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Su Shi's Nian Nu Jiao - Reminiscing Red Cliffs
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Su Shi's Nian Nu Jiao - Reminiscing Red Cliffs

Alice Poon
Aug 23, 2011
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The original Nian Nu Jiao: Reminiscing Red Cliffs:-

大江東去, 浪淘盡, 千古風雲人物。

古疊西邊, 人道是, 三國周郎赤壁;

亂石崩雲, 驚濤裂岸, 捲起千堆雪;

江山如畫, 一時多少豪傑。

遙想公瑾當年, 小喬初嫁了, 雄姿英發;

羽扇綸巾, 談笑間, 強虜灰飛煙滅。

故國神遊, 多情應笑我, 早生華髮,

人生如夢, 一樽還酹江月。

My rendition:-

Gone are ancient heroes, washed away in the east-flowing river.

West of the old forts, they say, was fought Zhou’s battle of Red C…

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