English中文
Pure and Peaceful Music: Spring Half Gone Since We Parted
别来春半，
触目柔肠断。
砌下落梅如雪乱，
拂了一身还满。
Since you went, spring is half spent; whatever I see breaks my tender heart. The fallen plum by the steps is tumbled like snow; I brush it from my robe, and it covers me again.
雁来音信无凭，
路遥归梦难成。
离恨恰如春草，
更行更远还生。
The geese come, but bring no certain word; the road is far, and the dream of going home is hard to shape. The grief of parting is even as the spring grass: the farther you go, the more it grows.
Reading notes
柔肠断 also appears as 愁肠断; this page retains 柔肠断. Both instances of 还 mean “again” or “still” and are read hái.