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北上太行山[1]，艰哉何巍巍[2]！
羊肠坂[3]诘屈[4]，车轮为之摧[5]。
树木何萧瑟，北风声正悲。
熊罴[6]对我蹲，虎豹夹路啼[7]。
溪谷[8]少人民，雪落何霏霏[9]！
延颈[10]长叹息，远行多所怀。
我心何怫郁[11]，思欲一东归[12]。
水深桥梁绝，中路正徘徊。
迷惑失故路，薄暮无宿栖。
行行日已远，人马同时饥。
担囊行取薪，斧冰持作糜。
悲彼《东山》诗，悠悠令我哀。
注释：
[1] 太行山：起于河南北部，向北经山西、河北边境入河北北部。
[2] 巍巍：高峻雄伟。
[3] 羊肠坂：地名，在壶关西南。
[4] 诘屈：盘旋曲折。
[5] 摧：折毁。
[6] 罴：一种大熊。
[7] 啼：号叫。
[8] 溪谷：山中低而有水之地，山里人多住于此。
[9] 霏霏：形容雪下得很大。
[10] 延颈：伸长脖子，指眺望。
[11] 怫郁：忧虑不安。
[12] 东归：指返回故乡。
Song of the Cold Endured
Cao Cao
Northward we go up mountains stiff.
How hard it is to climb the cliff!
The footpath twists like gut of sheep;
The cartwheels break against crags steep.
The trembling trees are stark and bleak;
The northern wind moans on the peak.
Before us crouch bears brown and black;
Tigers and pards howl by the track.
In these vales few people have passed,
And snow is falling thick and fast.
I stretch my neck with long, long sigh;
The hard campaign to grief gives rise.
Why has grief in my heart increased?
All I want is to go back east.
There is no bridge on water deep;
We know not how o’er it to sweep.
And halfway up, we go astray;
At dusk we find nowhere to stay.
Each day go farther off our forces;
Our men are hungry as their horses.
Pack on shoulder, we snatch firewood
And chop ice to boil as our food.
Of Eastern Hills the soldiers’ song[1]
Saddens my heart and soul for long.
注释：
[1] The song sung by the soldiers of the Duke of Zhou when they had put down a rebellion in the Eastern Hills after 1125 BC.
