我種我自己

 

林煥彰

 

 

我給自己機會；

我是一粒種籽，

我也不僅是一粒――

我是一棵樹；

我種我自己。

 

我種我自己，

我萌芽，我扎根，我長大；

我茁壯，我開花，我結果；

我給自己機會。

 

我給自己機會；

我有機會深入泥土，

我也有機會展向蒼穹

我種我自己。

 

我種我自己；

我不怕風，不怕雨，也不怕太陽；

我不怕生，不怕死，也不怕變成灰；

我給自己機會。

 

我給自己機會；

我種我自己，

我頂天立地。

 

 

 

 

 

I Nurture Myself 

Lin Huanzhang

 

 

I gave myself an opportunity;

I am a seed.

Not only that,

I am a tree;

I nurture myself.

 

I nurtured myself.

I sprouted, took root, and grew.

I became strong, bloomed, and bore fruit.

I gave myself an opportunity.

 

I gave myself an opportunity;

I had the chance to sink roots deep into earth,

And I had the chance of reaching toward the sky.

I nurture myself.

 

I nurtured myself;

I feared not wind, rain, or sun,

I feared not birth, death, or turning into ash;

I gave myself an opportunity.

 

I gave myself an opportunity;

I nurture myself,

I do not depend on anyone.

 

 

翻譯：黃啟哲、呂亨英  Ronald Brown‧Diane Lu

 

(譯者黃啟哲先生年逾七十，是在台生活逾四十年的美籍學者；呂亨英小姐為其妻子、學生，也是工作夥伴。

黃先生曾任教於夏威夷大學，夏威夷大學東西文化中心、東吳大學，譯作以文化藝術類為主，在業界備受推崇。)

 

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