Poetic Translation by Frank Watson
 
 
Literal Character Translation
 
Mound State Water Pavilion Night Feast See-off Look-after Not Bright ’s Official
 
Still silent mound castle night,
Cold pond facing granary building.
Shu-state frontier-pass cicada already noisy,
Qin-state tree leaf must autumn.
Path road join sky distant,
Instrument song arrive dawn anxious.
No worthy divide sleeves behind,
Broken moon proper like sickle.
 
 
Literal Word Translation
 
Qiong State Water Pavilion Night Feast Send-off Look-after Fei Xiong Official
 
Lonely Qiong City Night,
Cold pond face storehouse building.
Shu pass cicada already buzzing,
Qin tree-leaves respond-to autumn.
Path reaching-the-sky remote,
Music-and-song until dawn worry-about.
Cannot-bear to-part-company behind,
Waning-moon just-as a-hook.