苏轼·《南歌子·湖州作》英译

山雨潇潇过，

溪桥浏浏清。

小园幽榭枕苹汀。

门外月华如水、

彩舟横。

苕岸霜花尽，

江湖雪阵平。

两山遥指海门青。

回首水云何处、

觅孤城？

A Southern Song

Written at Lakeside County

Su Shi

Shower on shower passes o’er the hills,

Clear, clear water flows ‘neath bridges on the rills.

A garden pillows its bower amid the weed.

Outdoors in liquid moonlight lies afloat

A painted boat.

Frost cleared away on rivershore,

By waterside snow lingering no more.

Afar stands the blue gate to which two mountains lead.

Looking back, I find cloud and water up and down.

Where is the lonely town?