Down by the salley gardens

斯遇佳人

My love and I did meet

仙苑重深

She passed the salley gardens

玉人雪趾

With little snow-white feet

往渡穿林

She bid me take love easy

瞩我适爱

As the leaves grow on the tree

如叶逢春

But I being young and foolish

我愚且顽

With her did not agree

负此明言

In a field by the river

斯水之畔

My love and I did stand

与彼曾伫

And on my leaning shoulder

比肩之处

She laid her snow-white hand

She bid me take life easy

玉手曾拂

嘱我适世

As the grass grows on the weirs

如荇随堰

But I was young and foolish

惜我愚顽

And now am full of tears

唯余泣叹！

Down by the salley gardens

斯遇佳人

My love and I did meet

She passed the salley gardens

仙苑重深

玉人雪趾

With little snow-white feet

往渡穿林

She bid me take love easy

瞩我适爱

As the leaves grow on the tree

如叶逢春

But I being young and foolish

我愚且顽

With her did not agree

负此明言