我是一只娇小的半天鸟，
展开翅，冉冉地往上升，
在夏午，迎着静热的蓝空。

秽的一声：飞，我也开始唱，
唱出南方之歌，唱得空气声声震荡。
——半天里起一阵风浪。

飞得疲了，唱得哑了，
风浪便将我旋翩地上，
醺醺地睡去，不顾一切。

待我苏醒，从我的梦中，
天仍旧蓝、静，地还是闷、热；
只不见那一阵半天里的风浪。

我是一只娇小的半天鸟，
展开翅，冉冉地往上升，
在夏午，迎着静热的蓝空。

附注：1、云雀在南台湾屏东平原称为半天鸟。
　 2、“秽”为鸟儿展开翅飞翔的声音。

Half-Sky-Bird　Hsu ChiCheng

I am a tiny Half-Sky-Bird，
Spreading my wings I slowly rise
In the summer noon
Happy in the calm and hot sky.

With the sound of “hea”, I soar and sing;
Sing the song of south,
Making the air alive.
There is a rush of wind in the sky.

I fly till tired, sing till my voice is weak.
The wind drives me down to the earth.
There I sleep without thought
The long flight forgotten.

I wake from my dream,
In the far distant land,
And the sky is still blue
And the earth hot and still,
But the rush of wind is gone.

I am a tiny Half-Sky-Bird,
Spreading my wing I slowly rise
In the summer noon
Happy in the calm and hot blue sky.

Note:1. Skylark is called Half-Sky-Bird on Pingtung plane, South Taiwan.
　 2. “hea”is the sound which the bird spreads his wings and flies.@