水调歌头.重上井冈山（中英双语）

水调歌头.重上井冈山

Prelude To Water Melody

—— Back to the Jingang Mountains

作者｜毛泽东 (Mao Zedong)

英译｜周柯楠 (Zhou Kenan)

久有凌云志，

I’ve long cherished high aspirations

重上井冈山。

To go back to the Jinggang Mountains

千里来寻故地，

Traveled a thousand miles to look for the old haunt

旧貌换新颜。

Which has taken on a new look

到处莺歌燕舞，

Orioles are singing and swallows dancing everywhere

更有潺潺流水，

What’s more, there’re gurgling brooks

高路入云天。

Roads extending to the high clouds

过了黄洋界，

Across the post Huangyangjie

险处不须看。

Precipitous as it is, it’s not difficult to climb

风雷动，

Windstorms are raging

旌旗奋，

Banners and flags fluttering

是人寰。

This is the world we live in

三十八年过去，

Thirty eight years have passed

弹指一挥间。

Just in a blink of an eye

可上九天揽月，

Going up to the sky to reach for the moon

可下五洋捉鳖，

Going down to the ocean to catch soft-shelled turtles

谈笑凯歌还。

Which can be successfully done in talking and laughing

世上无难事，

Nothing in the world is difficult to achieve

只要肯登攀。

As long as you’re willing to endeavour