Translating 11th Century Ancient Chinese Poem

如夢令·池上春歸何處(北宋) 秦觀

池上春歸何處？

滿目落花飛絮。

孤館悄無人，

夢斷月堤歸路。

無緒，無緒。

帘外五更風雨。

Tune: Like a Dream, by Qin Guan

To what places did spring go, over these cold waters?

I see but wafting willows and falling flowers

Alone and tired the inn slumbered;

I woke from dreams of moonlit roads,

Where I traveled halfway home.

Bother, bother!

Outside a night of rain and wind groans.

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