To the Oak Tree
《致橡樹》——舒 婷
If I love you --
我如果愛你——
I will never be a clinging trumpet creeper
絕不像攀援的凌霄花
Using your high boughs to show off my height
借你的高枝炫耀自己
I will never be a spoony bird
絕不學痴情的鳥兒
Repeating a monotonous song for green shade
為綠蔭重複單調的歌曲
Or be a spring
也不止像泉源
Bringing cool solace all year long
常年送來清涼的慰藉
Or be a steep peak
也不止像險峰
Increasing your stature, reflecting your eminence
增加你的高度，襯托你的威儀
Even the sunlight
甚至日光
Even the spring rain
甚至春雨
No, all these are not enough
不，這些都還不夠
I must be a ceiba tree beside you
我必須是你近旁的一株木棉
Be the image of a tree standing together with you
作為樹的形象和你站在一起
Our roots, entwined underground
根，緊握在地下
Our leaves, touching in the clouds
葉，相觸在雲裡
With each gust of wind
每一陣風過
We greet each other
我們都互相致意
But nobody
但沒有人
Can understand our words
聽懂我們的言語
You"ll have your copper branches and iron trunk
你有你的銅枝鐵幹
Like knives, like swords, like halberds, too
像刀、像劍，也像戟
I"ll have my crimson flowers
我有我的紅碩花朵
Like heavy sighs
像沉重的嘆息
And valiant torches
又像英勇的火炬
We"ll share cold spells, storms and thunder
我們分擔寒潮、風雷、霹靂
We"ll share mists, hazes and rainbows
我們共享霧靄、流嵐、虹霓
Seemingly always apart
彷彿永遠分離
But also forever interdependent
卻又終身相依
Only this can be great love
這才是偉大的愛情
The loyalty is here
堅貞就在這裡
Love --
愛——
I love not only your strapping stature
不僅愛你偉岸的身軀
But also your firm stand,
the earth beneath you
也愛你堅持的位置，足下的土地
To the Oak Tree
《致橡樹》——舒 婷
If I love you --
我如果愛你——
I will never be a clinging trumpet creeper
絕不像攀援的凌霄花
Using your high boughs to show off my height
借你的高枝炫耀自己
If I love you --
我如果愛你——
I will never be a spoony bird
絕不學痴情的鳥兒
Repeating a monotonous song for green shade
為綠蔭重複單調的歌曲
Or be a spring
也不止像泉源
Bringing cool solace all year long
常年送來清涼的慰藉
Or be a steep peak
也不止像險峰
Increasing your stature, reflecting your eminence
增加你的高度，襯托你的威儀
Even the sunlight
甚至日光
Even the spring rain
甚至春雨
No, all these are not enough
不，這些都還不夠
I must be a ceiba tree beside you
我必須是你近旁的一株木棉
Be the image of a tree standing together with you
作為樹的形象和你站在一起
Our roots, entwined underground
根，緊握在地下
Our leaves, touching in the clouds
葉，相觸在雲裡
With each gust of wind
每一陣風過
We greet each other
我們都互相致意
But nobody
但沒有人
Can understand our words
聽懂我們的言語
You"ll have your copper branches and iron trunk
你有你的銅枝鐵幹
Like knives, like swords, like halberds, too
像刀、像劍，也像戟
I"ll have my crimson flowers
我有我的紅碩花朵
Like heavy sighs
像沉重的嘆息
And valiant torches
又像英勇的火炬
We"ll share cold spells, storms and thunder
我們分擔寒潮、風雷、霹靂
We"ll share mists, hazes and rainbows
我們共享霧靄、流嵐、虹霓
Seemingly always apart
彷彿永遠分離
But also forever interdependent
卻又終身相依
Only this can be great love
這才是偉大的愛情
The loyalty is here
堅貞就在這裡
Love --
愛——
I love not only your strapping stature
不僅愛你偉岸的身軀
But also your firm stand,
the earth beneath you
也愛你堅持的位置，足下的土地