So do I

So do I [1]

Silently, you hand me a flower;
Softly, you smile at night.
You say—
The silver night will pass and I will die;
No man can ever last forever but tonight.
Open your mind and see what I sign!
Why is a flower, not a mind?
Why is a smile, not a cry?
O, we long blind our sight by opening our eye;
O, close your eye and see what I sign—
The world is a flower, and so do I;
The world is a smile, and so do I!
There will be endless time;
There will be endless night.
And so do I.

[1] I wrote this verse for the memory of the Buddha's nirvana


我亦如是

默默地，您递給我一朵花；
輕輕地，您望夜失笑。
您說--
這银色的夜晚正消逝，我也將離去；
没人可以天長地久，但今晚。
敞開你的心扉我神意在！
為何是一朵花，不是一顆心？
為何是一个微笑，不是哭泣？
啊，睁開雙眼我们看到了黑暗，
閉上眼睛，你才能明了真意--
這个世界是一朵花，我亦如是；
這个世界是一个微笑，我亦如是。
時間是如此地無窮；
夜晚是如此地無盡；
而我亦如是。