自高山，自峡谷，自平原

Butterflies come to the water

蝴蝶奔赴水面

from mountains, valleys, hills and plains,

为什么，它们要来亲吻大海的盐？

Why is it that they come to kiss the salt of the ocean?

在起伏波涛上我看到它们，这里，那里，

Dancing above the waves I see them, there, there,

然后不见踪影，

the butterfly is gone

消失在大海的涌动中，

in the motion of the ocean

或许在一条鱼的肚子里。

or maybe in the belly of a fish,

你的色彩只属于你，

Your colours belong to you

我不该言说它的美丽。

I shall not speak of their beauty

但见蝴蝶舞蹈蝴蝶死，

Butterfly, butterfly dance the dance to die

亲吻沧海一点盐。

come kiss the salt of the ocean.