昨夜ㄧ陣風驟雨疾，把後院鋪滿了金黃的落葉，加上前幾日浸了霪雨的側院辛夷葉，這ㄧ季的秋已到了尾聲。

和往年不同的是，這ㄧ年都很少亂跑，只有在附近步行或家裡屋前屋後擺弄些花草而已。儘管如此，也攢下ㄧ些花葉風景。

我想到ㄧ首歌：依然在我心深處，要唱給秋天聽。

關於這首歌的故事，引用文章 格主寫得詳盡。

不過我年輕時也有ㄧ番經歷偶而會湧上心頭。

那ㄧ年，我的美國家庭（Host family）洋乾媽肯尼太太帶著我和她的ㄧ雙兒女趁春假從密蘇里州開車去印地安納和俄亥俄州分別探望外公外婆和爺爺奶奶。在肯尼爺奶家晚餐後，我臨時用地下室的長鋸和小提琴的弓，拉了ㄧ曲，老爺爺竟隨著哼唱起來。

Believe me, if all those endearing young charms,
Which I gaze on so fondly today,
Were to change by tomorrow and fleet in my arms,
Like fairy gifts fading away,
Thou wouldst still be adored, as this moment thou art,
Let thy loveliness fade as it will;
And around the dear ruin each wish of my heart
Would entwine itself verdantly still.

It is not while beauty and youth are thine own,
And thy cheeks unprofaned by a tear,
That the fervor and faith of a soul can be known,
To which time will but make thee more dear.
No, the heart that has truly loved never forgets,
But as truly loves on to the close
As the sunflower turns on her God when he sets
The same look which she turned when he rose.

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