Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet;
  斯遇佳人，仙苑重深；
  She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet.
  玉人雪趾，往渡穿林；
  She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree;
  嘱我适爱，如叶逢春；
  But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree.
  我愚且顽，负此明言；
  In a field by the river my love and I did stand;
  斯水之畔，与彼曾伫；
  And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snow-white hand.
  比肩之处，玉手曾拂；
  She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs;
  嘱我适世，如荇生堰；
  But I was young and foolish, and now I am full of tears.
  惜我愚顽，唯余泣叹。