五月伯克郡，八點幾個天仍光棖棖，食完飯去公園散步係幾寫意。
Berkshire in May. Past eight o'clock, and the sky is still bright. A walk after dinner feels rather pleasant.
是時馬栗樹花開。夕陽餘暉映照下，枝葉隨風拂動間，串串白花好似燭光閃爍咁，所以英國人又稱之為「蠟燭花」。
It is the season when the horse chestnuts come into flower. In the twilight, as the branches stir, the white clusters seem to flicker like candlelight, hence the nickname, candle blossoms.
全球最出名嗰棵馬栗樹，叫「安妮．法蘭克之樹」，種喺荷蘭阿姆斯特丹。二戰期間，猶太少女安妮．法蘭克一家藏身處，就喺棵樹旁邊。《安妮日記》亦有數次提及：二月光禿禿、四月抽嫩芽、五月燭花盛放。
The most well-known horse chestnut is probably Anne Frank's tree. It stood in Amsterdam, beside the house where the Frank family lived in hiding. The diary mentions it more than once: bare in February, budding in April, and candle-bright in May.
二零一零年，安妮之樹不敵強風倒冧。其種子則分送世界各地栽種，遍地開花。
In 2010, the tree came down in a storm. Its seeds were sent across the world and planted in different places.
倫敦有，喺伊靈頓高貝利公園。
London has one, in Highbury Fields, Islington.
伯克郡無。
Berkshire does not.
無咩要感嘆，路邊蠟燭花照開。
No great cause for lament. The candle blossoms along the road are blooming all the same.
散完步返歸，線上會議仲要開。
Home from the walk. There is still a call to join.
五月伯克郡，九點鐘個天仲未黑齊，幾丁友坐喺電腦前。
Berkshire in May. Nine o'clock, and the sky has not quite gone dark. A few of us sit in front of our screens.
「嚟緊六四集會，燭光點樣顯眼啲？」
"For the June Fourth vigil, how do we make the candlelight stand out?"
以前喺香港，無呢種煩惱，只怕無人集會。而家嘅煩惱，香港唔會有，只怕有人集會。
Back in Hong Kong, we never had this worry. We only feared no one would come. Now, such a worry could no longer exist there. Only the fear that someone might gather.
無咩要感嘆。
No great cause for lament.
蠟燭花，總會開。
The candle blossoms will bloom, in time.