我总是害怕第一只知更鸟，

但现在一切都很好，

鸟儿学会了更温柔的歌唱，

我也不再被歌声所伤。

若听到春天里第一声啼叫，

之后我仍活在这世上，

森林里的琴声就只管奏响，

不会再让我崩溃和疯狂。

我也害怕看到盛开的水仙，

她们黄色的裙子太娇艳，

那楚楚的风致，于我，几乎是异物，

总是带来刺骨的痛楚。

我希望小草快快长高，

遮挡住我的视线，

那些如期而至的美丽风物，

不再涌到我的眼前。

我还希望蜜蜂都飞远，

飞回它们幽暗的国度，

不要继续在我耳边嗡营，

我一个字也不想听清。

但所有这些都不曾离去，

没有一朵芬芳错过花期，

它们温柔地向我致意，

仿佛我是女王，来自受难地。

带着温柔的敬意，踩着无心的鼓点，

春日万物纷纷路过我身边，

而我，也扬起我稚嫩的羽毛，

就仿佛在葬礼上轻柔地招摇。

I dreaded that first Robin, so

But He is mastered, now

I'm some accustomed to Him grown

He hurts a little, though -

I thought If I could only live

Till that first Shout got by -

Not all Pianos in the Woods

Had power to mangle me -

I dared not meet the Daffodils -

For fear their Yellow Gown

Would pierce me with a fashion

So foreign to my own -

I wished the Grass would hurry -

So - when 'twas time to see -

He'd be too tall, the tallest one

Could stretch - to look at me -

I could not bear the Bees should come 

I wished they'd stay away

In those dim countries where they go

What word had they, for me?

They're here, though; not a creature failed -

No Blossom stayed away

In gentle deference to me -

The Queen of Calvary -

Each one salutes me, as he goes

And I, my childish Plumes

Lift, in bereaved acknowledgment

Of their unthinking Drums –

伴奏： 哥德堡变奏 I.Aria  Glenn Gould 1981版本