TUNE: SONG OF GOOD EVENT

好事近

SONG OF A FISHERMAN

渔父词

Shaking my head,

摇首出红尘，

I leave the land, now sober, now drunken dead.

醒醉更无时节。

Fishing in green straw cloak and hat I go,

活计绿蓑青笠，

Used to wearing frost and braving snow.

惯披霜冲雪。

At nightfall when wind lulls, my fishing’s done;

晚来风定钓丝闲，

The crescent moon makes sky and water one.

上下是新月。

I see moon light high and low, far and near;

千里水天一色，

A single swan appears only to disappear.

看孤鸿明灭。