My body is a leaflike boat,
身如一葉舟,
And like the tide all events flow.
萬事從頭起。
I let my boat on the rising tide float;
水長船高一任伊,
So on the waves I come and go.
來往洪濤里。
The tide may fall and rise again;
潮落又潮生,
As of old will things stop and start.
今古長如此。
Next time when I drink alone, the moon will not wane,
后夜開尊獨酌時,
But we’re a thousand miles apart.
月滿人千里。