岳飞 《满江红》 英译

My Quest, to the tune of "The Whole River Red"

Yue Fei Translated by Tommy W.K. Tao, Vancouver, B.C.

Rage bristling under the cap,

I lean against the railing;

The rushing rain has ceased.

Lifting my eyes,

Towards the sky I let out a battle cry;

My blood is boiling.

Thirty years: rank and honour, just so much dust;

Eight hundred leagues: travelling with the moon and clouds.

Do not let it slip away;

When a young man"s head turns grey,

Regret will be too late.

The national insult

Is yet to be avenged;

Your servants" shame:

When will it be erased?

Let us ride the long chariots [ˈtʃæriət敞篷双轮马车（古代用于战争或竞赛），战车]

To crush those mountain strongholds.

Glorious quest: to feast on the flesh of the invaders.

We laugh and chat and quench [kwɛntʃ] our thirst with Tartar blood.

Let us start

To take back our rivers and mountains,

And report to the Heavenly Palace.

满江红·怒发冲冠

作者：岳飞

　　怒发冲冠，凭阑处、潇潇雨歇。抬望眼，仰天长啸，壮怀激烈。三十功名尘与土，八千里路云和月。莫等闲，白了少年头，空悲切。

　　靖康耻，犹未雪；臣子恨，何时灭？驾长车，踏破贺兰山缺。壮志饥餐胡虏[lǔ]肉，笑谈渴饮匈奴血。待从头，收拾旧山河，朝天阙[tiān què]。

注释

　　　　长啸：感情激动时撮口发出清而长的声音,为古人的一种抒情举动。 

　　三十功名尘与土：年已三十，建立了一些功名，不过很微不足道。 

　　八千里路云和月：形容南征北战、路途遥远、披星戴月 

　　等闲：轻易，随便。 

　　靖康耻：宋钦宗靖康二年（1127年），金兵攻陷汴京，虏走徽、钦[qīn] 二帝。 

　　贺兰山：贺兰山脉位于宁夏回族自治区与内蒙古自治区交界处。 

　　朝天阙：朝见皇帝。天阙：本指宫殿前的楼观，此指皇帝生活的地方。