Hong Sheng

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.