古風 - 秦王掃六合
Gǔfēng - Qín wáng sǎo liù hé
Song about Antiquity - The Qin King Sweeps Out the Six States
秦王掃六合，虎視何雄哉！
Qín wáng sǎo liù hé, hǔshì hé xióng zāi!
The Qin King sweeps away the States; what hero shall he next espy?
揮劍決浮雲，諸侯盡西來。
Huī jiàn jué fúyún, zhū hóu jǐn xī lái.
His sword cleaves apart the clouds, the lords all in the west reside.
明斷自天啟，大略駕群才。
Míng duàn zì tiān qǐ, dà lüè jià qún cái.
His role from heaven given, through guile its will applied,
收兵鑄金人，函谷正東開。
Shōu bīng zhù jīn rén, Hángǔ zhèng dōng kāi.
Weapons have melted to statues, and Hangu's gates opened wide.
銘功會稽嶺，騁望瑯琊台。
Míng gōng Kuàijī lǐng, chěng wàng Lángyá tái.
He carved his will on Kuaiji, he gazed from Langya high.
刑徒七十萬，起土驪山隈。
Xíng tú qī shí wàn, qǐ tǔ Líshān wēi.
Half-a million toiling slaves, for his Lishan tomb provide.
尚採不死藥，茫然使心哀。
Shàng cǎi bùsǐ yào, máng rán shǐ xīn āi.
He wished for the Elixir of Life, but he got naught but sighs.
連弩射海魚，長鯨正崔嵬。
Lián nǔ shè hǎi yú, zhǎng jīng zhèng cuī wéi.
His crossbows great whales shoot, their forms like mountains wide.
額鼻象五嶽，揚波噴雲雷。
É bí xiàng wǔ yuè, yáng bō pēn yún léi.
Their heads as large as peaks, their sound like thunder collide.
鬐鬣蔽青天，何由睹蓬萊？
Qí liè bì qīng tiān, hé yóu dǔ Pénglái?
Their fins stretch up towards the sky; how could he reach Penglai?
徐巿載秦女，樓船幾時回？
Xú Fú zài qín nǚ, lóu chuán jǐ shí huí?
Xu Fu's force of girls: where do they now preside?
但見三泉下，金棺葬寒灰。
Dàn jiàn sān quán xià, jīn guān zàng hán huī.
In three founts 'neath the ground, his ashes now cold and dry.