田鳧啊你繞著荒野的石南地飛翔

看不見在你下面撒下的網

你為何不在小麥地裡飛行呢?

人們不能在豐熟的田地裡撒網

O lapwing thou fliest around the heath,

Nor seest the net that is spread beneath,

Why dost thou not fly among the corn fields?

They cannot spread nets where a harvest yields.