Spring river tidal water
running level with the sea

on the sea the bright moon
rising with the tide

rolling tossing
down its waves a million miles

where spring river
do you lack for moonlight

The river flows twists turns
around the scented park lands

moonlight sleeting everywhere
on blooming groves

through the void flowing frost
flies unseen

white sand of the islets
indistinguishable.

River sky one color
without a spot of dust

glittering amid the void
the bright moon's wheel

on these banks what people
first saw the moon

river moon in what year
did you first shine on men.

Life of man age on age
unexhausted

river moon year by year
looking at each other

who knows what person
the moon in the river waits for

all you see the long stream
ushering its waters.

White cloud a single swath
bound far away

maples green upon the bank
unquenched sorrow

Tonight where is the household
of the man in the little boat

What place does she think of
in the moonlit lodge

Piteously above the lodge
the moon wavers wanders

shining back on the lonely one
the make-up mirror-stand

blinds of the jade door
she twists but does not go

wash-pounding on the stone
though brushed away returns

This is the hour to gaze afar
hearing nothing

wishing to follow the moon-glow
to flow—to shine on you

wild geese far flying
cannot go beyond the light

fish dragons churning
the depths ripple the surface

Last night by the idle pool
she dreamt of falling flowers

she grieves for him at mid-spring
who does not come home

river waters wash away
what's left of spring

river pool the falling moon
slanting westward

Slant moon deep deep
in sea-mist hidden
from Jieshi to Xiaoxiang
a boundless road

who knows what people
come home by moonlight

the moonset shakes our feelings
as it fills the river trees.