Near Yanjia Lane

燕家巷的旁邊

runs Magpie Bridge Lane

是烏鵲橋巷

Beside Magpie Bridge Lane

烏鵲橋巷的前面

runs the river

是河

The river

河

bears itself

從上游的市鎮

all the way

流下來

from the upstream town

流到

to the downstream

下游的市鎮去

In a small shop by the riverbank

河邊的小舖子裏

a Tang dynasty horse

有一款

painted on a folding fan

繪了唐馬的

摺扇

One soft wave

and its hooves

輕輕揮動扇子

clip-clip along the green-stoned street

那達達的馬蹄

beside the river

就在青石的街道上

trotting

沿著河

from the upstream town

從上游的市鎮

clear to the downstream

達達下來

and away

達達到

下游的市鎮

去了