才饮长江水，又食武昌鱼。

　　万里长江横渡，极目楚天舒。

　　不管风吹浪打，胜似闲庭信步，今日得宽余。

　　子在川上曰：逝者如斯夫！

　　风樯动，龟蛇静，起宏图。

　　一桥飞架南北，天堑变通途。

　　更立西江石壁，截断巫山云雨，高峡出平湖。

　　神女应无恙，当今世界殊。

　　Swimming

　　I have just drunk the waters of Changsha

　　And come to eat the fish of Wuchang.

　　Now I am swimming across the great Yangtze，

　　Looking afar to the open sky of Chu.

　　Let the wind blow and waves beat，

　　Better far than idly strolling in courtyard.

　　Today I am at ease.

　　It was by a stream that the Master said ——

　　“Thus do things flow away！”

　　Sails move with the wind.

　　Tortoise and Snake are still.

　　Great plans are afoot：

　　A bridge will fly to span the north and south，

　　Turning a deep chasm into a thoroughfare；

　　Walls of stones will stand upstream to the west

　　To hold back Wushan's clouds and rain

　　Till a smooth lake rises in the narrow gorges.