TUNE: SILK-WASHING STREAM

浣溪沙

PARTING WITH LU CHI

送卢傺

Lotus leaves and blooms mirrored in water sky-blue;

荷叶荷花水底天，

We drink from jade wine-bottle the fresh fountain-brew.

玉壶冰酒酿新泉。

While making merry, can we forget bygone years?

一欢聊复记他年。

A stranger here, I’ll go back to my native hill;

我亦故山归去客，

Before parting with you, long, long I linger still.

与君分手暂留连。

O songstress fair, don’t sing of meeting without tears!

佳人休唱好因缘。