纸船(自译）

日复一日，我把我的纸船
一个一个放入奔流的溪水中

我用大大的黑体
写上我的名字
还有我所住的村子的名字

我希望在陌生的地方
会有人发现它们
然后知道我是谁

小船上载着
我花园里的秀丽花
希望这些在清晨开的花
在夜晚来临时
平安到达彼岸

我推走了纸船，抬头望天
看到小小的云朵
张开它们白色的帆

我不知道，天空中的某位玩伴
是否会送它们来
和我的船比赛

夜晚来临
我把脸埋进胳膊里
梦见了我的纸船
在午夜的繁星下
越漂越远

掌管睡眠的精灵
正驾驶着纸船
船上载着的
是装满梦的篮子

Paper Boats

Day by day I float my paper boats one by one down the running stream.

In big black letters I write my name on them and the name of the village where I live.

I hope that someone in some strange land will find them and know who I am.

I load my little boats with shiuli flowers from our garden, and hope that these blooms of the dawn will be carried safely to land in the night.

I launch my paper boats and look up into the sky and see the little clouds setting their white bulging sails.

I know not what playmate of mine in the sky sends them down the air to race with my boats!

When night comes I bury my face in my arms and dream that my paper boats float on and on under the midnight stars.

The fairies of sleep are sailing in them,and the lading is their baskets full of dreams.