我不会停止歌唱,
当知更鸟飞过身旁,
带着春日里的渴望,
飞往阳光灿烂的地方,
我也和鸟儿一样,
让歌声染红了我的胸膛。
但我的歌声不属于你们的夏日,
就像清晨听不到傍晚的吟唱,
我的歌声是清晨埋下的种子,
我知道它还要等待漫长的时光,
就像我知道,它是何等甜美,
又是多么嘹亮。
I shall keep singing!
Birds will pass me
On their way to Yellower Climes -
Each - with a Robin's expectation -
I - with my Redbreast -
And my Rhymes -
Late - when I take my place in summer -
But - I shall bring a fuller tune -
Vespers - are sweeter than Matins - Signor -
Morning - only the seed of Noon –