毛澤東
北國風光,
千里冰封,
萬里雪飄。
望長城內外,
惟余莽莽;
大河上下,
頓失滔滔。
山舞銀蛇,
原馳蠟象,
欲與天公試比高。
須晴日,
看紅裝素裹,
分外妖嬈。
江山如此多嬌,
引無數英雄競折腰。
惜秦皇漢武,
略輸文采;
唐宗宋祖,
稍遜風騷。
一代天驕,
成吉思汗,
只識彎弓射大雕。
俱往已,
數風流人物,
還看今朝。
Mao Zedong
North China scene:
A thousand li of land is sealed in ice
And still more caught in falling snowflakes.
I see, over both sides of the Great Wall,
Nothing but immense whiteness;
Up and down the great river,
Waves lost in the freeze.
The mountains, dancing like silver serpents
And the highlands, racing like waxed elephants,
Vie to loom over the heavenly vault.
Soon, all will clear up,
To be clad in red sun shines,
What a sight.
Our land, so rich in beauty,
Inspires so many heroes to dedicate their lives to it.
But Qin Huang and Han Wu
Are not as cultured;
Tang Zong and Song Zu
Not as literate.
Even Genghis Khan,
The proud son of heaven,
Only knows how to bend his bow to shoot a falcon.
While they are all gone to this day,
The true heroes,
Will emerge today.