缺月掛疏桐，

The waning moon hangs on a sparse plane tree;

漏斷人初靜。

the sound of sand timer stops while people calm down by degree .

誰見幽人獨往來，

Who sees a lonely man strolling up and down in grief?

縹緲孤鴻影。

Must it be a single goose dimly seen above?

驚起卻回頭，

Startled, it turns its head;

有恨無人省。

laments a woe none behold.

揀盡寒枝不肯棲，

Gleaning, it will not perch on branches withered;

寂寞沙洲冷。

alights on the cold sandbank alone instead.