Don’t wait any longer, your young head will turn gray and you will be so sad!

Original text of "Man Jiang Hong"

Song Dynasty Yue Fei was so angry that he leaned against the railing while the misty rain stopped. Looking up, looking up to the sky and roaring, with strong feelings. Thirty years of fame and dust, eight thousand miles of clouds and moon. Don't wait any longer. The young man's head will turn gray, and it will be so sad! The shame of Jingkang has not yet snowed; the hatred of the ministers, when will it be destroyed? Drive a long chariot and trample through the gap in Helan Mountain! The ambition is to eat the meat of Huns when they are hungry, and to drink the blood of Huns when they are thirsty. Start from scratch, clean up the old mountains and rivers, and face the sky!

Translation

I was so angry that I climbed up and leaned on the railing alone. The wind and rain had just stopped. I raised my head and looked at the high and majestic sky. I couldn't help shouting to the sky, and my heart was filled with the desire to serve the country. Thirty years of fame are like dust, and eight thousand miles have passed through many turbulent lives. Good men, you should seize the time to make contributions to the country, and don't waste your youth in vain and wait for your old age to be miserable. The great humiliation during the Jingkang period has not yet been resolved. When will my resentment as a minister of the country be gone? I want to ride on a chariot and ride through the Helan Mountain Pass. I am full of ambition and swear to drink the enemy's flesh and blood. After I regain the old mountains and rivers, I will report the news of victory to the country with the good news.

Comment

This is a masterpiece handed down from generation to generation, which is magnificent and illuminates the mountains and rivers, illuminating the sun and the moon. In the tenth year of Shaoxing (1140), Yue Fei sent his troops to the Northern Expedition and defeated the Jin army in Yancheng. After arriving at Zhuxian Town, which is only forty-five miles away from Bianjing, he said to his subordinates: "Go straight to Huanglong (now Nong'an, Jilin, the former capital of Jin Dynasty) and have a drink with the princes." This was the message of Yue Fei, who took recovery as his own responsibility. Su Zhi. This word expresses his firm will and belief in victory to wipe out the enemy invaders and return our rivers and mountains. It reflects the common aspiration of the people of the north and the south who are suffering from division and isolation. The whole word sounds passionate and majestic. The first five sentences of the poem come out of nowhere. By depicting the author's state of being furious at first and then screaming to the sky, it reveals the turbulent emotions caused by him leaning on the railing and overlooking the lost land of the Central Plains.