前日风雪中，
故人从此去。
And bright and clear as unveiled moon. Hearing with a new love you will go,
我欲渡河水，
河水深无梁。
I’ve come to say our parting will be soon. Today we drink at home or on a boat;
愿为双黄鹂，
高飞还故乡。
Tomorrow we may find our love has ceased. When I walk along the palace moat,
皑如山上雪，
皎若云间月。
I see relentless waters flowing east. Sob and cry, alas, sob and cry;
闻君有两意，
故来相决绝。
The bride need not weep on her wedding day. If the man is faithful to the nuptial tie,
今日斗酒会，
明日沟水头。
They’ll live together till their hair is grey. The man is courting with a fishing-rod;
躧躧御沟上，
沟水东西流。
The wife responds like fish with nimble tail. When the man is sacred as the god,
凄凄复凄凄，
Gold and silver will be of no avail!