砧声住,
蛩韵切,
静寥寥门掩清秋夜。
秋心凤阙,
秋愁雁堞,
秋梦胡蝶。
十载故乡心,
一夜邮亭月。
The beetles still,
The crickets trill,
Clear autumn shut outdoors in night tranquil.
Where is the Phoenix Tower high?
Grieved to see parapet nigh,
I dream to be a butterfly.
My homesickness for ten long years
In tonight’s alien dream appears.