水调歌头《游泳》

Swimming 
I have just drunk the waters of Changsha
And come to eat the fish of Wuchang.
Now I am swimming across the great Yangtze,
Looking afar to the open sky of Chu.
Let the wind blow and waves beat,
Better far than idly strolling in courtyard.
Today I am at ease.
It was by a stream that the Master said --
"Thus do things flow away!" 
Sails move with the wind.
Tortoise and Snake are still.
Great plans are afoot:
A bridge will fly to span the north and south,
Turning a deep chasm into a thoroughfare;
Walls of stones will stand upstream to the west
To hold back Wushan's clouds and rain
Till a smooth lake rises in the narrow gorges.
The mountain goddess if she is still there
Will marvel at a world so changed. 
　

水调歌头《游泳》 
一九五六年六月
才饮长沙水， 
又食武昌鱼。 
万里长江横渡， 
极目楚天舒。 
不管风吹浪打， 
胜似闲庭信步。 
今日得宽馀， 
子在川上曰： 
逝者如斯夫！ 
风樯动， 
龟蛇静， 
起宏图。 
一桥飞架南北， 
天堑变通途。 
更立西江石璧， 
截断巫山云雨， 
高峡出平湖。 
神女应无恙， 
当惊世界殊。