Ｓａｎｄ Ｃｏｕｎｔｖ

He who hopes for Spring with upturned eye never sees so small a thing as Draba，

the smallest flower that blows.

Yet sand too poor and sun too weak forbigger.

better blooms are good enough for Draba.

just a small creature that does a small job.Draba asks， and Draba gets， scantallowance

of warmth and comfort; it subsists on the

leavings of unwanted time and space.

And its color is plain white， and its

leaves wear a sensible wolly coat.

仰著頭盼望春天的人，

永遠不會看見像蒲公英這樣小的花，

世上最小，會飛的花。

對那些高大，漂亮的花來說

太差的土，太弱的光，

蒲公英卻說：“夠我用了。”

不過一個小小生物完成一個小小的使命。

蒲公英要的，蒲公英都得到了，

就那僅一點點的溫暖和舒適。

它生長在別人余剩下，

不要了的時間與空間。

它的顏色是簡簡單單的白色，

它的葉子披著一件毛絨絨的大衣。