輕輕的我走了，

正如我輕輕的來；

我輕輕的招手，

作別西天的云彩。

那河畔的金柳，

是夕陽中的新娘；

波光里的艷影，

在我的心頭蕩漾。

軟泥上的青荇，

油油的在水底招搖；

在康河的柔波里，

我甘心做一條水草！

那榆蔭下的一潭，

不是清泉，是天上虹，

揉碎在浮藻間，

沉淀著彩虹似的夢。

尋夢？撐一支長篙，

向青草更青處漫溯，

滿載一船星輝，

在星輝斑斕里放歌。

但我不能放歌，

悄悄是別離的笙簫；

夏蟲也為我沉默，

沉默是今晚的康橋！

悄悄的我走了，

正如我悄悄的來；

我輕輕的揮一揮衣袖，

不帶走一片云彩。

Saying Good-bye to Cambridge Again

Xu Zhimo

Very quietly I take my leave

As quietly as I came here;

Quietly I wave good-bye

To the rosy clouds in the western sky.

The golden willows by the riverside

Are young brides in the setting sun;

Their reflections on the shimmering waves

Always linger in the depth of my heart.

The floating heart growing in the sludge

Sways leisurely under the water;

In the gentle waves of Cambridge

I would be a water plant!

That pool under the shade of elm trees

Holds not water but the rainbow from the sky;

Shattered to pieces among the duckweeds

Is the sediment of a rainbow-like dream.

To seek a dream? Just to pole a boat

Upstream to where the green grass is more verdant;

Or to have the boat fully loaded with starlight

And sing aloud in the splendid hour of starlight.

But I can not sing aloud

Quietness is my farewell music;

Even summer insects keep silence for me

Silent is Cambridge tonight!

Very quietly I take my leave

As quietly as I came here;

Gently I flick my sleeves

Not even a wisp of cloud will I bring away.