別長沙，1951

平堤沙岸湘江渡，

嬌紅艷紫湘山樹。

湘水自多情，

歡騰送我行。

無窮留戀意，

伴逐霞云起。

何處不逢春，

春光不待人。

注：

作者于1951年8月下旬接到北京大學經濟系錄取通知書，隨即乘火車由長沙到北京。

Tune: Buddha-like Dancers—Farewell to Changsha, 1951

Flat dyke and sandy bank lie along the Xiangjiang River,

Trees bloom in red and purple on Xiang mountains all over.

Tender is Xiang water's nature,

Billowing all the way along my departure.

Immense is my reluctance to go,

Rising with clouds in glow.

Spring lands on every mile,

But for no man it tarries a while.

Note:

Upon receiving the Letter of Admission to the Department of Economics of Peking University in the latter part of August, 1951, the author left Changsha for Beijing by train right away.