Fruit Tree

Fame is but a fruit tree

声名就是一颗果树

So very unsound.

无法长青,摇摆不定。

It can never flourish

只能等到深深入土

Till its stalk is in the ground.

才得一树繁花眷顾。



So men of fame

追名逐利的人们啊

Can never find a way

只能在年华里苦守

Till time has flown

直到归于尘土许久

Far from their dying day.

方才等到功成名就。



Forgotten while you're here

在世时你的名字无人知晓

Remembered for a while

离开后你的故事短暂停留

A much updated ruin

人们用一种早已过时的姿态

From a much outdated style.

在你那不断翻新的废墟上缅怀。



Life is but a memory

生命 仅仅是一段记忆

Happened long ago.

那记忆早已布满尘埃。

Theatre full of sadness

在充满哀伤的戏院里

For a long forgotten show.

上演一场早被遗忘的闹剧。



Seems so easy

Just to let it go on by

得过且过 看似简单

Till you stop and wonder

然而有天你会驻足自问

Why you never wondered why

为何一路蹉跎,任己惘然。





Safe in the womb

Of an everlasting night

你依偎在无尽黑夜的臂膀

You find the darkness can

Give the brightest light.

你发现黑暗里藏着最亮的光芒。

Safe in your place deep in the earth

你在深土地里沉稳地栖息之时

That's when they'll know what you were really worth.

他们才会知道你真正的价值。

Till its stock is in the ground.



Fruit tree, fruit tree

果树,果树

No-one knows you but the rain and the air.

只有雨露和空气是你的知己。

Don't you worry

别担心,别着急

They'll stand and stare when you're gone.

他们会驻足你枯死的土地。



Open your eyes to another year.

They'll all know

That you were here when you're gone.

睁大双眼吧,又是一岁降临。

在你离去之时,所有人都会明晰。

他们都会知道,你曾来过这里。