看見你把風箏拋高

看見你把風箏拋高

看見你把風箏拋高
並吹飛天上的小鳥；
聽到你在周圍經過，
像女裙將青草跨越——
   哦，風，終日不停吹過，
   哦，風，唱出好響的歌！

看到你做事不一樣，
但總是將自己隱藏。
感到督促，聽到呼喚，
根本不能將你看見——
   哦，風，終日不停吹過，
   哦，風，唱出好響的歌！

哦，如此冷酷和堅強，
風神，年輕還是年長？
是獸在樹上和田野，
或孩子隻比我強些？
   哦，風，終日不停吹過，
   哦，風，唱出好響的歌！

I saw you toss the kites on high

I saw you toss the kites on high
And blow the birds about the sky;
And all around I heard you pass,
Like ladies' skirts across the grass -- 
  O wind, a-blowing all day long,
  O wind, that sings so loud a song!

I saw the different things you did,
But always you yourself you hid.
I felt you push, I heard you call,
I could not see yourself at all -- 
  O wind, a-blowing all day long,
  O wind, that sings so loud a song!

O you that are so strong and cold,
O blower, are you young or old?
Are you a beast of field and tree,
Or just a stronger child than me?
  O wind, a-blowing all day long,
  O wind, that sings so loud a song!

 by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), "The wind", appears in A Child's Garden of Verses, first published 1885