TUNE: DREAM OF A FAIR MAIDEN

忆秦娥

In autumn bleak

秋萧索，

Plane trees are ripped of leaves, hearing the west wind shriek.

梧桐落尽西风恶。

Hear the west wind shriek!

西风恶，

The wild geese scream forlorn;

数声新雁，

And moans the broken horn.

数声残角。

The parting grief won’t care for a wanderer’s heart,

离愁不管人瓢泊，

Year after year from golden flowers kept apart.

年年孤负黄花约。

From flowers kept apart,

黄花约，

By courtyard on courtyard, your house unseen

几重庭院？

Is veiled by screen on screen.

几重帘幕？