五月总是诗
May Is Always a Poem
屈原，离骚的诗人
Qu Yuan, a poet of moans and groans
昨夜里你修长而憔悴的精灵
Last night your lanky and emaciated spirit
洒一瓢明亮的月彩
Pours a gourd of bright moon
点燃我的梦境
To enkindle my dreamland
屈原，离骚的诗人
Qu Yuan, a poet of moans and groans
我梦魂在汨罗江与你相见
My spirit of dream meets you by the Miluo River?
但见你在倾听汨罗江水终古的幽幽
And you are listening to the weeping and sobbing of the Miluo River
终古不平静之鸣
Which have been unquiet since time of yore
屈原，离骚的诗人
Qu Yuan, a poet of moans and groans
你带着理想的真理
With the truth of an ideal
逆湍险，遨游云间四方
You roam the clouds and four corners of the earth, against rapids
寻找你追寻的梦境
In search of the dreamland you are after
屈原，离骚的诗人
Qu Yuan, a poet of moans and groans
你在波涛之外逍遥
You are strolling beyond the waves
解脱了时间的锁链
Extricated from the chains of time
自由地翱翔
You are soaring freely
屈原，离骚的诗人
Qu Yuan, a poet of moans and groans
觅遍了人间二千二百六十年
You have sought high and low for two thousand two hundred and sixty years
人间的颠簸不见了真理
Truth vanishes from mortal tossing and thrashing
凝不成的理想结晶体
The ideal crystal that defies congealment
独自泪洒汨罗江边
Lonely tears are sprinkled by the side of the Miluo River
The Miluo River is a river in which Qu Yuan drowned himself when his ideals are disillusioned. (Note by the translator)
