by Thomas Nash
Spring, the sweet spring, is the year's pleasant king;
Then blooms each thing, then maids dance in a ring,
Cold doth not sting, the pretty birds do sing;
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!
The palm and may make country houses gay,
Lambs frisk and play, the shepherds pipe all day,
And we hear aye birds tune this merry lay:
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!
The fields breathe sweet; the daisies kiss our feet,
Young lovers meet, old wives a-sunning sit,
In every street these tunes our ears do greet:
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!
Spring, the sweet spring!
譯文
春
托馬斯.納什 作 郭沫若 譯
春，甘美之春，壹年之中的堯舜，
處處都有花樹，都有女兒環舞，
微寒但覺清和，佳禽爭著唱歌，
啁啁，啾啾，哥哥，割麥、插壹禾！
榆柳呀山楂，打扮著田舍人家，
羊羔嬉遊，牧笛兒整日在吹奏，
百鳥總在合鳴，壹片悠揚聲韻，
啁啁，啾啾，哥哥，割麥、插壹禾！
郊原蕩漾香風，雛菊吻人腳踵，
情侶作對成雙，老嫗坐曬陽光，
走向任何通衢，都有歌聲悅耳，
啁啁，啾啾，哥哥，割麥、插壹禾！
春！甘美之春！