Saying Goodbye to Cambridge Again
Very quietly I take my leave
As quietly as I came here
Quietly I wave goodbye
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 duck weeds
Is the sediment of a rainbw-like dream?
To seek a dream?
Just to pole a bat upstream
To where the green grass is more verdant
Or to have the boat fully loaded with starlight
But I cannot sing aloud
Quietness is my farewell music
Even summer insects keep silence for me
Silence 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
