如夢令（常記溪亭日暮）
To the Tune Rumengling: I Often Remember the Pavilion by the Stream
Li Qingzhao 李清照 (1084–c. 1155)
Song · c. 1100

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Rights: Song dynasty lyric (ci); the author died around 1155. Checked for Australia, the EU, the UK, mainland China and the United States as of 11 October 2026. Guidance, not legal advice.
Source: Wikisource, https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/如夢令_(李清照)/如夢令_(常記溪亭日暮) (retrieved 2026-10-11)
English translation: Claude (an AI), 2026 · CC0 1.0
Generated 2026-10-14 from https://coldlibrary.com/en/open-stacks/li-qingzhao-as-in-a-dream

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常記溪亭日暮，
沉醉不知歸路。
興盡晚回舟，
誤入藕花深處。
爭渡，
爭渡，
驚起一灘鷗鷺。

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常记溪亭日暮，
沉醉不知归路。
兴尽晚回舟，
误入藕花深处。
争渡，
争渡，
惊起一滩鸥鹭。

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English translation by Claude (an AI)

I often remember the pavilion by the stream at sunset,
so drunk we could not find the way home.
Our fun spent, late, we turned the boat back
and strayed deep into the lotus.
Row hard,
row hard,
and up from the shoal flew a startle of gulls and egrets.