高手請進 (Q.25) Translation

Life is so short yet precious. As the saying goes, “epiphyllum blooms briefly”, it is just a matter of two to three hours during which the flower blooms and withers away. Life is so brief and it is exactly due to its briefness that we find it precious.
Excerpt from … The Epiphyllum by YIN Ying

想到生命的短促與珍貴，一朵曇花由盛開到枯萎，它美麗的生命不過是兩三小時，所謂『曇花一現』，生命真是何其短促，惟其短促，也才更顯得珍貴 :Thought that the life short and precious, a canna flower from is in full bloom withers, its beautiful life is 2-3 hours, so-called 'appears briefly', the life is really how short, because is short, also only then appears precious