朱静庵·《吴山怀古》英译

万里中原战血腥，宋家南渡若为情。

忠臣有志清沙漠，庸主无心复汴京。

北塞春风啼蜀魄，西湖夜月照瑶筝。

百年兴废空陈迹，回首吴山落照明。

Reflecting on Antiquity on Wu Hill  

Zhu Jing’an

Blood of war washed the ten-thousand-mile Central Plains.¹

Thereupon the Song court moved to the south:

Loyal ministers were determined to clear the desert,

But incompetent lords had no intention of recovering the lost capital.

In northern passes, cuckoos of Shu cry in spring breeze;

On West Lake the night moon shines on the jade zither.

Past glory and disgrace are but empty traces

I turn to gaze at the setting sun still glowing on Wu Hill.

1. The Chinese heartland; the reference is to the fall of northern China to the Jürchen armies in 1127.   

（Michelle Yeh 译）