COMPOSER

輕輕的我走了，

Very quietly I take my leave

正如我輕輕的來；

As quietly as I came here;

我輕輕的招手，

Quietly I wave good-bye

作別西天的雲彩。

To the rosy clouds in the western sky.

那河畔的金柳，

The golden willows by the riverside

是夕陽中的新娘；

Are young brides in the setting sun;

波光裡的豔影，

Their reflections on the shimmering waves

在我的心頭蕩漾。

Always linger in the depth of my heart.

軟泥上的青荇，

The floating heart growing in the sludge

油油的在水底招搖；

Sways leisurely under the water;

在康河的柔波里，

In the gentle waves of Cambridge

我甘心做一條水草！

I would be a water plant!

那榆蔭下的一潭，

That pool under the shade of elm trees

不是清泉，是天上虹；

Holds not water but the rainbow from the sky;

揉碎在浮藻間，

Shattered to pieces among the duckweeds

沉澱著彩虹似的夢。

Is the sediment of a rainbow-like dream.

尋夢？撐一支長蒿，

To seek a dream? Just to pole a boat upstream

向青草更青處漫溯；

To where the green grass is more verdant;

滿載一船星輝，

Or to have the boat fully loaded with starlight

在星輝斑斕裡放歌。

And sing aloud in the splendor of starlight.

但我不能放歌，

But I cannot sing aloud

悄悄是別離的笙簫；

Quietness is my farewell music;

夏蟲也為我沉默，

Even summer insects heap silence for me

沉默是今晚的康橋！

Silent is Cambridge tonight!

悄悄的我走了，

Very quietly I take my leave

正如我悄悄的來；

As quietly as I came here;

我揮一揮衣袖，

Gently I flick my sleeves

不帶走一片雲彩。

Not even a wisp of cloud will I bring away