TUNE: SONG OF DIVINATION

卜算子

Clouds rise over river mouth with rising tide;

潮生浦口云，

The trees see it ebb by the ferry side.

潮落津头树。

The tide is free to rise and flow;

潮本无心落又生，

So men are free to come and go.

人自来还去。

Pavilions far and nigh

今古短长亭，

Bid welcome and goodbye.

送往迎来处。

Men have grown old who come from north, south, east or west;

老尽东西南北人，

But the pavilion still sees the tide without rest.

亭下潮如故。