We shall sail merrily across the seven seas and the thirteen rivers of fairyland.
We shall set sail in the early morning light.
When at noontide you are bathing at the pond， we shall be in the land of a strange king.
We shall pass the shallows of Tirpurni， and leave behind us the desert of Tepantar.
When we come back it will be getting dark， and I shall tell you of all that we have seen.
I shall cross the seven seas and the thirteen rivers of fairyland.
我将带我的朋友阿苏与我同行。
我们要快快乐乐地在仙境里的七大洋和十三条河中航行。
我们将在晨曦中扬帆航行。
午间，你正在池塘里沐浴时，我们将身处一个陌生的国度中。
我们将经过特浦尼浅滩，把特潘塔沙漠远远丢在我们的身后。
当我们回来时，天色渐黑，我将告诉你我们所看见的一切。
我将穿越仙境里的七大洋和十三条河。
The Further Bank
I long to go over there to the further bank of the river.
Where those boats are tied to the bamboo poles in a line；
Where men cross over in their boats in the morning with ploughs on their shoulders to till their far-away fields；
Where the cowherds make their lowing cattle swim across to the riverside pasture；
Evenfall they all come back home in the evening， leaving the jackals to howl in the island overgrown with weeds.
Mother， if you don’t mind， I should like to become the boatman of the ferryboat when I am grown up.
They say there are strange pools hidden behind that high bank.
Where flocks of wild ducks come when the rains are over， and thick reeds grow round the margins where water birds lay their eggs；
对 岸
我渴望到那边，到河的对岸。
在那里，那些小船排成一行系在竹竿上；
清晨，人们乘船到那边去，肩上扛着锄头，到他们远处的田中去耕耘。