Softly

轻轻

a sigh is blown,

吹出一口叹息，

scuttering leaves into the night.

落叶疾奔没入黑夜。

Suddenly

蓦然

the crisp crack of the lightning's whip

一道电闪霹雳

stings the sky

鞭疼了天空

and the rain (oh, is it rain?) begins.

雨（哦，是雨吗）开始飘落。

Across the land

遍及大地

in one lithe movenment,

那么的轻盈。

men open their doors,

人们都打开门，

breathe in the mixture of drought and damp,

呼吸着干旱与潮湿的混合体

lift their faces to feel the drops,

仰脸去感受那雨点

smile at the dappling dust at their feet,

对脚旁溅起的尘土微笑

grateful

为着

for dappling dust.

溅起的尘土感恩。