冬天我黑夜就起床，
穿衣借着黄色的烛光。
夏天完全是另一样，
我不得不大白天上床。

我必须上了床去看，
小鸟们还在树上奔忙，
或倾听成年人脚步，
仍经过我于街上过往。

你不感到有些怪吗，
正当天空蔚蓝而晴朗，
我应该更多去玩耍，
但却不得不昼卧在床。

Bed in Summer

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 not 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?

--- By Robert Louis Stevenson