Withering And Thriving

A Pandemic Diary – It Is Getting Better

October 20th, 2020

Royal Park, Melbourne, Australia

English version:

Yesterday, only one new COVID-19 case was confirmed in Victoria, with zero deaths. Today, Melbourne officially began to further lift the restrictions, end the lockdown and restart the economy. In the city with the longest lockdown in the world, it seems that we are finally out of the second wave of the pandemic.

Like every day in the months of lockdown, today, I went for a walk in the nearby park again.

In the front, a dead wood lies on the desolate shrivelled grass. In the distance, a withered tree stands stubbornly. Occasionally, people who exercise pass by it. In this vast world, dark clouds are rolling, and the bitter wind is blowing.

Is spring coming?

Spring has not yet come.

I look forward to spring coming.

Spring is about to come.

中文版（Chinese version）：

昨天维多利亚州新增一例确诊，零例死亡。今天墨尔本正式开始进一步解除封城，重启经济。作为全世界封城时间最长的城市，我们算是走出第二波疫情了。

像几个月封城中的每一天一样，今天我又来到了附近的公园散步。

荒草凄凄，一棵朽木横在眼前。远处，一株枯树茕茕孑立，偶有锻炼的人们从旁边经过。乌云滚滚，寒风凛冽，天地苍茫。

春天要来了吗？

春天还没有来。

我盼着春天来。

春天就要来了。

Lush, lush grass on the plains,

Withers and thrives once a year.

Wildfire cannot burn it out completely,

When the spring breeze blows, it comes back to life again.

离离原上草，

一岁一枯荣。

野火烧不尽，

春风吹又生。