燎沈香，消溽暑。鳥雀呼晴，侵曉窺簷語。葉上初陽幹宿雨、水面清圓，一一風荷舉。

故鄉遙，何日去。家住吳門，久作長安旅。五月漁郎相憶否。小楫輕舟，夢入芙蓉浦。

Tune: Blinded By Silk Drapes       Zhou Bang Yan  (1057-1121)    江紹倫譯

I lighted incense sweet
To temper the steaming heat
Birds chirp begging for sunshine
On my eave they announced a day so fine
Last night’s raindrops remaining on leaves dried
Within water round and clean
Lotus flowers stand tall against the wind serene

Home is far away
Whence will I return to stay
My family lives south of the city gate
Why a visitor here in the Capital should I prolong my stay
Fishermen may still remember me in the summer
On a light boat I row as I beam
Entering lotus land in my dream

月皎驚烏棲不定。更漏將殘，車曆轆牽金井。喚起兩眸清炯炯。淚花落枕紅棉冷。

執手霜風吹鬢影。去意徊徨，別語愁難聽。樓上闌幹橫斗柄。露寒人遠難相應。

Tune:  Butterfly Loves Flower       Zhou Bang Yan  (1057-1121)    江紹倫譯 

Nesting birds are startled by a moon too bright
The water-clock drips out by the dwindling night
As the wind maid draws water from the Well of Gold
You wake me up and gaze my face with pearly eyes bright
Tears roll down our pillow wetting its cotton cold

We hold hands as frigid air lifts locks on your brow
We loathe knowing our time together is running out
Words of farewell are too sad for the ear
Beyond the rails upstairs the Plough appears
On frosty dews you are far as cock-crows fill the air

纖雲弄巧
飛星傳恨
銀漢迢迢暗度
金風玉露一相逢
便勝卻、人間無數

柔情似水
佳期如夢
忍顧鵲橋歸路
兩情若是久長時
又豈在、朝朝暮暮

Tune: The Magpie Bridge Immortal            Qin Guan  (1049-1100)   江紹倫譯

Clouds float creating wonders like artist feats
Stars’ fleeting regret repeats
Across the Milky Way the Cowherd Star silently goes to his annual retreat
A single moment together amid golden breeze and jade dew
Can eclipse all human affections in multiple heat

Their love flows tenderly as water
This happy date seems but a dream
They had to leave the Magpie Bridge to go each their own way
When lovers promise to love forever
Need they measure togetherness by hours and day

春歸何處          寂寞無行路
若有人知春去處    喚取歸來同住
春無踪跡誰知      除非問取黃鸝
百囀無人能解      因風吹過薔薇

Late Spring         Huang Ting Jian  (1045-1105)
Tune: Music Serene

O Where did spring go
By herself alone she knows no road
If ever anyone knows her dwelling place
Please call her back to me together we’ll stay

Who’s sure spring has left no trace
Ask the oriole
It sings a hundred tunes for none to know
On wings of wind they fly past the rose

水光瀲灩晴方好
山色空濛雨亦奇
欲把西湖比西子
淡妝濃抹總相宜 

Drinking By West Lake in Changeable Weather                江紹倫譯

Beaming waves flicker bright under a sunny sky
Colours of hazy mountains create extraordinary scenes to flirt the eye
Should we compare West Lake with Xi Shi the legend beauty
They are equally radiant seen with make-up or presented naturally

赴密州 早行 馬上寄子由

孤館燈青，野店雞號，旅枕夢殘。

漸月華收練，晨霜耿耿，雲山攡錦，朝露漙漙。

世路無窮，勞生有限，似此區區長鮮歡。

微吟罷，憑征鞍無語，往事千端。

當時共客長安，似二陸初來俱少年。

有筆頭千字，胸中萬卷，致君堯舜，此事何難用舍由時，行藏在我，袖手何妨閑看

身長健，但優游卒歲，且鬥樽前。

To My Brother On My Way to Exile           江紹倫譯
Tune: Qin Garden Spring

In this lone inn the lamp burns a dim green
Cock crows are heard too early in morning
Breaking my lingering dream

Quietly the moon recedes its cold rays
Enters the morning frost here to stay
Clouds and hills together weave fine brocades
Morning dews their pearly drops in display

Worldly affairs go on without limit
Man’s toiling lives are but short visits
How I had led a life joyless and oft in defeat

After singing this song
I mount my saddle in silence to go on
Brooding over a thousand past events as I ride along

Remember our days together in the capital
Somewhat like the young Lu brothers in literary fame

On our brush tips essays of a thousand words easily attained
Knowledge in ten thousand volumes within our rein
We advise great emperors in history
With no difficulty
Careers can only advance on the right time
Decisions are mine
Why not stand aside to watch with folding arms how the world goes by

May we keep in good health
To pass our days and years in tranquillity
And don’t forget to keep wine urns empty

一葉舟輕，雙槳鴻驚。水天清、影湛波平。魚翻藻鑒，鷺點煙汀。

過沙溪急，霜溪冷，月溪明。重重似畫，曲曲如屏。

算當年、虛老嚴陵。君臣一夢，今古空名。

但遠山長，雲山亂，曉山青。

Passing Through The Seven-league Shallows          江紹倫譯
Tune: Joy of Union Eternal

 A boat light as a leaf on water glide
Its dipping oars frighten wild geese nearby
With water and sky serene
Clear shadows follow gentle waves green
In and out of water- plants fishes play
An egret dots the misty space in no haste

So I go
On sandy rills rowing bold
On frigid water enduring the cold
On moonlit rivers serene
Every turn presents me with picturesque scenes
Every bent appears a screen

I recall those years past
Empty days spent
In the emperor’s dreams
Then as now
Deeds and fame n’er end up in books of history

Distant hills stay eternal
Cloudy hills in dishevel
Morning hills ever so green