Yan Jidao – Riverside Daffodils

Yan Jidao, Lyrics to the Tune of Riverside Daffodils

Lying inebriated on a high tower,

till I sober up to see the low hanging curtain.

With last year’s spring grief growing,

alone amid fallen petals I stand,

in the drizzle a pair of swallows fly.

I remember when I first saw my lady,

wearing a dress with heart-shaped double collars.

Conveying her yearning through the pipa,

the moon was bright that night,

it once illuminated a lovely lady’s return journey.

---

晏幾道 詞 《臨江仙》

夢後樓台高鎖，

酒醒簾幕低垂。

去年春恨卻來時，

落花人獨立，

微雨燕雙飛。

記得小蘋初見，

兩重心字羅衣。

琵琶弦上說相思，

當時明月在，

曾照彩雲歸。