Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet;
斯遇佳人，仙苑重深；
She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet.
玉人雪趾，往渡穿林；
She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree;
嘱我适爱，如叶逢春；
But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree.
我愚且顽，负此明言；
In a field by the river my love and I did stand;
斯水之畔，与彼曾伫；
And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snow-white hand.
比肩之处，玉手曾拂；
She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs;
嘱我适世，如荇生堰；
But I was young and foolish, and now I am full of tears.
惜我愚顽，唯余泣叹。