TUNE: SILK-WASHING STREAM

浣溪沙

BOATING ON MY WAY BACK

泛舟还余英馆

The reeds and willow trees slant slightly in the breeze,

烟柳风蒲冉冉斜，

I need no window screen lest I can’t gaze my fill.

小窗不用着帘遮。

I’ll carry round the sands the shadow of the hill.

载将山影转湾沙。

The little bridge divides the views of riversides.

略彴断时分岸色，

On flowers in the isle alights a dragonfly.

蜻蜓立处过汀花。

Can I forget this stream where’er I go ’neath the sky?

此情此水共天涯。