客愁
[清]洪昇
夜夜贾舡[1]里，
思乡愁奈何。
醒听北人语，
梦听南人歌。
注释：
[1]贾舡：商人的船。
Homesickness
Hong Sheng[1]
In trader’s boat night after night,
I yearn for homeland out of sight.
Awake, I hear the Northern tongue,
In dream, I hear but Southern song.
注释：
[1]Hong Sheng was a playwright, author of Love in Long-life Hall, telling of the love story of the Bright Emperor (Emperor Xuanzong) of the Tang and the beautiful Lady Yang.
“Kechou” expresses the homesickness on a boat on the river at night, “Night after night on the boat, I miss my hometown, what can I do?” When awake, I hear the language of northerners, but in dreams I hear songs from the south, interweaving together the deep longing for home.
