破曉我聽到一隻鳥，
在樹上愉快的歌唱；
那露水滴向了草坪，
輕風兒吹拂着牧場；
但是我沒有去傾聽，
由於他不是對我唱。

我沒有去側耳傾聽，
由於他不是對我唱；
那露水滴向了草坪，
輕風兒吹拂着牧場；
因那時我正在歌唱，
心情同他一樣歡暢。

在那時我正在歌唱，
心情象他一樣歡暢；
那露水滴向了草坪，
輕風兒吹拂着牧場；
所以我沒去傾聽他，
當他站在樹上鳴唱。

The Rivals
I heard a bird at dawn
Singing sweetly on a tree,
That the dew was on the lawn,
And the wind was on the lea;
But I didn't listen to him,
For he didn't sing to me.

I didn't listen to him,
For he didn't sing to me
That the dew was on the lawn
And the wind was on the lea;
I was singing at the time
Just as prettily as he.

I was singing all the time,
Just a prettily as he,
About the dew upon the lawn
And the wind upon the lea;
So I didn't listen to him
As he sang upon a tree.

---By James Stephens
(愛爾蘭詩人，1882-1950)