<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=521909" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Battle of Red Cliff</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Yangtze flows east<br>Washing away<br>A thousand ages of great men<br>West of the ramparts -- <br>People say --<br>Are the fabled Red Cliffs of young Chou of the Three Kingdoms<br>Rebellious rocks pierce the sky<br>Frightening waves rip the bank<br>The backwash churns vast snowy swells --<br>River and mountains like a painting<br>how many heroes passed them, once ...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Think back to those years, Chou Yu --<br>Just married to the younger Chiao --<br>Brave, brilliant<br>With plumed fan, silk kerchief<br>Laughed and talked<br>While masts and oars vanished to flying ash and smoke!<br>I roam through ancient realms<br>Absurdly moved<br>Turn gray too soon --<br>A man's life passes like a dream --<br>Pour out a cup then, to the river, and the moon </div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0"> <br> Translation 2</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The endless river eastward flows;<br>With its huge waves are gone all those <br>Gallant heroes of bygone years.<br>West of the ancient fortress years<br>Red Cliff where General Zhou Yu won his early fame <br>When the Three Kingdoms were in flame.<br>Jugged rocks tower in the air<br>And swashing waves beat on the air <br>Rolling up a thousand heaps of snow.<br>To match the hills and the river so fair, <br>How many heroes brave of yore <br>Made a great show!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Translation 3</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The great river surges east, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Its waves have scoured away </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Since time began all traces of heroic men. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The western side of the old fort </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Was once, so people say, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Known as the Red Cliff of Zhou of the Three Kingdoms. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">With piled-up rocks to stab the sky </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And waves to shake them thunderously </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Churning the frothy mass to mounds of snow, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">It's like a masterpiece in paint. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Those ages hide how many a hero! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Think back to those old days; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">that first year when Zhou Yu had just married the Young Qiao. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then, what a hero he became! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">With waving fan and silken cap </div><div style="margin:10px 0">He talked and laughed at ease </div><div style="margin:10px 0">While masts and oars were blotted out in smoke and flame! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">My wits that stray to realms of old </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Deserve the scorn of all who feel; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Years pass, and hair grows white so soon. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Though a man's life is like a dream, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">One toast continues still -- the River and the Moon!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Su+Tung-po">Su Tung-po</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=521909" data-title="Battle of Red Cliff de Su Tung-po" data-description="The Yangtze flows east Washing away A thousand ages of great men West of the ramparts -- People say -- Are the fabled Red Cliffs of young Chou of the Three Kingdoms Rebellious rocks pierce the sky Frightening waves rip the bank The backwash churn..."></div> </div> </div>

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