And I saw a cypress
Positioned in a field facing the sun
In the heat, in the frost
Against the storm.
To his side swayed the cypress
Didn’t break when his top bent to the grass.
And there, in front of the sea
The cypress arose strong and green.
Cypress alone
Against fire and water.
Cypress alone
Up to the sky.
A cypress alone, [he is] strong.
If only I could learn
The way of one tree.
And I am like a baby
That breaks, and can’t against the sun.
In the heat, in the frost
Against the storm.