The musicians will sit in their gallery,"said the young student,"and play upon their stringed instruments, and my love will dance to the sound of the harp and the violin, She will dance so lightly that her feet will not touch the floor and the courtiers in their gay dresses will throng round her. But with me she will not dance, for I have no red rose to give her; and he flung himself down on the grass, and buried his face in his hands, and wept.

"Why is he weeping?" asked a little Green Lizard, as he ran past him with his tail in the air.
"Why, indeed?"said a Butterfly, who was fluttering about after a sunbeam.
"Why, indeed?"whispered a Daisy to his neighbour, in a soft, low voice.
“He is weeping for a red rose,"said the Nightingale.

“For a red rose?"they cried;"how very ridiculous!" and the little Lizard.who was something of a cynic, laughed outright.But the nightingale understood the secret of the Student's sorrow, and she sat silent in the oak-tree, and thought about the mystery of Love.

青年说:“乐师们将在乐坛 上弹弄丝竹，我那爱人也将按着弦琴的音节舞蹈。她舞得那么翩翩，莲步都不着地，华服的少年们就会艳羡地围者她。但她不同我跳舞，因我没有为她采到红玫瑰。”于是，他扑倒在草里，两手掩着脸哭泣。

绿色的小壁虎说，“他为什么哭泣?”说完就竖起尾巴从他跟前跑过。
蝴蝶正追着阳光飞舞，他亦问说:“唉，怎么?”
金盏花亦向她的邻居低声探问:“唉，怎么?”
夜莺说，“他为着一朵红玫瑰哭泣。，

他们叫道:“为着一朵红玫瑰! 真笑话!”那小壁虎本来就刻薄，于是大笑。然而，夜莺了解那青年烦恼里的秘密，她**在橡树上，思考着爱情的神秘。。