赤壁 - 杜牧
折戟沉沙铁未销,
自将磨洗认前朝。
东风不与周郎便,
铜雀春深锁二乔。
Red Cliffs by Du Mu
Halberds broken and rusty are buried in sand,
The relics cleaned account for the previous days grand.
Had east wind disfavored General Zhou a whit,
Both Qiao sisters’ eyebrows would have forever knit.
II
Had east wind failed young Zhou its divine might to bring,
Th’ Qiao girls would’ve been locked in a brass-bower of spring.
III
Had the east wind been against Zhou’s southland,
Qiao girls would have been snared in a knave’s hand.
Tr. Ziyuzile