LESSON 5 Early rising

第五课 早起

Get up, little sister; the morning is bright,

快起床，小妹妹，看早晨多么明亮，

And the birds are all singing to welcome(1) the light:

所有的小鸟都唱着歌来欢迎这些光芒；

The buds are all opening; the dew's on the flower;

所有的花蕾都绽放着；露珠儿挂在花朵上；

If you shake but a branch, see, there falls quite a shower.

轻轻地摇一摇枝叶，看，就会掉落阵阵甘雨。

By the side of their mothers, look, under the trees,

看，在那树下，羊妈妈的身边，

How the young lambs are skipping about as they please;

小羊们尽情跳跃；

And by all those rings on the water, I know,

我想，水边传来的清脆的声音，

The fishes are merrily swimming below.

是那鱼儿在欢乐地畅游。

The bee, I dare say, has been long on the wing,

我敢说，那小蜜蜂一定仍在勤劳地飞行，

To get honey from every flower of spring;

来每一朵春天的花儿上采蜜。

For the bee never idles, but labours all day,

蜜蜂从不偷懒，天天忙碌，

Thinking (wise little insect) work better than play.

它们是智慧的小虫子，想着工作胜于嬉戏。

The lark's singing gaily; it loves the bright sun,

百灵鸟欢乐地唱着歌儿；它喜欢明亮的太阳，

And rejoices(2) that now the gay spring has begun:

庆祝着令人开心的春天来临了；

For the spring is so cheerful, I think 'twould be wrong

春天是那么的欢乐，所以我想，

If we did not feel happy to hear the lark's song.

没有人不为百灵鸟的歌声而欢呼雀跃。

Get up; for when all things are merry and glad,

起来吧，当一切都那么欢喜快乐，

Good children should never be lazy or sad:

好孩子不应该慵懒或悲伤；

For God gives us daylight, dear sister, that we

小妹妹，帝赐予了我们日光，

May rejoice like the lark, and may work like the bee.

让我们能像百灵鸟一样欢乐，像蜜蜂一样勤劳。