North country scene:
A hundred leagues locked in ice,
A thousand leagues of whirling snow.
Both side of the Great Wall
One single white immensity.
The Yellow River's swift current
Is stilled from end to end.
The mountains dance silver snakes
And the highland charge like wax-hued elephants.
Vying with heaven in stature.
On a fine day, the land,
Clad in white, adorned in red,
Crows more enchanting.

This land so rich in beauty
Has made countless heroes bow in homage.
But alas! Qin Shihuang and Han Wudi
Were lacking in literary grace,
And Tang Taizong and Song Taizu
Had little poetry in their souls;
That proud son of Heaven,
Genghis Khan,
Knew only shooting eagles, bow outstretched.
All are past and gone!
For truly great men
Look to this age alone.


　

我很是喜欢，非常佩服．

我很是喜欢，非常佩服．

北国风光，千里冰封，万里雪飘。
望长城内外，惟馀莽莽；大河上下，顿失滔滔。
山舞银蛇，原驰蜡象，欲与天公试比高。
须晴日，看红妆素裹，分外妖娆。

江山如此多娇，
引无数英雄竞折腰。
惜秦皇汉武，略输文采；唐宗宋祖，稍逊风骚。
一代天骄，成吉思汗，只识弯弓射大雕。
俱往矣，数风流人物，还看今朝。

【原注】

“原”指高原，即秦晋高原。

【注释】

秦皇汉武、唐宗宋祖：秦始皇，汉武帝，唐太宗和宋太祖。
风骚：《诗经·国风》和屈原的《离骚》，泛指文学。
天骄：汉朝人称匈奴为“天之骄子”，见《汉书·匈奴传》。
成吉（ki）思汗（han2）：建立了横跨欧亚的大帝国的蒙古征服者。
射雕：《史记·李广传》称匈奴善射者为“射雕者”。

【题解】

题解∶一九四五年八月二十八日，毛泽东从延安飞重庆，同国
民党进行了四十三天的谈判。其间柳亚子屡有诗赠毛，十月七日，
毛书此词回赠。随即发表在重庆《新华日报》上，轰动一时。末句
当时被人评为毛泽东有帝王思想。

【作法】

这词的“成吉思汗”和《十六字令》的“离天三尺三”，一个
不是汉名，一个是直接引用民谣，都不必拘守平仄。

Changsha
Alone I stand in the autumn cold
On the tip of Orange Island,
The Xiang flowing northward;
I see a thousand hills crimsoned through
By their serried woods deep-dyed,
And a hundred barges vying
Over crystal blue waters.
Eagles cleave the air,
Fish glide under the shallow water;
Under freezing skies a million creatures contend in freedom.
Brooding over this immensity,
I ask, on this bondless land
Who rules over man's destiny?

I was here with a throng of companions,
Vivid yet those crowded months and years.
Young we were, schoolmates,
At life's full flowering;
Filled with student enthusiasm
Boldly we cast all restraints aside.
Pointing to our mountains and rivers,
Setting people afire with our words,
We counted the mighty no more than muck.
Remember still
How, venturing midstream, we struck the waters
And the waves stayed the speeding boats?

【注释】

沁园春：词牌名，由东汉的沁水公主园得名。
橘子洲：在长沙附近的湘江中。
舸（ge3）：大船。
同学少年：毛泽东于一九一三年至一九一八年就读于湖南第一
师范学校。一九一八年毛和萧瑜、蔡和森等组织新民学会，开
始了他早期的政治活动。
遒（qiu2）：强劲。
遏（e4）：阻止。

【题解】

　　一九二五年秋，湖南省长赵恒惕再次通缉毛泽东。毛离开
长沙去广州，这首词大概是离长沙时所作。

念奴娇 鸟儿问答 1965 秋

鲲鹏展翅，九万里，翻动扶摇羊角。
背负青天朝下看，都是人间城郭。
炮火连天，弹痕遍地，吓倒蓬间雀。
怎么得了，哎呀我要飞跃。

借问君去何方，雀儿答道：有仙山琼阁。
不见前年秋月朗，订了三家条约。
还有吃的，土豆烧熟了，再加牛肉。
不须放屁！试看天地翻覆。

【注释】

鸟儿问答：见《庄子·逍遥游》和《七律·吊罗荣桓同志》
的注释。
三家条约：指美英苏三国签署的部分禁止核试验条约。
土豆、牛肉：六四年四月访问匈牙利时，苏共领导赫鲁晓夫
曾说，共产主义就是人人有土豆牛肉汤喝。

Two Birds: a Dialogue

The roc wings fanwise,
Soaring ninety thousand li
And rousing a raging cyclone.
The blue sky on his back, he looks down
To survey Man's world with its towns and cities.
Gunfire licks the heavens,
Shells pit the earth.
A sparrow in his bush is scared stiff.
"This is one hell of a mess!
Oh I want to flit and fly away."

"Where, may I ask?"
The sparrow relies,
"To a jewelled palace in elfland's hills.
Don't you see a triple pact was signed
Under the bright autumn moon two years ago?
There will be plenty to eat,
Potatoes piping hot,
beef-filled goulash."
"Don't farce any more!
Look, the world is being turned upside down."