1. The Garden of Shen
Tune: "Phoenix Hairpin"
Pink hands so fine,
Gold-branded wine,
Spring paints the willowsgreen
palace walls can't confine.
East wind unfair,
Happy times rare.
In my heart sad thoughtsthrong;
We've severed for yearslong.
Wrong, wrong, wrong!
Spring is green,
In vain she's lean,
Her kerchief soaked withtears
and red with stains unclean.
Peach blossoms fall
Near deserted hall.
Our oath is still there.Lo!
No word to her can go.
No, no, no!
2. The Lost LandRecalled
Tune: “The Beautiful LadyYu”
When will there be no more autumn moon and springflowers
For me who had so many memorablehours?
My attic which last night in vernal wind didstand
Reminds me cruelly of the lost moonlitland.
Carved balustrades and marble steps must still bethere.
But rosy faces cannot befair.
If you ask me how much my sorrow hasincreased,
Just see the overbrimming river followingeast!
3. A Tranquil Night
Abed, I see a silverlight
I wonder if --it’s frostaground.
Looking up, I find the moonbright;
Bowing, in homesickness I’mdrowned.