[群书大家谈] Saying Good-bye to Cambridge Again

  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 floating heart 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 duck weeds
  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 splendor of starlight.

  But I cannot sing aloud
  Quietness is my farewell music;
  Even summer insects keep 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