With its three southern branches reaching the Chu border，

　　And its nine streams touching the gateway of Jing，

　　This river runs beyond heaven and earth，

　　Where the colour of mountains both is and is not.

　　The dwellings of men seem floating along

　　On ripples of the distant sky ——

　　These beautiful days here in Xiangyang

　　Make drunken my old mountain heart！