On the last day of the world

在世界的最后一日 

I would want to plant a tree

我要栽一棵树 

what for

为什么 

not for the fruit

不为果实 

the tree that bears the fruit

结满果实的树 

is not the one that was planted

并非先前栽下的那棵 

I want the tree that stands

我要的树是那头一次 

in the earth for the first time

站立在大地上的 

with the sun already

其时太阳已 

going down

缓缓西沉 

and the water

水触摸着 

touching its roots

它的根须 

in the earth full of the dead

在满是死者的大地 

and the clouds passing

而乌云正 

one by one

一团接一团 

over its leaves

从它的叶子上飞过