This is a translation of the poem 再別康橋 (Zài Bié Kāngqiáo), “Saying Goodbye to Cambridge Again”, by the Chinese poet 徐志摩 (Xú Zhìmó). 徐志摩 had studied at King’s College, Cambridge , and wrote the poem on a return visit in November 1928.

The first four lines of the poem are now inscribed on a rock by the Cam.

Zài Bié Kāngqiáo Saying Goodbye to Cambridge Again

<img class="alignright size-medium” title="“輕輕的我走了” - the first lines of 再别康橋 on a rock outside King’s College, Cambridge” src=”/img/2012/02/qingqingde-rock-300x225.jpg” alt="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。” />

輕輕的我走了， Qīngqīngde wǒ zǒule, Lightly I leave,