百歲年來不自由，看他身世若浮漚。
百岁年来不自由，看他身世若浮沤。
A hundred years of life, and never once free;see how a man’s lot floats like a bubble on the stream.
金丹疑注千秋貌，仙鶴空成萬古愁。
金丹疑注千秋貌，仙鹤空成万古愁。
The golden elixir, it seems, can fix a face for a thousand autumns,yet the immortal crane becomes, in vain, a sorrow for all the ages.
也有蛟龍曾失水，敢教鸞鳳下妝樓。
也有蛟龙曾失水，敢教鸾凤下妆楼。
There are flood dragons, too, once stranded out of water,and this may yet bring the phoenixes down from their dressing towers.