經典英語短文閲讀翻譯

The fairies1 talk to little girls.

They push aside the golden curls,

And whisper in a shell-pink ear,

But what they say we cannot hear.

精靈們在和小女孩們聊天。

撩起她們金色的捲髮，

在貝殼般紅潤的耳旁密語悄悄，

可她們的談話我們無法聽到。

We grown-ups are so tall and proud,

And fairies hate to shout out loud.

The fairies run along the ground,

And baby girls can hear the sound.

我們成人是多麼趾高氣揚，

而精靈們絕不會為了我們而大聲叫嚷。

她們奔跑在曠野之上，

小女孩們聽得到她們的聲響。

They double up, and crow, and kick,

And beg their mothers to look quick.

But when we look, they’ve always passed.

The little fairies run so fast.

她們彎腰、歡叫、踢腿，

還叫她們的`媽媽趕快望去。

但當我們看時，她們已不見。

精靈們跑得如此飛快難追。

The fairies stay awake all night,

So little girls need take no fright,

For if the night light does go out,

They know the fairies are about,

And they can hear their silky wings.

They are so kind, these darling3 things!

精靈們在夜晚從不安睡，

小女孩們無需害怕，

因為如果夜色變得黯淡，

她們知道精靈們就在身邊，

還聽得到翅膀震顫的聲息。

她們如此友善，這些可愛的小東西！