佳人何在？
Where is the beauty fair?
空鎖樓中燕。
Only swallows locked in tower are.
古今如夢，
Like a dream from ancient times to now,
何曾夢覺？
Have we ever awakened?
How?
但有舊歡新怨。
Only old joys and new sorrows remain.
異時對、黃樓夜景，
When will you face the Yellow Tower again
為余浩嘆！
And sigh for me in vain?