床上的王国

The Land of Counterpane

Robert Louis Stevenson

When I was sick and lay a-bed,

I had two pillows at my head,

And all my toys beside me lay

To keep me happy all the day.

And sometimes for an hour or so

I watched my leaden soldiers go,

With different uniforms and drills,

Among the bedclothes, through the hills;

And sometimes sent my ships in fleets

All up and down among the sheets;

Or brought my trees and houses out,

And planted cities all about.

I was the giant great and still

That sits upon the pillow-hill

And sees before him, dale and plain,

The pleasant land of counterpane.

床上的王国

罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森每

当我不幸卧病在床，

我的床头会有两个枕头，身边的玩具满满当当，

为了让我不再皱着眉头。有时我会花一两个小时，

观赏制服各异的小铅兵。

他们做各式军事演习，

在被子之间穿山越岭。

有时我会把船组成舰队在床单上冲风破浪，

有时我设计自己的城市并在里面种树建房，

而我是岿然不动的巨人，

在枕头之巅端尘，

检阅面前的山谷和平原，

那是我床上的王国。