刘禹锡·《蜀先主庙》英译

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势分三足鼎，业复五铢钱。

得相能开国，生儿不象贤。

凄凉蜀故妓，来舞魏宫前。

At the Temple of Liu Bei¹

Liu Yuxi

A hero he was! In Cathay, he had no peers.

His lasting name will survive all the passing years.

Among the Three Kingdoms, his had the mightiest reign;

Our land’s ancient glory, he strove hard to regain.

Prestige earned him a wise premier, prop of the state;

Time left his throne to a frail son, the will of fate.

Sadly the captive girls came to dance for the foe,

While his son drank by, sensing not the sign of woe.

1. Liu Bei: an offspring of the Han royal family and the first king of Shu, one of the three states of the Three Kingdoms (220-280). He tried to restore the Han Dynasty and appointed Zhuge Liang as his premier. After his death, his son Liu Chan came to throne. He was, however, a weak king. He soon lost his country and surrendered to the enemy.

（白晓冬 译）