Rain ----R. L. Stevenson

Rain is falling all around,

It falls on field and tree,

It rains on the umbrella here,

And on the ships at sea.

雨

雨儿在到处降落，

它落在田野和树梢，

它落在这边的雨伞上，

又落在航行海上的船只。

Bed in Summer ——Robert Louis Stevenson

In winter I get up at night

And dress by yellow candle-light.

In summer, quite the other way,

I have to go to bed by day.

I have to go to bed and see

The birds still hopping on the tree,

Or hear the grown-up people's feet

Still going past me in the street.

And does it seem hard to you,

When all the sky is clear and blue,

And I should like so much to play,

To have to go to bed by day?

夏之眠

冬日里我夜里起床，

借着昏黄的烛光穿衣裳。

夏日里可不一样，

我不得不白日里就睡觉上床。

小鸟儿仍在树上蹦蹦跳跳，

大人们的脚步声

还在大街上回响，

我却得早早睡觉上床。

天空还是那么蔚蓝，明亮，

我多么想嬉戏，玩耍，

你是否觉得

这时候就睡觉难入梦乡?

Morning

I love to wake to each new day,

And brush my dreams

Of night away,

And look out through my window wide

To see what weather is outside,

And wonder what exciting thing

This shining, un-used day

Will bring.

清 晨

我喜欢醒来迎接每一个清晨，

轻松抖落一夜的梦尘，

从窗口向外眺望远处，

广茅的天地是否晴空无云，

想象何等激动人心的事

这灿烂崭新的一天将献呈。

I’ll try --- Rossetti

The little boy who says "I'll try",

Will climb to the hill-top.

The little boy who says "I can't",

Will at the bottom stop.

"I'll try" does great thing every day,

"I can't" gets nothing done.

Be sure then that you say "I'll try",

And let "I can't" alone.

我决心尝试

那个说“我决心尝试”的小男孩，

他将登上山巅。

那个说“我不能”的小男孩，

他将在山脚下停步不前。

“我决心尝试”每天都能办大事，

“我不能”则一事无成。

因此你务必说“我决心尝试”，

对“我不能”置之不理。