题剔空菩提叶——林徽因

题剔空菩提叶

认得这透明体，

智慧的叶子掉在人间?

消沉，慈净——

那一天一闪冷焰，

一叶无声的坠地，

仅证明了智慧寂寞

孤零的终会死在风前!

昨天又昨天，美

还逃不出时间的威严;

相信这里睡眠着最美丽的

骸骨，一丝魂魄月边留念，——

菩提树下清荫则是去年!

On a Hollow Bayan Leaf

Recognize some transparent thing,

Isn't it a leaf of wisdom fallen into the world?

Despondency, clear kindness...

On that day, like a flash of cold flame,

A leaf silently fell to the ground,

Proof to the loneliness of wisdom,

The lonely one dies before wind!

Yesterday before yesterday, beauty

Could not escape the dignity of time.

Believe it, here sleeps the most beautiful

Skeleton, a soul lingering around moon...

Under the cool shadow of a bayan tree is last year!