There are many songs in "Nanxiangzi", here are two examples.
1. "Nanxiangzi·Chongjiu Hanhui Tower Presented to Xu Junyou"
Song Dynasty: Su Shi
The traces of frost and precipitation are collected. Light green scales reveal distant continents. The wine is fading, the wind is soft and whistling. A sentimental person with a broken hat but a head in love.
The festival is a reward. But the Qingzun will be sacrificed to autumn. Everything is just a dream in the end, rest. Tomorrow the yellow flowers and butterflies will also be sad.
Translation: During the frost season in late autumn, the water level dropped, and the sandbanks in the middle of the river in the distance were exposed. After the alcohol wore off, I noticed the breeze blowing, making me feel chilly. The broken hat is sentimental and unwilling to be blown off by the wind.
How to spend the Double Ninth Festival? Just drink away your worries and pass the time. Everything in the world is a dream that disappears in a blink of an eye, so don’t mention the past again. After the Double Ninth Festival, the color and fragrance of chrysanthemums will be greatly reduced. Even the butterflies who are obsessed with chrysanthemums will lament and feel sad.
2. "Nanxiangzi·Winter Night"
Song Dynasty: Huang Sheng
Everything is silent. The iron edge of the quilt is nearly five o'clock. The incense is broken, the lamp dimly sings, and it is desolate. Only the frost accompanies the bright moon.
It should be Ye Hanning. Mei Hua was so angry that she couldn't sleep. I miss plum blossoms, miss me, and care about love. From now on, I can see the jade bottle full of ice.
The winter night is silent and silent. It was almost five o'clock, but the quilt was still cold. The agarwood in the furnace has burned out, the lights are dim, and the night is lonely and desolate. When will this night end? Outside the window, there are only the frost flowers accompanying the bright moon.
On a lonely and cold night, thinking about the plum blossoms blooming in the wind makes me troubled and unable to sleep. I am thinking about plum blossoms and plum blossoms are also thinking about me, caring about each other. When I got up, I saw that all the water in the jade bottle had condensed into ice.