那样做简直是破坏，是糟蹋——

That is work of waste and ruin—

来学学我和查理的做法！

Do as Charles and I are doing!

瞧这儿开了这么多草莓花，

Strawberry-blossoms, one and all,

 可是这种花我们不能采；

 We must spare them—here are many:

它们挺美的，比谁也不差，

Look at it—the flower is small,

 可是你瞧——花儿小，枝子矮；

 Small and low, though fair as any:

别动手，别碰它，安妮妹妹！

Do not touch it! summers two

听我的，我好歹比你大两岁。

I am older, Anne, than you.

安妮妹妹呵！快来采樱草，

Pull the primrose, sister Anne!

采得了多少你就采多少。

Pull as many as you can.

这儿有雏菊，由你尽量采；

—Here are daisies, take your fill;

 还有三色堇，还有剪秋萝；

 Pansies, and the cuckoo-flower:

高高的水仙花，你也采些来

Of the lofty daffodil

 装扮你床铺，装扮你住所；

 Make your bed, or make your bower;

盛满你衣兜，插满你前襟；

Fill your lap and fill your bosom;

只有草莓花，手下要留情！

Only spare the strawberry-blossom!

樱草的好日子是在春天，

Primroses, the Spring may love them—

一到夏天它们就少见；

Summer knows but little of them:

紫罗兰只开花不结果实，

Violets, a barren kind,

 到时候就枯了，倒在尘埃；

 Withered on the ground must lie;

小小雏菊花模样标致，

Daisies leave no fruit behind

 谢了，也没有果子留下来；

 When the pretty flowerets die;

这些花你采吧，到了明年

Pluck them, and another year

它们照样开，一开一大片。

As many will be blowing here.

草莓够交情，有果子让人吃，

God has given a kindlier power

这是上帝给它的本事。

To the favoured strawberry-flower.

过不了多久，春天就溜啦，

Hither soon as spring is fled

 你我和查理再到这儿来；

 You and Charles and I will walk;

那时候，莓子都红啦，熟啦，

Lurking berries, ripe and red,

 挂在枝子上，有叶子遮盖；

 Then will hang on every stalk,

为了那一天吃个痛快，

Each within its leafy bower;

草莓花儿呵你可不能采！

And for that promise spare the flower!