(121) Orally Composed The Blue Stream
青溪口号
Zha Shen-xing (1650-1720)
查慎行
Ships come afar, we see masts high;
来船桅杆高，
We hear their oars when they pass by.
去船橹声好。
Upstream we fear the beaches before;
上水厌滩多，
Downstream we like them to be more.
下水惜滩少。