TUNE: SONG OF MORE SUGAR

糖多令

PASSING BY WUCHANG AGAIN

重过武昌

Reeds overspread the small island;

芦叶满汀洲，

A shallow stream girds the cold sand.

寒沙带浅流。

After twenty years

二十年重过南楼。

I pass by the Southern Tower again.

柳下系舟犹未稳，

How many days have passed since I tied my boat

能几日，

Beneath the willow tree! But Mid-Autumn Day nears.

又中秋？

On broken rocks of Yellow Crane,

黄鹤断矶头，

Do my old friends still remain?

故人曾到否？

The old land is drowned in sorrow new.

旧江山浑是新愁。

Even if I can buy laurel wine for you

欲买桂花同载酒，

And get afloat,

终不似，

Could our youth renew?

少年游。