22, 吵鬧的世間---臺英雙語童詩

[李秀]

吵鬧的世間
一欉今才富穎的小樹
伸出細細薄薄頷頸仔
定定向老樹公仔哭恝講
遮是一个吵吵鬧鬧的世間

身軀滿土沙粉的老樹嘛有同感
是呀!人就是按呢無站節佮無衛生
無耐性的人騎著機車親像痟仔喀喀舂
著猴的司機駛車像火燒尻川黑白彈喇叭
壓霸的人處理代誌著夯刀鎗拼甲你死我活

小樹搖頭講遮實在是恐佈的所在
老樹公仔嘴講罔講伊猶原拍拼吸收
位四界各所在溢來的垃圾作予小樹看樣
恬恬伸出青翠的雙手安貼人類倉磅的性地

The Noisy World
The weak young tree
Stretches out his tiny neck
Grumbling to the old tree about
How bad this noisy world is

The dusty old tree also has this feeling
Yes, humans lack respect for us
There are crazy riders who ride their noisy motorcycles
Impatient drivers who drive the cars and honk loudly all the time
Violent humans who attack each other with knives and guns

The young tree covers his ears and says this is such a terrible world
But, even though the old tree sighs deeply, he still works hard
Absorbing polluted air to sight a good example for the young tree
And stretching his long green arms to help people feel peaceful