
- missluo: is it your translation?i prefer the original in Chinese,i'm deeply moved in the poetic imagery.recently my roommate watched a tv named "媳妇的美i love the original one as well, just try to express in an implicit way, so that only the one can see. the tv, well, it's been a long time i've not watched cause' of work, but i'll try to take sometime to view it since u recommend. I do believe life is more colorful than tv stories, for we're its designers. life is at our hands if we treat each gift bestowed with heart and effort.
