過零丁洋

文／南宋‧文天祥（1236~1283）

辛苦遭逢起一經，干戈落落四周星。

山河破碎風拋絮，身世飄搖雨打萍。

惶恐灘頭說惶恐，零丁洋裡嘆零丁。

人生自古誰無死？留取丹心照汗青。

──選自《文山集》

Crossing Lingding Sea

Wen Tianxing（1236-1283,Southern Song）

English translation: John Balcom

（ed. John Gill & Susan Tidwell）

I recall the hardships and difficult times

from my early years;

The fighting, though sparse,

has gone on for four astrological cycles.

The mountains and rivers are broken into

pieces and blown away by the wind;

The body is carried as the rain

carries duckweed.

The Huangkong shores bespeak fear,

The Lingding Sea sighs with loneliness.

Since the beginning, who has not died?

Let me leave a loyal heart shining in history.

── from Wenshan Ji

（Collection of Wenshan）