The Red Cliff
赤壁 · Three Hundred Tang Poems
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The Red Cliff
A broken halberd lies buried in the sand, its iron not yet—some say "half"—corroded away.
I take it up, grind and wash it, and recognize the relics of a former age.
Had the east wind refused to favor Zhou Yu,
In the spring depths of Bronze Sparrow Terrace, the Two Qiao would have been locked away.
赤壁
折戟沉沙鐵未一作「半」銷，自將磨洗認前朝。
東風不與周郎便，銅雀春深鎖二喬。