輕輕的我走了，正如我輕輕的來； 我輕輕的招手，作別西天的雲彩。
那河畔的金柳，是夕陽中的新娘； 波光裡的豔影，在我的心頭盪漾。 軟泥上的青荇，油油的在水底招搖； 在康河的柔波裡，我甘心做一條水草！ 那榆蔭下的一潭，不是清泉，是天上虹； 揉碎在浮藻間，沉澱著彩虹似的夢。 尋夢? 撐一支長篙，向青草更青處漫溯； 滿載一船星輝，在星輝斑斕裡放歌。 但我不能放歌，悄悄是別離的笙簫； 夏蟲也為我沉默，沉默是今晚的康橋！ 悄悄的我走了，正如我悄悄的來； 我揮一揮衣袖，不帶走一片雲彩。
Very quietly I take my leave
As quietly as I came here;
Quietly I wave good-bye
To the rosy clouds in the western sky.
The golden willows by the riverside
Are young brides in the setting sun;
Their reflections on the shimmering waves
Always linger in the depth of my heart.
The floating heart growing in the sludge
Sways leisurely under the water;
In the gentle waves of Cambridge
I would be a water plant!
That pool under the shade of elm trees
Holds not water but the rainbow from the sky;
Shattered to pieces among the duckweeds
Is the sediment of a rainbow-like dream?
To seek a dream? Just to pole a boat upstream
To where the green grass is more verdant;
Or to have the boat fully loaded with starlight
And sing aloud in the splendour of starlight.
But I cannot sing aloud
Quietness is my farewell music;
Even summer insects keep silence for me
Silent is Cambridge tonight!
Very quietly I take my leave
As quietly as I came here;
Gently I flick my sleeves
Not even a wisp of cloud will I bring away.