| I LONG to go over there to the further bank of the river, |
我渴想到河的對岸去。 |
| Where those boats are tied to the bamboo poles in a line; |
在那邊，好些船只一行兒系在竹桿上； |
| Where men cross over in their boats in the morning with ploughs on their shoulders to till their far-away fields; |
人們在早晨乘船渡過那邊去，肩上扛著犁頭，去耕耘他們的遠(yuǎn)處的田； |
| Where the cowherds make their lowing cattle swim across to the riverside pasture; |
在那邊，牧人使他們鳴叫著的牛游泳到河旁的牧場去； |
| Whence they all come back home in the evening, leaving the jackals to howl in the island overgrown with weeds, |
黃昏的時候，他們都回家了，只留下豺狼在這滿長著野草的島上哀叫。 |
| Mother, if you don't mind, I should like to become the boatman of the ferry when I am grown up. |
媽媽，如果你不在意，我長大的時候，要做這渡船的船夫。 |
| They say there are strange pools hidden behind that high bank, |
據(jù)說有好些古怪的池塘藏在這個高岸之后。 |
| Where flocks of wild ducks come when the rains are over, and thick reeds grow round the margins where waterbirds lay their eggs; |
雨過去了，一群一群的野鶩飛到那里去，茂盛的蘆葦在岸邊四圍生長，水鳥在那里 生蛋； |
| Where snipes with their dancing tails stamp their tiny footprints upon the clean soft mud; |
竹雞帶著跳舞的尾巴，將它們細(xì)小的足印印在潔凈的軟泥上； |
| Where in the evening the tall grasses crested with white flowers invite the moonbeam to float upon their waves. |
黃昏的時候，長草頂著白花，邀月光在長草的波浪上浮游。 |
| Mother, if you don't mind, I should like to become the boatman of the ferryboat when I am grown up. |
媽媽，如果你不在意，我長大的時候，要做這渡船的船夫。 |
| I shall cross and cross back from bank to bank, and all the boys and girls of the village will wonder at me while they are bathing. |
我要自此岸至彼岸，渡過來，渡過去，所有村中正在那兒沐浴的男孩女孩，都要詫異地望著我。 |
| When the sun climbs the mid sky and morning wears on to noon, I shall come running to you, saying, "Mother, I am hungry!" |
太陽升到中天，早晨變?yōu)檎缌?，我將跑到你那里去，說道：“媽媽，我餓了！” |
| When the day is done and the shadows cower under the trees, I shall come back in the dusk. |
一天完了，影子俯伏在樹底下，我便要在黃昏中回家來。 |
| I shall never go away from you into the town to work like father. |
我將永不同爸爸那樣，離開你到城里去作事。 |
| Mother, if you don't mind, I should like to become the boatman of the ferryboat when I am grown up. |
媽媽，如果你不在意，我長大的時候，要做這渡船的船夫。 |
