## There can be hope ##

AT: "There can be hope to live" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

## it might sprout again ##

AT: "maybe it will live again" or "it might start growing again"

## its tender branch will not cease ##

AT: "its young twig will continue" or "its shoot will live again" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes]])

## Though ##

"Even though" or "Even if"

## stump ##

The lowest part of the stem that remains after cutting down the tree.

## yet even if it only ##

"but when it"

## smells water ##

This describes the dead stump as if it can smell like a person. AT: "receives water" or "is watered" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])

## it will bud ##

AT: "it will start growing" or "it will develop leaves and twigs"