Translated by A. Z. Foreman - Yearning in Chang'an lyrics

Endlessly yearning for you In the city called Endless Peace, Where autumn crickets cry from the well's rail that shines of gold, Where flecks of frost blow chill and leave the bedmat colored cold, With no light from the lonely little lantern, The thread of longing set to snap out loud, Gaze at the moon, and heave a useless sigh: My love, a flower beyond that wall of cloud! And high above　the heavens' blue dark reign And down below　the waters' pale waves stream Endless the sky, and far the journey - the fleet soul grieves in flight, And cannot touch beyond those mountains even in a dream. So endlessly the yearning Beats a man's heart down.