Clouds rise over river mouth with rising tide;
潮生浦口云,
The trees see it ebb by the ferry side.
潮落津頭樹。
The tide is free to rise and flow;
潮本無心落又生,
So men are free to come and go.
人自來還去。
Pavilions far and nigh
今古短長(zhǎng)亭,
Bid welcome and goodbye.
送往迎來處。
Men have grown old who come from north, south, east or west;
老盡東西南北人,
But the pavilion still sees the tide without rest.
亭下潮如故。