Idle Dreams of Far Away: (Gaze Into the Distance to Jiangnan)
闲 梦 远: 望 江 南
闲 梦 远，南 国 正 芳 春
船 上 管 弦 江 面 绿
满 城 飞 絮 辊 轻 尘
忙 煞 看 花 人。
闲 梦 远，南 国 正 清 秋
千 里 江 山 寒 色 远
芦 花 深 处 泊 孤 舟
笛 在 月 明 楼。
Xian Meng Yuan: (Wang Jiang Nan)
Xian meng yuan, nan guo zheng fan chun.
Chuan shang guan xian jiang mian lu
Man cheng fei xu gun qing chen
Mang sha kan hua ren.
Xian meng yuan, nan guo zheng qing qiu.
Qian li jiang shan han se yuan
Lu hua shen chu po gu zhou
Di zai yue ming lou.
Idle Dreams of Far Away: (Gaze Into the Distance to Jiangnan)
Idle dreams of far away, in Jiangnan the season of fragrant spring
Large boats pass by, wind and string instruments playing on the green riversides.
Along city walls, air filled with willow tree cotton in flight, carriage wheels caked with mud
Flowers and people rush about.
Idle dreams of far away, in Jiangnan the season of clear autumn
For three hundred miles, autumn colors in remote rivers and mountains.
Solitary rowboats with anchors dropped among the deep cattail flowers
Flute music from brightly moonlit towers.
Notes:
Jiangnan: The area south of the mouth of the Changjiang in Zhejiang Province.