You are like a chestnut burr, prickly outside, but silky-soft within, and a sweet kernal, if one can only get at it.

你就像栗子的毛刺，外面多刺，但里面柔软如丝，还有一颗甜美的果仁，如果你能得到它的话。

A little more sunshine to ripen the nut, then, not a boy's impatient shake, but a man's hand reached up to pick it gently from the burr, and find the kernal sound and sweet.

再多照一点点阳光就能催熟这枚果实，接着，需要的不是一个男孩缺乏耐心的摇晃，而是一只男人的手伸上去轻柔地把它摘下枝头，发现里面的果仁已是既坚实又甘甜。