王安石·《浪淘沙令》英译

伊吕两衰翁。历遍穷通。一为钓叟一耕佣。若使当时身不遇，老了英雄。<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

汤武偶相逢。风虎云龙。兴王只在笑谈中。直至如今千载后，谁与争功。

Ripples Sifting Sand

Wang Anshi

The two prime ministers, while young, were poor;

They had been fisherman and peasant before.

Had they not met their sovereigns wise,

In vain would raise the wind the dragon the cloud.

They helped two emperors in laughter.

Now, in a thousand years after,