<p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><br></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:22px; color:rgb(237, 35, 8);">Saying Goodbye to</b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:22px; color:rgb(237, 35, 8);"> Cambridge Again</b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:22px; color:rgb(237, 35, 8);">by Xu zhimo</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b> </b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>Very quietly I take my leave,</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>As quietly as I came here;</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>Quietly I wave goodbye to the rosy clouds in the western sky.</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b> </b></p><p class="ql-block"> <b>The golden willows by the riverside</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>Are young brides in the setting sun;</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>Their reflections on the shimmering waves</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>Always linger in the depth of my heart.</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b> </b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>The floating heart growing in the sluge</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>Sways leisureli under the water;</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>In the gentle waves of Cambridge</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>I would be a water plant!</b></p> <p class="ql-block"><b>That pool under the shade of elm trees</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>Holds not water but the rainbow from the sky;</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>Shattered to pieces among the duckweeds</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>Is the sediment of a rainbow-like dream?</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b> </b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>To seek a dream? Just to pole a boat ˌʌpˈstriːm </b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>To where the green grass is more verdant;</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>Or to have the boat fully loaded with star light</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>And sing aloud in the ˈsplendə of star light.</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>But I cannot sing aloud;</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>Quietness is my farewell music;</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>Even summer insects keep silence for me</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>Silent is Cambridge tonight!</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b> </b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>Very quietly I take my leave,</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>As quietly as I came here;。</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>Gently I flick my sleeves</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>Not even a wisp of cloud will I bring away.</b></p>