塞下秋來風景異
衡陽雁去無留意
四面邊聲連角起
千嶂裏
長煙落日孤城閉

濁酒一杯家萬里
燕然未勒歸無計
羌管悠悠霜滿地
人不寐
將軍白髮征夫淚

Tune: Fisherman’s Pride                   江紹倫譯

Autumn scene in the frontier looks extraordinary
Wild geese leave not a day too soon in a hurry
From all four corners bugles repeatedly roar
Walled in by peaks
The town gates are lowered before sun-fall

I hold a cup of unstrained wine knowing home is far away
Short of a clear victory any plan to return home is in sway
On frosty grounds foreign flutes tune only doleful says
No one could sleep
Seeing the general’s hair grey soldiers weep

夢後樓臺高鎖
酒醒簾幕低垂
去年春恨卻來時
落花人獨立
微雨燕雙飛

記得小蘋初見
兩重心字羅衣
琵琶絃上說相思
當時明月在
曾照彩雲歸

Tune: Immortals By the River                       江紹倫譯

Awake from my dream I find the tower locked tight
Heavy curtains hang low a sober sight
Whence last year’s spring sorrows visit and grow
Alone I stand amid flower buds unfold
In the drizzle a pair of swallows left leaving no trace to follow

I still remember when I first met lovely Ping
Her silk dress embroidered with two hearts locked in a ring
She played the pipa to sing her love for me
The moon was our witness
She brought home for me a cloud of such brilliance

平岸小橋千嶂抱
揉蘭一水萦花草
茅屋數間窗窈窕
塵不到
時時自有春風掃

午枕覺來聞語鳥
攲眠似聽朝雞早
忽憶故人今總老
貪夢好
茫然忘了邯郸道． 

Tune: Fisherman’s Pride                   江紹倫譯

Small bridges linking smooth banks on the lap of hills
Sapphire water meanders through floral and grass mazes in a rill
Thatched cots stand around their windows so neat
No dust here
Vernal breezes sweep them away thither and hither

From my noonday noose I wake to hear birds sing
Their chirps loud like cocks crowing the dawn in
I realize in a flash people do pass away when old
‘Tis alright to have dreams to hold
They help me forget that one day I too have to go

爆竹聲中一歲除
春風送暖入屠蘇
千門萬户瞳瞳日
總把新桃換舊符

Lunar New Year’s Day          江紹倫譯

On a sound of firecrackers we bid farewell to the year old
As vernal breezes warm up the Tu Su brew we welcome the new
The sun shines visiting thousands of family doors
Every door displays new couplets to celebrate the new year for all

Tune: Bells Drowned By Rain                      江紹倫譯

寒蟬凄切        Cicadas tuned dreary in the cold
對長亭晚        We sojourned at the pavilion till the evening is old
驟雨初歇        Showers over

都門帳飲無緒      Under the city gate we drank in dull mood
留戀處                 Lingering
蘭舟催發             Your departing boat tooted 

執手相看淚眼     Hand in hand we gazed at each other in teary eyes
竟無語凝噎         With congealed sobs words come not to say good bye

念去去                    Ahead as you go
千里烟波                A thousand li of waves and mist lie
暮靄沉沉楚天闊     Clouds are heavy in the boundless southern sky

多情自古傷離别   Those deep in love must suffer parting sorrow since days of old
更那堪冷落清秋節 Especially parting in the autumn cold

今宵酒醒何處       Where will I be after tonight when becoming sober
楊柳岸                  On banks of willows
曉風残月              Moon resigning in day-break breezes

此去經年                   With you away for years
應是良辰好景虚設     All bright days and pleasing scenery here will exist in vain

便縱有千種風情       If I should ever coquette in a thousand ways
更與何人說             To whom should I show my feelings anyway

佇倚危樓風细细
望極春愁
黯黯生天際
草色烟光残照里
無言誰會憑闌意。

擬把疏狂圖一醉
對酒當歌
强樂還無味

衣带漸寬終不悔
為伊消得人憔悴

Tune: Phoenix Perch on Parasol                   江紹倫譯

I stand alone on the balcony in light breeze
To confront spring sorrows
Parting grief loom in the horizon a dark gleam
At sunset smoke rises where grass is green
With no word to tell who would know why on these rails I lean

‘Tis my intend to dare getting drunk in a wink
For cups of wine I sing
Strained mirth will relief not bring

I regret not my waist-band loosens as it must be
Languish I accept when it comes to loving thee

對瀟瀟暮雨灑江天  一番洗清秋

漸霜風凄緊        關河冷落    殘照當樓

是處紅衰綠減      苒苒物華休  惟有長江水  無語東流

不忍登高臨遠      望故鄉渺邈  歸思難收

嘆年來蹤跡        何事苦淹留

想佳人  妝樓顒望  誤幾回  天際識歸舟

爭知我  倚闌干處  正恁凝愁

Tune: Eight Beats From Ganzhou Music    江紹倫譯

Against the incessant late showers river and sky stand
Awashed instantly autumn looks new again

Gradually fierce gales blow dreary and chill
Few souls stay by the hill or rill
In my lonely lodge only fading sunlight remains still

All vegetations green or red have withered
No more splendour
Only currents of the Yangtzi River
Flow steadily east silent as ever

I dare not ascend high to look far and around
In search of my native land lost where to be found
Homesickness abound

To my roving I sigh
Lingering here and there I know not why

My beloved must be watching from her bower with longing eyes
How oft had she mistaken a returning boat on horizon to be mine

Little would she know
I am also watching from this balcony rail
Pinning for her my heart frozen in sorrow

檻菊愁煙蘭泣露
羅幕輕寒
燕子雙飛去
明月不諳離恨苦
斜光到曉穿朱戶

昨夜西風凋碧樹
獨上高樓
望盡天涯路
欲寄彩箋無尺素
山長水遠知何處

Tune: Butterfly Loves Flower                       江紹倫譯

Orchids tear dews while asters in doleful misty grey
Silk curtains could not allay this cold
Pairing swallows take hasty leave
The moon could not know our parting grief
It shines till dawn its slanting light strayed into crimson windows

Western gales withered all green trees last night
Alone I ascended the tall tower
To search all the roads under the sky
How I wish to send you my darling a comforting message on ornate paper
Alas where would it go amid long mountain ranges and a boundless sea

一曲新詞酒一杯
去年天氣舊亭台
夕陽西下幾時回 

無可奈何花落去
似曾相識燕歸來
小園香徑獨徘徊

Tune: Silky Sand Brook                    江紹倫譯

I wrote a new poem and drank a cup of wine
In the old pavilion last year’s weather remained fine
When will you come back to celebrate the sun its ray decline

Helplessly I see flowers fade and fall
Delightful these swallows I seem to know visit again my wall
Round the fragrant path in my cosy garden I loiter alone