TUNE: PARTRIDGE IN THE SKY

鹧鸪天

Living between grey mist and setting sun,

家住苍烟落照间，

I’m freed from all worldly cares one by one.

丝毫尘事不相关。

Drunk, I’ll pass through

Groves of bamboo;

斟残玉薤行穿竹，

Books read, I would lie still

To contemplate the hill.

卷罢黄庭卧看山。

Why proud and bold?

贪啸傲，

Let me grow old

任衰残，

And wear, wherever I go, a smiling face!

不妨随处一开颜，

Don’t you know the Creator has the grace

元知造物心肠别，

To level heroes down to commonplace?

老却英雄似等闲。