30. 家菊、野菊

 

喧鬧繁華的城裡
你那些美麗的姐妹們
在住戶的窗台上
如登舞台般展示

 
長在濕潤花盆裡
她們享受著豐厚禮遇

嬌媚又婀娜多姿
裝扮得華美秀麗
永遠神采奕奕
即使凋謝仍被愛惜

靜謐幽深的野地
個個都顯得形單影隻

總和草木爭棲地
很難招引人注意

 

盡在荒郊地慪氣
時時飽受風雨的凌欺
雖擅長搔首弄姿

卻總是橫遭殘暴偷襲
即便插入水瓶裡
沒等到枯萎就被遺棄

 

30. The Domestic &

     Wild Chrysanthemum

 

Within the noisy and bustling city

Resides your beautiful sisters

Standing at the windowsills 

As if displayed in stage shows

 

Growing inside the wet pots

They enjoy the special privileges

Not only charming but also cutesy

Dressed up so elegant and beautiful

Sparkling for everyone who sees it

Even withering or falling

It’s still cherished with cares

 

As those lives in the harsh and quiet wilderness

Each flower turned to be a loner

Fights with weeds for spaces always

Also difficult to catch anyone’s attention

Only sulking in the wastelands

Enduring the bully winds and rains

 

In spite of excessive posturing

But still wrecked by the brutal treatment

Despite being put into a bottle of water

Abandoned, even before it faded away