雙語 ● 夜飲東坡醉復醒

TUNE: RIVERSIDE DAFFODILS

RETURNING TO LINGAO BY NIGHT

Drinking at Eastern Slope by night,

I sober, then get drunk again.

When I come back, it’s near midnight,

I hear the thunder of my houseboy’s snore;

I knock but none answers the door.

What can I do but, leaning on my cane,

Listen to the river’s refrain?

I long regret I am not master of my own.

When can I ignore the hums of up and down?

In the still night the soft winds quiver

On ripples of the river.

From now on I would vanish with my little boat;

For the rest of my life on the sea I would float.

臨江仙

夜歸臨皋

夜飲東坡醉復醒，

歸來仿佛三更。

家童鼻息已雷鳴，

敲門都不應，

倚杖聽江聲。

長恨此身非我有，

何時忘卻營營？

夜闌風靜縠紋平。

小舟從此逝，

江海寄余生。