如果我是一只蜜蜂你是一朵玫瑰，

刮起陰郁的風時你讓我進去嗎？

你是否會將花瓣打得很開，

是否會讓我進去發現你的心，

如果你是一朵玫瑰？

“如果我是一朵玫瑰你是一只蜜蜂，

你來到我身邊就永遠不要離開，

我會將愛最終托起在心上，

并合上花瓣把你緊緊抱住，

如果你是一只蜜蜂。”[1]

The Rose and the Bee

If I were a bee and you were a rose,

Would you let me in when the gray wind blows?

Would you hold your petals wide apart,

Would you let me in to find your heart,

If you were a rose?

"If I were a rose and you were a bee,

You should never go when you came to me,

I should hold my love on my heart at last,

I should close my leaves and keep you fast,

If you were a bee."

注釋

[1]此詩用玫瑰與蜜蜂構成的意象不錯。在“刮起陰郁的風時”對方會讓“我”進入他的內心嗎？回答是肯定的，“我”最終有了獲得溫暖和保護的地方。原詩押韻方式比較少有，為aabbc，ddeef，譯詩不勉強步原詩韻，以意境和節奏為重。