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PLANTING THE TREE Henry Abbey
種樹 亨利·艾比
What do we plant when we plant the tree?
種樹的目的在哪里？
We plant the ship, which will cross the sea.
我們建造可以遠航的航船。
We plant the mast to carry the sails;
我們建造可以楊帆的桅桿；
We plant the planks to withstand the gales,
我們建造可以抵御大風的木板，
The keel, the keelson, and beam, and knee;
龍骨，中內龍骨，橫梁和肘板；
We plant the ship when we plant the tree.
我們建造樹木時會建造船只。
What do we plant when we plant the tree?
種樹的目的在哪里？
We plant the houses for you and me.
為你我建造房屋。
We plant the rafters, the shingles, the floors;
建造椽，屋頂板和地板；
We plant the studding, the laths, the doors,
我們建造壁骨材料，木板條和門板，
The beams and siding, all parts that be;
建造橫梁和壁板，
We plant the house when we plant the tree.
我們建造樹木時會建造房屋。
What do we plant when we plant the tree?
種樹的目的在哪里？
A thousand things that we daily see;
我們日常看到的一千種事物；
We plant the spire that outtowers the crag,
我們建造高過懸崖的尖塔，
We plant the staff for our country's flag,
我們為國旗建造旗桿，
We plant the shade, from the hot sun free;
我們建造擋風物，遮擋熾熱的太陽。
We plant all these when we plant the tree.
我們會在種植樹木時建造這些事物。
