太阳神炎帝有一个小女儿，名叫女娃，她是炎帝最钟爱的女儿。炎帝不仅掌管太阳，还主管五谷和药材，事务繁忙。
The Sun God Yan Di had a youngest daughter named Nüwa, whom he loved dearly. Yan Di not only ruled over the sun but also governed crops and medicinal herbs, and his duties kept him constantly busy.
他每天清晨前往东海，太阳升起时出门，直到太阳西沉才回家。
Every day at dawn, he went to the Eastern Sea, leaving when the sun rose and returning only after it set.
炎帝不在家时，女娃便独自玩耍。她常常想让父亲带她去东海，看太阳升起的地方。
When Yan Di was away, Nüwa played alone. She often wished her father would take her to the Eastern Sea to see where the sun rose.
可父亲忙于公事，总是没有答应她。于是，女娃便独自驾着一只小船，向东海太阳升起的地方划去。
But her father was always too busy to agree. So one day, Nüwa set out alone in a small boat toward the place in the Eastern Sea where the sun rose.
不幸的是，海上忽然起了风暴，巨浪如山，小船被打翻，女娃被无情的大海吞没，再也没有回来。
Unfortunately, a violent storm arose at sea. Towering waves like mountains overturned her boat, and the merciless ocean swallowed Nüwa, never to return.
炎帝痛失爱女，却无法用医药使她复生，只能独自悲伤叹息。
Yan Di was heartbroken by the loss of his beloved daughter, but even with his mastery of medicine, he could not bring her back to life and could only grieve alone.
女娃死后，她的精魂化作了一只小鸟，花脑袋，白嘴，红脚爪，常发出“精卫、精卫”的悲鸣。
After her death, Nüwa’s spirit transformed into a small bird with a patterned head, a white beak, and red claws, crying out mournfully, “Jingwei, Jingwei.”
因此，人们便称这种鸟为“精卫”。
Thus, people came to call this bird “Jingwei.”
精卫痛恨无情的大海夺去了自己年轻的生命，立誓要报仇雪恨。
Jingwei deeply hated the merciless sea for taking her young life and vowed to take revenge.
她不停地从发鸠山衔来小石子或树枝，高飞到东海，把它们投进汹涌的海水中，想把大海填平。
She endlessly carried small stones or twigs from Mount Fajiu, flew high to the Eastern Sea, and dropped them into the surging waves, determined to fill the sea.
大海翻涌咆哮，嘲笑她说：“小鸟，你就算干一百万年，也休想把我填平。”
The sea roared and laughed at her, saying, “Little bird, even if you work for a million years, you will never fill me.”
精卫在空中回答：“哪怕是一千万年、一万万年，直到世界的尽头，我也一定要把你填平！”
Jingwei replied from the sky, “Even if it takes ten million years, a hundred million years, until the end of the world, I will fill you up!”
大海问她：“你为什么这么恨我？”
The sea asked, “Why do you hate me so much?”
精卫回答：“因为你夺去了我年轻的生命，将来还会夺去无数无辜的生命。我要永不停息地干下去。”
Jingwei answered, “Because you took my young life, and you will take many more innocent lives in the future. I will never stop.”
精卫飞回发鸠山，衔石投海，年复一年，从不间断。
Jingwei flew back to Mount Fajiu, carrying stones to the sea year after year, never ceasing.
后来，精卫与海燕结为夫妻，生下许多小鸟。小精卫们也像母亲一样，继续填海。
Later, Jingwei married a petrel, and they had many chicks. Like their mother, the young Jingwei birds also continued filling the sea.
直到今天，她们仍在做着这项工作。人们同情并敬佩精卫，称她为“冤禽”“誓鸟”“志鸟”“帝女雀”。
Even today, they are said to continue this task. People sympathize with and admire Jingwei, calling her “the Wronged Bird,” “the Oath Bird,” “the Bird of Will,” and “the Emperor’s Daughter Bird.”
人们还在东海边立起石碑，纪念精卫填海的地方。
People even erected a stone monument by the Eastern Sea to commemorate the place where Jingwei vowed to fill the ocean.