To the Oak Tree 致橡樹 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(xué)癡情的鳥兒 Repeating a monotonous song for green shade 為綠蔭重復(fù)單調(diào)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(xiǎn)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，相觸在云里 With each gust of wind 每一陣風(fēng)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 你有你的銅枝鐵干 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(dān)寒潮、風(fēng)雷、霹靂 We'll share mists, hazes and rainbows 我們共享霧靄、流嵐、虹霓 Seemingly always apart 仿佛永遠(yuǎn)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(jiān)貞就在這里 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(jiān)持的位置，足下的土地