踏莎行
姜夔
自沔东来。丁未元日，至金陵江上，感梦而作。
燕燕轻盈，
莺莺娇软。
分明又向华胥见。
夜长争得薄情知，
春初早被相思染。
别后书辞，
别时针线。
离魂暗逐郎行远。
淮南皓月冷千山，
冥冥归去无人管。
Treading on Grass
Jiang Kui
Light as a swallow’s flight,
Sweet as an oriole’s song,
Clearly I saw you again in dream.
How could you know my endless longing night?
Early spring dyed in grief strong.
Your letter broken-hearted,
Your needlework done when we parted,
And your soul secretly follows me.
Over the southern stream
The bright moon chills
A thousand hills
How can you lonely soul go back without company?
Notes：
The poet, dreaming again of his love on the river, is afraid her lonely soul cannot go back over a thousand hills chilled by the moon.
《踏莎行·燕燕轻盈》是宋代词人姜夔的作品。姜夔年轻时曾漫游江淮间，有过金鞭茸帽章台走马的冶游生活，在合肥结识一位妙擅琵琶的歌女，两情深挚，分离后仍眷恋不忘。此词是江上行舟感梦而作。
This song is written by Jiang Kui, a lyricist of the Song Dynasty. When Jiang Kui was young, he used to roam around Jianghuai and had a life of traveling on a horse on the Zhangtai Terrace with a golden whip and a hat. This lyric was written when he felt a dream on a boat on the river.
