Chinese Children’s song
蜗牛与黄鹂鸟
Wōniú yǔ huánglí niǎo
Snail and yellow birds /snail and oriole birds
阿门阿前一棵葡萄树
Āmén ā qián yī kē pútáo shù
Ah, door, ah, in the front of it, there is a grape tree
阿嫩阿嫩绿地刚发芽
Ā nèn ā nènlǜ dì gāng fāyá
Ah, it is tender, ah, it is green, and it is just germinating now
蜗牛背著那重重的壳呀
Wōniú bèizhe nà chóngchóng de ké ya
The snail carries its heavy shell
一步一步地往上爬
Yībù yībù de wǎng shàng pá
One step after one step climbs up
阿树阿上两只黄鹂鸟
Ā shù ā shàng liǎng zhī huánglí niǎo
Ah, the tree, ah the tree top, there are two yellow orioles
阿嘻阿嘻哈哈在笑它
Ā xī ā xī hāhā zài xiào tā
Ah, they laugh, ah they giggle, ah they laugh ha-ha at it
葡萄成熟还早地很哪
Pútáo chéngshú hái zǎo de hěn nǎ
There is still long long time till the grapes ripen
现在上来干什么
Xiànzài shànglái gànshénme
Why are you climbing up now
阿黄阿黄鹂儿不要笑
Ā huáng ā huánglí er bu yào xiào
Ah, yellow, ah, yellow oriole birds, don’t you laugh at me
等我爬上它就成熟了
Děng wǒ pá shàng tā jiù chéngshúle
When I climb up to the top, the grapes will be ripe already
Translated by Shu with fun 🙂
How to attract orioles to your backyard
orioles singing