(1)
　　In winter I get up at night 冬日我大清早起床
　　And dress by yellow candle-light. 借著黃色的蠋光穿裳。
　　In summer quite the other way, 夏日完全相反，
　　I have to go to bed by day. 我必須在日間上床。
　　(2)
　　I have to go to bed and see 我必上床且看
　　The birds still hopping on the tree, 鳥兒還在樹梢躍蕩，
　　Or hear the grown-up people's feet 抑或聆聽成年人的腳聲
　　Still going past me in the street. 仍舊在街道走過我的身旁。
　　(3)
　　And does it not seem hard to you, 它對(duì)你來說難道不為難嗎？
　　When all the sky is clear and blue, 在明亮而蔚藍(lán)的天空當(dāng)前，
　　And I should like so much to play, 而我如此喜歡玩耍，
　　To have to go to bed by day? 卻必須在白天就上床？