I still remember drinking on the Bridge of Noon
   With bright wits of the day.
 The silent moon
   On endless river rolled away.
 In lacy shadows cast by apricot flowers
   We played our flutes till morning hours.

O'er twenty years have passed like dreams;
   It is a wonder that I'm still alive.
 Carefree, I mount the tower bathed in moonbeams.
   So many things passed long
      Ago survive 
   Only in fishermen's midnight song.

Translation: This Song Dynasty poem was translated by Xu Yuanchong in: Xu Yuanchong [translator]. 2021. Deep, Deep the Courtyard. [庭院深深.] Cite Publishing: Kuala Lumpur, p. 212-213