I strike my axe on the trunk of a birch tree,
And though I cannot leave the mountains,
My words of love yet surely can;
Please take my words to my beloved girl,
And bring her answer back to me.
【提示】
此首花儿的关键句为“人不出山话出山,把话带到妹跟前”,指唱花儿的人一直在山里,人不出山,把给妹妹的心里话用唱花儿的形式从山里传递出去。“把话还要带到哩”是请带话的人出山后一定要把花儿带到妹妹那里。最后一句“来了消差对号哩”指出山的人再把妹妹的心里话带回给山里的阿哥,也就是完成了山里阿哥交代的差事,即“消差”。“对号”指“对唱花儿”,可理解为山里的阿哥收到带回来的话后,再对唱答话。