Simone
Spring
By Thomas Nashe
Spring, the sweet spring, is the year's pleasant king;
Then blooms each thing, then maids dance in a ring,
Cold doth not sting, the pretty birds do sing,
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!
The palm and may make country houses gay,
Lambs frisk and play, the shepherds pipe all day,
And we hear aye birds tune this merry lay,
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!
The fields breathe sweet, the daisies kiss our feet,
Young lovers meet, old wives a sunning sit,
In every street these tunes our ears do greet,
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!
Spring! the sweet Spring!
春
托马斯•纳什
春，甘美之春，一年之中的尧舜，
处处都有花树，都有女儿环舞，
微寒但觉清和，佳禽争着唱歌，
啁啁，啾啾，哥哥，割麦、插一禾！
榆柳呀山楂，打扮着田舍人家，
羊羔嬉游，牧笛儿整日在吹奏，
百鸟总在和鸣，一片悠扬声韵，
啁啁，啾啾，哥哥，割麦、插一禾！
郊原荡漾香风，雏菊吻人脚踵，
情侣作对成双，老妪坐晒阳光，
走向任何通衢，都有歌声悦耳，
啁啁，啾啾，哥哥，割麦、插一禾！
春！甘美之春！
SPRING
William Blake
Sound the flute!
Now it's mute.
Birds delight
Day and night;
Nightingale
In the dale,
Lark in sky,
Merrily,
Merrily, merrily, to welcome in the year.
Little boy,
Full of joy;
Little girl,
Sweet and small;
Cock does crow,
So do you;
Merry voice,
Infant noise,
Merrily, merrily, to welcome in the year.
Little lamb,
Here I am;
Come and lick
My white neck;
Let me pull
Your soft wool;
Let me kiss
Your soft face;
Merrily, merrily, we welcome in the year.
春
郭沫若 译
笛声加紧！
俄而悄静。
无昼无夜，
百鸟和鸣；
谷中有
夜鸣莺，
天上有百灵，
多喜幸，
多喜幸，多喜幸，迎接新春。
小童们，
真高兴；
小娘们，
甜而嫩；
鸡在唱，
人在吟；
婴儿笑声
沁人心，
多喜幸，多喜幸，迎接新春。
小羊羔，
我在等；
你请来
舐我白颈；
把你柔毛
让我抿；
把你面庞
让我吻；
多喜幸，多喜幸，迎接新春。
Dreams
梦想
----by Langston Hughes
----作者：兰司敦·修司
Hold fast to dreams
把握梦想
For if dreams die
如果梦想消失
Life is a broken-winged bird
生命将是折翼之鸟
That cannot fly
无法飞行
Hold fast to dreams
把握梦想
For when dreams go
如果梦想逝去
Life is a barren field
生命将是一片荒原
Frozen with snow
大雪冰封
Humpty-dumpty
Humpty-dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty-dumpty had a GREat fall.
All the King's horses
And all the King's men
Can not put Humpty-dumpty together again.
这首顺口溜是英语国家民间很受欢迎的鹅妈妈故事之一。Humpty-dumpty 是一只大鸡蛋。一位美丽的公主把它带进皇宫，让它坐在墙头上看国王的车队回宫。它看得太起劲了，不小心摔下来就碎了。英语里的Humpty-dumpty 比喻一经损坏就无法修复的东西。
