白居易·《云居寺孤桐》英译

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亭亭五丈余，高意犹未已。

山僧年九十，清静老不死。

自云手种时，一棵青桐子。

直从萌芽拔，高自毫末始。

四面无附枝，中心有通理。

寄言立身者，孤直当如此。

The Tong Tree at Yunju Temple

Bai Juyi

Inside the courtyard of Yunju Temple

there stands an ancient Tong tree, tall

and green, in many leaves

shining brilliantly; already

fifty feet high, it continues to grow;

in the temple there lives a monk

ninety years old who shows not his age;

when he first planted the tree,

it was a tiny seed; it then grew into

a tender shoot as fine as a hair;

with nothing to protect it, and

independent of all things, it

grew up straight and tall;

you who live in this world

should be this way, raising

yourselves as straight and true

as this tree.