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To The Oak


wǒ
rú
guǒ
ài


If I love you

jué
bù
xiàng
pān
yuán
de
líng
xiāo
huā
,
,

I won't wind upon you like a trumpet creeper

jiè

de
gāo
zhī
xuàn
yào
耀


.
.

upvalue myself by your height

wǒ
rú
guǒ
ài


If I love you

jué
bù
xué
chī
qíng
de
niǎo
ér
,
,

I will never follow a spoony bird

wèi

绿
yīn
zhòng
fù
dān
tiáo
de
gē
qǔ
.
.

repeating the monotune song for the green shade

yě
bù
zhǐ
xiàng
quán
yuán
,
,

not only like a springhead

cháng
nián
sòng
lái
qīng
liáng
de
wèi



brings you clean coolness whole year long

yě
bù
zhǐ
xiàng
xiǎn
fēng
,
,

not only like a steepy peak

zēng
jiā

de
gāo
dù
,
,
chèn
tuō

de
wēi

.
.

enhances your height, sets off your straightness

shèn
zhì

guāng
.
.

even sunshine

shèn
zhì
chūn
yǔ
.
.

and spring rain

bù
,
,
zhè
xiē
dōu
hái
bù
gòu


No, all these are not enough!

wǒ

xū
shì

jìn
páng
de

zhū
mù
mián
,
,

I must be a ceiba by your side

zuò
wèi
shù
de
xíng
xiàng
hé

zhàn
zài


.
.

as a tree standing together with you

gēn
,
,
jǐn
wò
zài
dè
xià
,
,

our roots melt underneath

yè
,
,
xiāng
chù
zài
yún

.
.

our leaves merge in clouds

měi

zhèn
fēng
guò
,
,

when wind breezes

wǒ
men
dōu
hù
xiāng
zhì

,
,

we greet each other

dàn
méi
yǒu
rén

but no one

tīng
dǒng
wǒ
men
de
yán
yǔ
.
.

can understand our peculiar words


yǒu

de
tóng
zhī
tiě
gàn
,
,

you have your strong stem and branches

xiàng
dāo
,
,
xiàng
jiàn
,
,

like knives and swords

yě
xiàng

,
,

and like halberds

wǒ
yǒu
wǒ
de
hóng
shuò
huā
duǒ
,
,

I have my red ample flowers

xiàng
chén
zhòng
de
tàn

,
,

like heavy sighs

yòu
xiàng
yīng
yǒng
de
huǒ
jù
,
,

and heroic torches as well

wǒ
men
fēn
dān
hán
cháo

fēng
léi





we partake cold tide,thunder storm,firebolt

wǒ
men
gòng
xiǎng
wù
ǎi

líu
lán

hóng

,
,

together we share brume,flowing mist,rainbow

fǎng
仿
fó
yǒng
yuǎn
fēn

,
,

as if we separate all the time

què
yòu
zhōng
shēn
xiāng

,
,

actually we forever rely on each other

zhè
cái
shì
wěi
dà
de
ài
qíng
,
,

this is great love

坚贞就在这里:

loyalty lives here

ài

Love

bù
jǐn
ài

wěi
àn
de
shēn
qū
,
,

not only your giant body

yě
ài

jiān
chí
de
wèi
zhì
,
,
jiǎo
xià
de
tǔ
dè
.
.

but also the position you stand,the earth under your feet

Vocabulary
trumpet creeper

líng
xiāo
huā

spoony

Enamored in a silly or sentimental way.

chī
qíng
de

ceiba

mù
mián
shù
,
,
mù
mián

halberd

A weapon of the 15th and 16th centuries having an axlike blade and a steel spike mounted on the end of a long shaft.



partake

To take or be given part or portion

fēn
xiǎng

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