【休闲灌水太阳城】万一你不来-零零壹壹柒

yuansoul

万一你不来-零零壹壹柒（今天你是第一百一十七次没来）

SLEEP-STEALER

WHO stole sleep from baby's eyes? I must know.

Clasping her pitcher to her waist mother went to fetch water from the village near by.

It was noon. The children's playtime was over; the ducks in the pond were silent.

The shepherd boy lay asleep under the shadow of the banyan tree.

The crane stood grave and still in the swamp near the mango grove.

In the meanwhile the Sleep-stealer came and, snatching sleep from baby's eyes, flew away.

When mother came back she found baby travelling the room over on all fours.

Who stole sleep from our baby's eyes? I must know. I must find her and chain her up.

I must look into that dark cave, where, through boulders and scowling stones, trickles a tiny stream.

I must search in the drowsy shade of the bakula grove, where pigeons coo in their corner, and fairies' anklets tinkle in the stillness of starry nights.

In the evening I will peep into the whispering silence of the bamboo forest, where fireflies squander their light, and will ask every creature I meet, "Can anybody tell me where the Sleep-stealer lives?"

Who stole sleep from baby's eyes? I must know.

Shouldn't I give her a good lesson if I could only catch her!

I would raid her nest and see where she hoards all her stolen sleep.

I would plunder it all, and carry it home.

I would bind her two wings securely, set her on the bank of the river, and then let her play at fishing with a reed among the rushes and water-lilies.

When the marketing is over in the evening, and the village children sit in their mothers' laps, then the night birds will mockingly din her ears with:

"Whose sleep will you steal now?"

偷走睡意的人

是谁偷走了孩子的睡意，此刻池鸭也收起丰翼

太阳挂在中天，牧童在榕树下躺依

白鹤静立在泥沼，仿佛冥恋芒果的香息

母亲携罐去汲水，隙间被偷走睡意

当她满载而归时，孩子在爬行寻找曾经的安趣

是谁偷走了孩子的睡意，此刻她躲藏在何地

鸽子在低语告知，你要在沉寂森林中寻觅

泉水从皱石上飞落，滴答之声告诉我去深邃中寻觅

其实他们只是猜测，就像谁也不知仙女脚环藏在繁星中的痕迹

留给我的时光不多，金色即将洒满大地

所以我无论遇到谁，都在问：偷走睡意的人到底在哪里

是谁偷走了孩子的睡意，仿佛她讥笑我寻找的无力

只要我能找到她，就能禁锢她的双翼

从此她只能手执一根芦苇，在灯心草和睡莲间钓鱼为戏

我可以把所有的睡眠都带回，还给市集上的邻里

当黄昏远去，孩子们坐在妈妈的膝盖上

夜莺将讥笑传递给偷走睡意的人：你只能妄想，将谁的睡眠偷去

lhqboy

早啊，呵呵

pandaphone

When mother came back she found baby travelling the room over on all fours.
Who stole sleep from our baby's eyes? I must know. I must find her and chain her up.
I must look into that dark cave, where, through boulders and scowling stones, trickles a tiny stream.
I must search in the drowsy shade of the bakula grove, where pigeons coo in their corner, and fairies' anklets tinkle