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?

夏日无眠

罗伯特•路易斯•斯蒂文森

冬日早起不等天亮，
穿衣打扮借着烛光。
一到夏日适得其反，
大白天里我得上床。

双眼睁开躺在床上，
枝头小鸟雀跃跳荡；
两耳只听脚步声声，
大人街头来来往往。

晴空碧蓝一片明亮，
游玩娱乐大好时光；
大白天里上床睡觉，
无可奈何谁能想象？