CHAPTER LX

The odour cries in the bud, “Ah me, the day departs, the happy day of spring, and I am a prisoner in petals¹!”

 

Do not lose heart, timid thing! Your bonds will burst, the bud will open into flower, and when you die in the fulness of life, even then the spring will live on.

 

The odour pants and flutters within the bud, crying, “Ah me, the hours pass by, yet I do not know where I go, or what it is I seek!”

 

Do not lose heart, timid thing! The spring breeze has overheard your desire, the day will not end before you have fulfilled your being.

 

Dark is the future to her, and the odour cries in despair, “Ah me, through whose fault is my life so unmeaning?

 

“Who can tell me, why I am at all?” Do not lose heart, timid thing! The perfect dawn is near when you will mingle² your life with all life and know at last your purpose.

1 petals   

n.花瓣( petal的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• white petals tinged with blue 略带蓝色的白花瓣
• The petals of many flowers expand in the sunshine. 许多花瓣在阳光下开放。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2 mingle   

vt.使混合，使相混；vi.混合起来；相交往

参考例句：

• If we mingle with the crowd,we should not be noticed.如果我们混在人群中，就不会被注意到。
• Oil will not mingle with water.油和水不相融。