青青河畔草，綿綿思遠道。

The riverside grass verdant

遠道不可思，宿昔夢見之。

Extends unendingly far away.

夢見在我傍，忽覺在他鄉。

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

他鄉各異縣，展轉不相見。

Yet I dreamed of him in the night.

枯桑知天風，海水知天寒，

I dreamed about him by my side,

入門各自媚，誰肯相為言！

Then woke to find him still away,

Away in various distant places,

客從遠方來，遺我雙鯉魚。

Tossing about out of my sight.

呼兒烹鯉魚，中有尺素書。

A leafless tree can feel the wind,

長跪讀素書，書中竟何如：

An unfrozen sea can feel the cold;

上言加餐食，下言長相憶。

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. ’