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 hopping¹ on the tree,

Or hear the grown-up people's feet

Still going past me in the street.

And does it 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?

夏日无眠

冬日早起不等天亮，

穿衣打扮借着烛光。

一到夏日适得其反，

大白天里我得上床。

双眼睁开躺在床上，

枝头小鸟雀跃跳荡；

两耳只听脚步声声，

大人街头来来往往。

晴空碧蓝一片明亮，

游玩娱乐大好时光；

大白天里上床睡觉，

无可奈何谁能想象？