翻译任务    * Riddle TWO LITTLE RIDDLES IN RHYME[1]

TWO LITTLE RIDDLES IN RHYME1
There's a garden that I ken,
Full of little gentlemen;
Little caps of blue they wear,
And green ribbons, very fair.
(Flax.)

From house to house he goes,
A messenger small and slight,
And whether it rains or snows,
He sleeps outside in the night.
(The path.)

[1] These riddles were taken from the Gaelic, and are charming examples of the naïve beauty of the old Irish, and of Dr. Hyde's accurate and sympathetic modern rendering. From ``Beside the Fire'' (David Nutt, London).

压韵小谜语两则

谁家花园里，
许多小绅士，
戴着蓝帽子，
系着绿带子。
（亚麻花）

一位小使者，
走过户与家，
雨雪怎奈何，
睡在星空下。
（小路）

[1]这两则谜语源出盖尔语，展现了优雅质朴的古爱尔兰语及海迪博士准确达意的现代翻译。选自"Beside the Fire" (David Nutt, London)