During the cold winter season it lost all its leaves, and only barren branches are left to wait for the spring. As I watch them, the withered branches seem especially strong and unyielding in the dark. Some of the branches bud early and are soon covered with tender green leaves, transparent, smooth and clean. The veins on each heart-shaped leaf are clear to the scrutiny of night.
經過了寒冷的冬季，菩提樹的葉子已經落盡，僅剩下一株株枯枝守候春天，在冥暗中看那些枯枝，格外有一種堅強不屈的姿勢，有一些生發得早的，則從頭到腳怒放著嫩芽，翠綠、透明、光滑、純淨，桃形葉片上的脈絡在黑夜的凝視中，片片了了分明。