《Tune: River all Red•Thoughts up the Yellow Crane Tower》Yue Fei
遙望中原 I gaze on the Central Plain far away
荒煙外 Beyond the wasteland
許多城郭 How many deserted towns and city walls
想當年 In years of yore
花遮柳護 Behind screens of lush willows and colorful flowers
鳳樓龍閣 Stood many bowers and majestic towers
萬歲山前珠翠繞 The Royal Hill adorned in pearls and emeralds
篷壺殿里笙歌作 In the Fairy Palace flute songs echo
到而今 鐵騎滿郊畿 Now behold enemy iron horses trod all over
風塵惡 Followed by dusts in fierce gusts Continue reading