| WHEN the gong sounds ten in the morning and I walk to school by our lane, |
早晨，鐘敲十下的時候，我沿著我們的小巷到學校去。 |
| Every day I meet the hawker crying, "Bangles, crystal bangles!" |
每天我都遇見那個小販，他叫道：“鐲子呀，亮晶晶的鐲子！” |
| There is nothing to hurry him on, there is no road he must take, no place he must go to, no time when he must come home. |
他沒有什么事情急著要做，他沒有哪條街一定要走，他沒有什么地方一定要去，他沒有什么時間一定要回家。 |
| I wish I were a hawker, spending my day in the road, crying, "Bangles, crystal bangles!" |
我愿意我是一個小販，在街上過日子，叫著：“鐲子呀，亮晶晶的鐲子！” |
| When at four in the afternoon I come back from the school, |
下午四點，我從學校里回家。 |
| I can see through the gate of that house the gardener digging the ground. |
從一家門口，我看得見一個園丁在那里掘地。 |
| He does what he likes with his spade, he soils his clothes with dust, nobody takes him to task if he gets baked in the sun or gets wet. |
他用他的鋤子，要怎么掘，便怎么掘，他被塵土污了衣裳，如果他被太陽曬黑了或是身上被打濕了，都沒有人罵他。 |
| I wish I were a gardener digging away at the garden with nobody to stop me from digging. |
我愿意我是一個園丁，在花園里掘地。誰也不來阻止我。 |
| Just as it gets dark in the evening and my mother sends me to bed, |
天色剛黑，媽媽就送我上床。 |
| I can see through my open window the watchman walking up and down. |
從開著的窗口，我看得見更夫走來走去。 |
| The lane is dark and lonely, and the street-lamp stands like a giant with one red eye in its head. |
小巷又黑又冷清，路燈立在那里，像一個頭上生著一只紅眼睛的巨人。 |
| The watchman swings his lantern and walks with his shadow at his side, and never once goes to bed in his life. |
更夫搖著他的提燈，跟他身邊的影子一起走著，他一生一次都沒有上床去過。 |
| I wish I were a watchman walking the streets all night, chasing the shadows with my lantern. |
我愿意我是一個更夫，整夜在街上走，提了燈去追逐影子。 |
