中文English
鹤冲天·黄金榜上
黄金榜上，
偶失龙头望。
明代暂遗贤，
如何向。
未遂风云便，
争不恣游狂荡。
何须论得丧？
才子词人，
自是白衣卿相。
Upon the golden notice-board, by ill chance I lost the hope of the topmost name. An enlightened age has for the moment passed over a worthy man — what is one to do? Since the wind and cloud did not favor me, why not give rein to wandering wild? Why speak of winning and losing? A man of talent, a maker of songs, is of himself a minister in plain white cloth.
烟花巷陌，
依约丹青屏障。
幸有意中人，
堪寻访。
且恁偎红倚翠，
风流事、
平生畅。
青春都一饷。
忍把浮名，
换了浅斟低唱！
In the lanes of the flower-world, behind painted screens, happily there is one in my heart, worth seeking out. So let me nestle among the red and lean against the green — the lover's life, the joy of a whole lifetime. Youth lasts only a brief while. I would gladly exchange empty fame for gentle drinking and quiet song.
阅读注记
“游狂荡”另本作“狂荡”。“一饷”的“饷”同“晌”，指片刻。“忍把浮名”写甘愿舍却功名，换取浅斟低唱；英文按这一方向译出。