青青河畔草，绵绵思远道。

The riverside grass verdant

远道不可思，宿昔梦见之。

Extends unendingly far away.

梦见在我傍，忽觉在他乡。

I shouldn't yearn for a far-off man,

他乡各异县，展转不相见。

Yet I dreamed of him in the night.

枯桑知天风，海水知天寒，

I dreamed about him by my side,

入门各自媚，谁肯相为言！

Then woke to find him still away,

Away in various distant places,

客从远方来，遗我双鲤鱼。

Tossing about out of my sight.

呼儿烹鲤鱼，中有尺素书。

A leafless tree can feel the wind,

长跪读素书，书中竟何如：

An unfrozen sea can feel the cold;

上言加餐食，下言长相忆。

Warmly greeted by their families,

Would one of them tell me his news?

A traveler from afar arrives

And brings me a carp-shaped case.

I tell my boy to break the carps

And a silk letter in them we find.

Then I kneel with my back erect

To read what the message says:

‘Eat well & take care of your health,

I've been missing you all the time. ’