Though leaves are many, the root is one;    雖然枝條很多，根卻只有一條；

Through all the lying days of my youth         穿過我青春的所有說謊的日子

I swayed my leaves and flowers in the sun;  我在陽光下抖掉我的枝葉和花朵；

Now I may wither into the truth.                 現在我可以枯萎而進入真理。
                           ──W. B. Yeats