--- by Xu Zhimo
Very quietly I take my leave
As quietly as I came here;
Quietly I wave good-bye
To the rosy clouds in the western sky.
The golden willows by the riverside
Are young brides in the setting sun;
Their reflections on the shimmering waves
Always linger in the depth of my heart.
The floatingheart growing in the sludge
Sways leisurely under the water;
In the gentle waves of Cambridge
I would be a water plant!
That pool under the shade of elm trees
Holds not water but the rainbow from the sky;
Shattered to pieces among the duckweeds
Is the sediment of a rainbow-like dream?
To seek a dream? Just to pole a boat upstream
To where the green grass is more verdant;
Or to have the boat fully loaded with starlight
And sing aloud in the splendour of starlight.
But I cannot sing aloud
Quietness is my farewell music;
Even summer insects heep silence for me
Silent is Cambridge tonight!
Very quietly I take my leave
As quietly as I came here;
Gently I flick my sleeves
Not even a wisp of cloud will I bring away
November 6,1928
輕輕的我走了，
正如我輕輕的來；
我輕輕的招手，
作別西天的雲彩。
那河畔的金柳，
是夕陽中的新娘；
波光裏的艷影，
在我的心頭蕩漾。
軟泥上的青荇，
悠悠的在水底招搖；
在康橋的柔波裏，
我甘心做壹條水草！
那榆蔭下的壹潭，
不是清泉,是天上虹,
揉碎在浮藻間，
沈澱著彩虹似的夢。
尋夢？撐壹支長蒿，
向青草更青處漫溯，
滿載壹船星輝，
在星輝斑斕裏放歌。
但我不能放歌，
悄悄是別離的笙簫；
夏蟲也為我沈默，
沈默是今晚的康橋！
悄悄的我走了，
正如我悄悄的來；
我揮壹揮衣袖，
不帶走壹片雲彩。