浩渺寒江之上瀰漫着迷濛的煙霧，皓月的清輝灑在白色沙渚之上。入夜，我將小舟泊在秦淮河畔，臨近酒家。金陵歌女似乎不知何爲亡國之恨黍離之悲，竟依然在對岸吟唱着淫靡之曲《玉樹後庭花》。英譯
Mist veils the cold stream, and moonlight the sand, as I moor in the shadow of a river-tavern,
Where girls, with no thought of a perished Kingdom, gaily echo a song of courtyard flowers.
