秦觀的《江城子·西城楊柳弄春柔》將愁恨之淚化作春江，尤末句，其卻仍“流不盡，許多愁”!極盡夸張之能事。

　　江城子·西城楊柳弄春柔

　　秦觀

　　西城楊柳弄春柔，動離憂，淚難收。

　　猶記多情曾為系歸舟。碧野朱橋當日事，人不見，水空流。

　　韶華不為少年留。恨悠悠，幾時休?

　　飛絮落花時候一登樓。便作春江都是淚，流不盡，許多愁。

　　譯文

　　西城的楊柳逗留著春天的柔情，使我想起離別時的憂傷，眼淚很難收回。還記得當年你為我拴著歸來的小舟。綠色的原野，紅色的橋，是我們當時離別的情形。而現在你不在，只有水孤獨地流著。

　　美好的青春不為少年時停留，離別的苦恨，何時才到頭?飄飛的柳絮，落花滿地的時候我登上樓臺。即使江水都化作淚水，也流不盡，依然有愁苦在心頭。

　　英譯

　　Jiangchengzi Song • Qin Guan Translated by Tonggui Wang

　　The willows of the West City are flirting spring gently,

　　which brought back my parting sorrow, I could not stop the tears.

　　I still remember that you tied my return boat lovingly,

　　the green fields, the red bridge and the parting scene that year,

　　And now, where are you?I can see only the river flowing.

　　Beautiful youth does not stay for the young people.

　　When is the end of the parting sorrow?

　　When catkins flew, flowers fell，I ascended the pavilion.

　　Even if the waters of the Spring River were all tears,

　　The flow of sadness would never end in my heart.