冬天我黑夜就起床，
穿衣借着黃色的燭光。
夏天完全是另一樣，
我不得不大白天上床。

我必須上了床去看，
小鳥們還在樹上奔忙，
或傾聽成年人腳步，
仍經過我於街上過往。

你不感到有些怪嗎，
正當天空蔚藍而晴朗，
我應該更多去玩耍，
但卻不得不晝臥在床。

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