| DAY by day I float my paper boats one by one down the running stream. |
我每天把纸船一个个放在急流的溪中。 |
| In big black letters I write my name on them and the name of the village where I live. |
我用大黑字写我的名字和我住的村名在纸船上。 |
| I hope that someone in some strange land will find them and know who I am. |
我希望住在异地的人会得到这纸船，知道我是谁。 |
| 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. |
我把园中长的秀利花载在我的小船上，希望这些黎明开的花能在夜里被平平安安地带到岸上。 |
| I launch my paper boats and look up into the sky and see the little clouds setting their white bulging sails. |
我投我的纸船到水里，仰望天空，看见小朵的云正张着满鼓着风的白帆。 |
| I know not what playmate of mine in the sky sends them down the air to race with my boats! |
我不知道天上有我的什么游伴把这些船放下来同我的船比赛！ |
| When night comes I bury my face in my arms and dream that my paper boats float on and on under the midnight stars. |
夜来了，我的脸埋在手臂里，梦见我的纸船在子夜的星光下缓缓地浮泛前去。 |
| The fairies of sleep are sailing in them, and the lading is their baskets full of dreams. |
睡仙坐在船里，带着满载着梦的篮子。 |
