Poem # 4 Remembering South of Yangzi (by Bái Jūyì)
憶江南 白居易
Yì Jiāngnán Bái Jūyì
江南好
Jiāngnán hǎo
風景舊曾諳
Fēngjǐng jiù céng ān
日出江花紅勝火
Rì chū jiāng huā hóng shèng huǒ
春來江水綠如藍
Chūn lái jiāngshuǐ lù rú lán
能不憶江南
Néng bú yì jiāngnán?
South river good
Landscape old once know well
Sunrise river flower red bear fire
Spring come river water green like lily
Can not remember river south
South of the river is good,
Long ago, I knew the landscape well.
At sunrise, the river's flowers are red like fire,
In spring, the river's water's green as lilies.
How could I not remember south of the river?