Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet

斯遇佳人，仙苑重深，

She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet

玉人雪趾，往渡穿林 。

she bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree

瞩我适爱，如叶逢春，

But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree

我愚且顽，负此明言。

In a filed by the river my love and I did stand

斯水之畔，与彼曾伫，

And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snows-white hand

比肩之处，玉手曾拂。

She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs

嘱我适世，如荇随堰，

But I was young and foolish, and now I am full of tears

惜我愚顽，唯余泣叹。

Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet

斯遇佳人，仙苑重深，

She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet

玉人雪趾，往渡穿林。

she bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree

瞩我适爱，如叶逢春，

But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree

我愚且顽，负此明言。