夜月星河 秋暮漫觀明月 朝垂鈎寒江 Leisurely I watch the full Moon

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《西江月‧漁翁》 夜月星河

秋暮漫觀明月，冬朝垂鈎寒江。

煙波極目水滄滄，一任扁舟漾盪。

雲靄遠山寂寂，天涯海角茫茫。

孤篷一覺夢黄粱，隨伴沙鷗逐浪。

TUNE: Xī Jiāng Yuè “West River Moon”

TITLE: Yú Wēng “Fisherman”

-- by 夜月星河 'Night Moon Starry River'

-- Translated by Frank C Yue

Leisurely I watch the full Moon in Autumn 

evenings,

And I angle the cold river in Winter 

mornings.

Fog and waves: Water e’erywhere far as 

the eye can see;

With abandonment, I let the tiny boat drift 

free.

All the clouds, and mists, and distant 

mountains are speechless,

While the skies’ verge and seas’ corner so 

vast and boundless.

Waking from a meal-time dream in a lonely 

sail boat,

I chase the waves and along with care-free 

sand gulls float.