| CHILD, how happy you are sitting in the dust, playing with a broken twig all the morning. |
孩子，你真是快活呀，一早晨坐在泥土里，耍著折下來的小樹枝兒。 |
| I smile at your play with that little bit of a broken twig. |
我微笑地看你在那里耍著那根折下來的小樹枝兒。 |
| I am busy with my accounts, adding up figures by the hour. |
我正忙著算帳，一小時(shí)一小時(shí)在那里加疊數(shù)字。 |
| Perhaps you glance at me and think, "What a stupid game to spoil your morning with!" |
也許你在看我，想道：這種好沒趣的游戲，竟把你的一早晨的好時(shí)間浪費(fèi)掉了！ |
| Child, I have forgotten the art of being absorbed in sticks and mud-pies. |
孩子，我忘了聚精會神玩耍樹枝與泥餅的方法了。 |
| I seek out costly playthings, and gather lumps of gold and silver. |
我尋求貴重的玩具，收集金塊與銀塊。 |
| With whatever you find you create your glad games, I spend both my time and my strength over things I never can obtain. |
你呢，無論找到什么便去做你的快樂的游戲，我呢，卻把我的時(shí)間與力氣都浪費(fèi)在那些我永不能得到的東西上。 |
| In my frail canoe I struggle to cross the sea of desire, and forget that I too am playing a game. |
我在我的脆薄的獨(dú)木船里掙扎著要航過欲望之海，意忘了我也是在那里做游戲了。 |
