English Rendering
A leaf-like boat goes light,
At dripping oars wild geese take fright.
Under a sky serene
Clear shadows float on calm waves green.
Among the mirrored water grass fish play
And egrets dot the riverbank mist-gray.
Thus I go past
The sandy brook flowing fast,
The frosted brook cold,
The moonlit brook bright to behold.
Hill upon hill is a picturesque scene;
Bend after bend looks like a screen.
I recall those far-away years;
The hermit wasted his life till he grew old;
The emperor shared the same dream with his peers,
Then as now, their fame was left out in the cold.
Only the distant hills outspread
Till they're unseen,
The cloud-crowned hills look dishevelled
And dawn-lit hills so green.
