羁束戎旅间。
下车如昨日，
By my position in the troops restrained. Since I came to the post and settled down,
望舒四五圆。
借问此何时？
The moon has four or five times waxed and waned. What season of year is just ahead?
胡蝶飞南园。
流波恋旧浦，
It is the season for the butterflies. The flowing currents love their waterhead;
行云思故山。
闽越衣文蛇，
The thick clouds like the hill from which they rise. The southern Yues the skin of snakes would wear;
胡马愿度燕。
风土安所习，
The Tartar steeds would like to run in Yan. All things are fond of the ways of life they bear;
山来有固然。
This simple truth applies to every man.