烟笼寒水月笼沙，
夜泊秦淮近酒家。
商女不知亡国恨，
隔江犹唱后庭花。
夜泊秦淮近酒家。
商女不知亡国恨，
隔江犹唱后庭花。
English translation
Mooring on the Qinhuai
Mist wraps the cold water, moonlight wraps the sand;
at night I moor on the Qinhuai, close by the wine houses.
The singing women do not know the grief of a fallen state;
across the water they are still singing 'Flowers of the Rear Courtyard.'