英譯《心田上的百合花》

《心田上的百合花》原文

在偏僻遙遠的山谷里，有一個高達數千尺的斷崖。不知道什么時候，斷崖邊上長了一株小小的百合。百合剛剛誕生的時候，長得和雜草一模一樣。但是，它心里知道自己并不是一株野草。

它的內心深處，有一個內在的純潔的念頭：“我是一株百合，不是一株野草。唯一能證明我是百合的方法，就是開出美麗的花朵。”

有了這個念頭，百合努力地吸收養分和陽光，深深的扎根，直直地挺著胸膛。終于在一個春天的早晨，百合的頂部結出了第一個花苞。

百合的心里很高興，附近的雜草卻很不屑，它們在私底下嘲笑著百合：“這家伙明明是一株草，偏偏說自己是一株花，還真以為自己是一株花，我看它頭頂上結的不是花苞，而是頭上長瘤了。”

公開場合，它們則譏諷百合：“你不要做夢了，即使你真的會開花，在這荒郊野外，你的價值還不是和我們一樣。”偶爾也有飛過的蜂蝶鳥雀，它們也會勸百合不用那么努力開花：“在這斷崖邊上，縱然開出世界上最美的花，也不會有人來欣賞呀！”百合說：“我要開花，是因為我知道自己有美麗的花；我要開花，是為了完成一株花的莊嚴使命；我要開花，是由于自己喜歡以花來證明自己的存在。不管你們怎樣看我，我都要開花！”

在野草的鄙夷下，野百合努力地釋放內心的能量。有一天，它終于開花了。它那靈性的白和秀挺的風姿，成為斷崖上最美麗的風景。這時候，野草與蜂蝶再也不敢嘲笑它了。

百合花一朵一朵地盛開著，花朵上每天都有晶瑩的水珠，野草們以為那是昨晚的露水，只有百合自己知道，那是極深沉的喜歡所結的淚滴。

年年春天，野百合努力地開花、結籽。它的種子隨著風，落在山谷，草原和懸崖邊上，到處都開滿潔白的百合花。

幾十年后，遠在百里外的人，從城市，從鄉村，千里迢迢趕來欣賞百合開花。許多孩童跪下來，聞嗅百合花的芬芳，許多情侶互相擁抱，許下了“百年之好”的誓言；無數的人看到這從未見過的美，感動得流淚，觸動內心那純凈溫柔的一角。那里，被人稱為“百合谷地”。

不管別人怎樣欣賞，滿山的百合花都謹記著第一株百合的教導：“我們要全心全意默默地開花，以花來證明自己的存在。”

希望我們每個人的心田上都有一株百合花。

The Lily in the Heart

In a remote valley，a cliff towers up to thousands of feet in height. A tiny lily appears on the bluff in an unknown time. The lily looks the same as the weed when it was born. However，it knows deeply that it is not a weed.

In its heart，there is a pure thought：“I am a lily，not a weed. The only way to prove I am a lily is to open beautiful flowers.”

At the very thought of this，the lily makes great efforts to absorb nutrients and sunlight. While striking its root deep into the soil，the young plant pushes its new shoot aboveground. Finally，in a spring morning，it gives birth to its first bud.

The lily is very happy，but the nearby weeds show a disdain for this and make fun of it privately：“This guy is obviously a grass，but he insists in saying that he is a flower. In my opinion，it is not a bud but a tumor on the top of his head.”

In public，they laugh at him by saying：“Don’t daydream any more. Even though you could really come into blossom in such a wild place，your value would be the same as ours！” Occasionally，some bees，butterflies or birds fly by and they also persuade the lily not to work so hard to bloom. “In spite of your most beautiful flowers in the world，nobody would come to this cliff to appreciate you！ The lily answered：“I will bloom，because I know I can have beautiful flowers；I will bloom，because I want to accomplish the solemn mission of a flower；I will bloom，because I want to prove my existence with flowers. Now matter how you look at me，I will bloom！”

Despite the disdain of the weeds，the wild lily tries its best to unleash its inner power. One day，it finally succeeds opening a flower，of which the spiritual white and elegant glamour made the most beautiful scenery on the cliff. Henceforth，weeds，bees and butterflies no longer dare to deride it.

More and more lilies are in full blossom. Every day，there are crystal water drops in the flowers which the weeds thought to be the dews of last night，while only the lily itself knows that they are tears from deep love.

Every spring，the wild lily tries hard to bloom and set seed. Along with the wind，its seeds fall in valleys，prairies and cliffs. Therefore，everywhere is white lilies.

Several decades later，people from city or countryside afar go a long way to appreciate the blossom of the lilies. Many children stand on their knees to sniff the fragrance of the lilies. And numerous lovers embrace and make a promise of “eternal love”. Besides，countless people are moved to tears for they have never seen such beauty and the lilies touch the inner corner of purity and blandness. Hence，gradually people begin to call this place “The Valley of Lilies”.

Whatever others’ appreciation could be，the lilies strewn across the mountain all keep in mind of the first lily’s words：“We should come into bloom silently with all our hearts and prove our existence with flowers.”

I hope each of us can have a lily in the heart！