It is not growing like a tree 要成就人生，

In bulk doth make man better be; 不必如巨樹(shù)，木秀于林;

Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, 不必如橡樹(shù)，經(jīng)年不倒，

To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere: 亦難逃枯朽之命;

A lily of a day 五月之百合，

Is fairer far in may, 綻放一日，便有萬(wàn)種風(fēng)情;

Although it fall and die that night縱然是夜凋零，

It was the plant and flower of light. 卻是光華的落英;

In small proportions we just beauties see; 于細(xì)微處領(lǐng)略美麗，

And in short measures life may perfect be. 于殘缺處完滿生命。