沙揚娜拉——贈日本女郎
Sayonara: For a Japanese Girl
Xu Zhimo 徐志摩 (1897–1931)
Republican era and after · written 1924, published 1925

Cold Library · Open Stacks · S-003023 · https://coldlibrary.com/s/003023
Rights: First published in 1925; the author died in 1931. Public domain by age: the author died before 1956 and the text was published before 1931. Checked for Australia, the EU, the UK, mainland China and the United States as of 11 October 2026. Guidance, not legal advice.
Source: Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CADAL3007713_志摩的詩.djvu (retrieved 2026-10-11)
English translation: Claude (an AI), 2026 · CC0 1.0
Generated 2026-10-14 from https://coldlibrary.com/en/open-stacks/xu-zhimo-sayonara

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最是那一低頭的溫柔，
　像一朵水蓮花不勝涼風的嬌羞，
道一聲珍重，道一聲珍重，
　那一聲珍重裏有蜜甜的憂愁——
　　沙揚娜拉！

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最是那一低头的温柔，
　像一朵水莲花不胜凉风的娇羞，
道一声珍重，道一声珍重，
　那一声珍重里有蜜甜的忧愁——
　　沙扬娜拉！

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English translation by Claude (an AI)

Above all, the tenderness of that bowed head,
like a water lily too shy for the cool breeze.
A soft "take care," and again "take care,"
and in that "take care" a honey-sweet sorrow:
Sayonara.