这是马致远写的八景（八首）小令中的一首。

马致远 《寿阳曲·平沙落雁》

南传信，

北寄书，

半栖近岸花汀树。

似鸳鸯失群迷伴侣，

两三行海门斜去。

Swans on the Shoal
To the Tune of Life-donating Sun

Ma Zhiyuan

You're a courier southward,
You're a messenger northward,
Resting on a shoal in the vicinity of flowers.
Like a solitary love-bird without mate in the world,
Towards the sea swans fly in slanting flights eastward.