荆棘鸟

一生只尽情放歌一次的刺鸟
是她的宿命
美丽 或许就只要那么地一次
就足够了的吧

传说有一只鸟一生只歌唱一次。
There is a legend about a bird which sings just once in his life

她的歌声委婉动听，万物之中无可比拟。
More sweetly than any other creature on the face of the earth

自离巢的那一刻，她就在寻找着，不眠不休，只为寻找那棵属于她的荆棘树。
From the moment it leaves the nest it searches for a thorn tree, and does not rest until it has found one

　　

荆棘树上，她在旁逸横出的荆棘中放声歌唱，至长至锐的尖刺穿透了她的身躯。

Then, singing among the savage branches, it impales itself upon the longest, sharpest spine.

生命将尽，她超脱了痛苦，尽情欢唱，那甜美的歌声连云雀夜莺都难以企及。

And, dying, it rises above its own agony to outcarol the lark and the nightingale

　　

歌声至美，却是以身殉曲。

One superlative song, existence the price.

 

然而万物都在聆听这美妙的歌声，就连上帝也在苍穹之中露出了微笑

But the whole world stills to listen, and God in his Heaven smiles

因为唯有历经磨难苦楚，方能得到最美好的事物。

For the best is only bought at the cost of great pain or says the legend.

                                                                                            ——摘自百度百科


多美，多悲情
这是一网友前些时候告知的传说，却给我留下难以磨灭的深刻印象
或许
这正是人生至美、至壮观之处
值得我们耗上一生的时间去推敲