浪淘沙（南唐:李煜）

往事只堪哀， 对景难排。秋风庭院藓侵阶。一任珠帘闲不卷，终日谁来？

金锁已沉埋，壮气蒿莱。晚凉天静月华开。想得玉楼瑶殿影，空照秦淮。

Sand-Sifted by the Waves(Nan Tang: LiYu)

             Gone by the heart- saddened days so far only with the grief-stricken scenes

             Fill in my mind’s eye: autumn wind-blown courtyard and moss-stained stone-stairs

             Neither Time nor a power-loving one disturbs the idly-unrolled beaded-screens                            

             The golden fortune in burying-ground with wild weeds still grows high

             Yet In the hush of deep night there is the over-brimming moonlight in the sky.

             And I would enjoy holding of jade Moon-Palace the shadows

             If it could be a point to do so that reflects on the futile Ch’in-huai, cool and blank

Translation from the Chinese by jinsheng ,Sydney