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