TUNE: BUDDHIST DANCERS

菩萨蛮

WRITTEN IN THE BOAT OF A FRIEND

周彦达舟中作

Before my eyes mist-veiled trees on mist-veiled trees stand;

眼中叠叠烟中树，

Evening clouds shed rain drop by drop on lotus blooms.

晚云点点翻荷雨。

Gulls float along smoke-darkened sand;

鸥泛渚边烟，

In overbrimming green rushes autumn looms.

绿蒲秋满川。

I’ve gone overseas

未成江海去，

But stay by pools and woods.

聊作林塘主。

My homeless grief won’t cease;

客恨阔无津，

The wind slants our white hoods.

风斜白叠巾。