TUNE: GREEN JADE CUP

青玉案

Never again will she tread on the lakeside lane.

凌波不过横塘路，

I follow with my eyes

但目送，

The fragrant dusts that rise.

芳尘去。

With whom is she now spending her delightful hours,

锦瑟华年谁与度？

Playing on zither string,

月桥花院，

On a crescent-shaped bridge, in a yard full of flowers,

琐窗朱户，

Or in a vermeil bower only known to spring?

只有春知处。

At dusk the floating cloud leaves the grass-fragrant plain;

飞云冉冉蘅皋暮，

With blooming brush I write heart-broken verse again.

彩笔新题断肠句。

If you ask me how deep and wide I am lovesick,

试问闲愁都几许？

Just see a misty plain where grass grows thick,

一川烟草，

A townful of willow down wafting on the breeze,

满城风絮，

Or drizzling rain yellowing all mume-trees!

梅子黄时雨。