 To the Oak Tree 致橡树 If I love you -- 我如果爱你—— I will never be a clinging trumpet creeper 绝不像攀援的凌霄花 Using your high boughs to show off my height 借你的高枝炫耀自己 If I love you -- 我如果爱你—— I will never be a spoony bird 绝不学痴情的鸟儿 Repeating a monotonous song for green shade 为绿荫重复单调的歌曲 Or be a spring 也不止像泉源 Bringing cool solace all year long 常年送来清凉的慰藉  Or be a steep peak 也不止像险峰 Increasing your stature, reflecting your eminence 增加你的高度，衬托你的威仪 Even the sunlight 甚至日光 Even the spring rain 甚至春雨 No, all these are not enough 不，这些都还不够 I must be a ceiba tree beside you 我必须是你近旁的一株木棉 Be the image of a tree standing together with you 作为树的形象和你站在一起  Our roots, entwined underground 根，紧握在地下 Our leaves, touching in the clouds 叶，相触在云里 With each gust of wind 每一阵风过 We greet each other 我们都互相致意 But nobody 但没有人 Can understand our words 听懂我们的言语 You'll have your copper branches and iron trunk 你有你的铜枝铁干  Like knives, like swords, like halberds, too 像刀、像剑，也像戟 I'll have my crimson flowers 我有我的红硕花朵 Like heavy sighs 像沉重的叹息 And valiant torches 又像英勇的火炬 We'll share cold spells, storms and thunder 我们分担寒潮、风雷、霹雳 We'll share mists, hazes and rainbows 我们共享雾霭、流岚、虹霓 Seemingly always apart 仿佛永远分离  But also forever interdependent 却又终身相依 Only this can be great love 这才是伟大的爱情 The loyalty is here 坚贞就在这里 Love -- 爱—— I love not only your strapping stature 不仅爱你伟岸的身躯 But also your firm stand, the earth beneath you 也爱你坚持的位置，足下的土地 
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