趙善慶·《落梅風·江樓晚眺》

An Evening View of the Tower on River Bank

To the Tune of Plum-sweeping Wind

Zhao Shanqing

楓枯葉，

柳瘦絲，

夕陽閑畫闌十二。

望晴空瑩然如片紙，

一行雁一行愁字。

Withered maple leaves are whirling,

Slim willow twigs are swaying,

Twelve rails cast shadows on the tower in the sunset.

Gazing into the sky it’s a clean sheet of paper spread,

A flight of wild geese forms a line of characters sad.