朝有时，

暮有时，

潮水犹知日两回。

人生长别离。 

来有时，

去有时，

燕子犹知社后归。

君行无定期。

Absence

Liu Kezhuang

Timely in the morning,

Timely in the evening,

Even twice I see the sea-tides every day,

But you are always absent from me.

Punctually coming,

Punctually going,

Even the swallows return in mid-may,

But your homecoming is never known.