Saying Good-bye to Cambridge Again --- by Xu Zhimo
Very quietly I take my leave 輕輕的我走了，
As quietly as I came here; 正如我輕輕的來；
Quietly I wave good-bye 我輕輕的招手，
To the rosy clouds in the western sky. 作別西邊的雲彩。
The golden willows by the riverside 那河畔的金柳，
Are young brides in the setting sun; 是夕陽中的新娘；
Their reflections on the shimmering waves 波光裏的艷影，
Always linger in the depth of my heart. 在我的心頭蕩漾。
The floating heart growing in the sludge 軟泥上的青荇，
Sways leisurely under the water; 油油的在水底招搖：
In the gentle waves of Cambridge 在康河的柔波裏
I would be a water plant! 我甘心做壹條水草。
That pool under the shade of elm trees 那榆蔭下的壹潭，
Holds not water but the rainbow from the sky; 不是清泉，是天上虹
Shattered to pieces among the duckweeds 揉碎在浮藻間，
Is the sediment of a rainbow-like dream? 沈澱著彩虹似的夢。
To seek a dream? Just to pole a boat upstream 尋夢？撐壹支長篙，
To where the green grass is more verdant; 向青草更青處漫溯，
Or to have the boat fully loaded with starlight 滿載壹船星輝，
And sing aloud in the splendor of starlight. 在星輝斑斕裏放歌。
But I cannot sing aloud 但我不能放歌
Quietness is my farewell music; 悄悄是別離的笙簫；
Even summer insects keep silence for me 夏蟲也為我沈默，
Silent is Cambridge tonight! 沈默是今晚的康橋！
Very quietly I take my leave 悄悄的我走了，
As quietly as I came here; 正如我悄悄的來；
Gently I flick my sleeves 我揮壹揮衣袖
Not even a wisp of cloud will I bring away 不帶走壹片雲彩。