江南曲
李益
嫁得瞿塘贾，朝朝误妾期。
早知潮有信，嫁与弄潮儿。
A Song in South of the River
Li Yi
I regret having been a Qutang merchant’s wife，
For I have to live in his absence all my life.
I wish I’d known there’s fixed date of tide’s ebb and rise；
For me to have married a sailor would be wise.