Su Shi: Handsome Men I'd Always Envy 蘇軾: 此心安處是吾鄉 Poem by Frank Yue

Tune: Ding Feng Bo (Calming the Waves)Ci
Title: Handsome Men I'd Always Envy
- Su Dongbo (Northern Song Dynasty)
- Translated by Frank C Yue

Handsome men I'd always envy,
Heaven favours them with women pretty.
She writes her own songs refreshing,
Through her white teeth she's a-singing.
It's like when the gentle breeze is blowing.

The snows fly and the hot sea
Becomes as cool as can be;
Returning from a place faraway,
The songster sports a younger face!
Whenever she is smiling,

There's southern plum-fragrance beguiling.
I ask of her, Guangdong shouldn't be a good place to stay?
Her reply amazes me -
"Hometown
is where the heart settles down."

《定風波》 北宋 蘇軾

王定國歌兒曰柔奴，姓宇文氏，眉目娟麗，善應對，家世住京師。定國南遷歸，余問柔："廣南風土，應是不好？"柔對曰："此心安處，便是吾鄉。" 因為綴詞云。

常羨人間琢玉郎，天教分付點酥娘。

　自作清歌傳皓齒，風起，雪飛炎海變清涼。

　萬里歸來年愈少，微笑，笑時猶帶嶺梅香。

　試問嶺南應不好？

　卻道，此心安處是吾鄉。