問爾所之，是否如適 Are you going to Scarborough Fair

 蕙蘭芫荽，鬱鬱香芷 Parsley sage rosemary and thyme

彼方淑女，憑君寄辭 Remember me to one who lives there

 伊人曾在，與我相知 She once was a true love of mine

 囑彼佳人，備我衣緇 Tell her to make me a cambric shirt

勿用針剪，無隙無疵 Without no seams nor needle work
伊人何在，慰我相思 Then she will be a true love of mine  

彼山之陰，葉疏苔蝕 On the side of hill a sprinkling of leaves

滌彼孤塚，珠淚漸漬 Washes the grave with slivery tears

昔我長劍，日日拂拭 A soldier cleans and polishes a gun

寂而不覺，寒笳長嘶 Sleeps unaware of the clarion call

囑彼佳人，收我秋實 Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather

蕙蘭芫荽，鬱鬱香芷 Parsley sage rosemary and thyme

斂之集之，勿棄勿失 And gather it all in a bunch of heather

伊人猶在，唯我相誓 Then she will be a true love of mine

烽火印嘯，浴血之師 War bellows blazing in scarlet battalions

將帥有令，勤王之事 Generals order their soldiers to kill and to fight for a cause

爭鬥緣何，久忘其旨 They have long ago forgotten

癡而不覺，寒笳悲嘶 Sleeps unaware of the clarion call