Farewell, River Cam Once Again!
Xu Zhimo ( 徐 志 摩 )
English version:Frank Huang（黄新渠) http://www.24en.com/column/huangxinqu/2011-03-02/132574.html
Gently I take my leave,
Just as gently I came here;
Gently I wave my farewell,
To the rosy clouds in the western sky.
Weeping willows by the riverside,
In the setting sun is a pretty bride.
Her graceful shadows in the river,
Fill my heart with the rising tide!
Green duckweeds growing in the sludge
Are swaying gently under the water;
I am willing to be a water plant,
Amid the gentle waves on River Cam.
Under the shade of elm trees,
That pool is not a clear spring, but
Shattered waves of a rainbow from the sky;
It is laden with a rosy rainbow's dream.
To seek a dream? With a long pole,
To the grass more lush and green I row.
Overloaded with a boat of starlight,
I sing aloud amid the brilliance of stars.
But I cannot sing it aloud,
Silence is the farewell tune in my flute.
Even summer insects keep silent for me,
So silent is River Cam tonight!
Quietly I take my leave,
Just as quietly I came here;
Gently I flick my sleeves,
Not even a wisp of cloud do I take away.
November 6,1928 over South China Sea
English version: (Frank) Huang Xinqu
Revised: 2009 10. 25
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