City Gardener

(三毛/譯: City Gardener)

Ask not where I am from
A remote country
Why are you wandering, far away, wandering…

For the birds flying in the sky
For the creeks running in the mountains
For the prairies without boundaries
Far away, wandering…

And, for the olive tree in my dreams, the olive tree
Ask not where I am from
A remote country

Why are you wandering, why are you wandering, so far away…
For the olive tree in my dreams, the olive tree



*This is my first attempt translating "The Olive Tree," one of my most beloved poems.