Poetry of Today1--Hard is the Way of the World

Hard is the Way of the World

Pure wine in golden cup costs ten thousand coppers, good!
//金樽清酒斗十千
Choice dish in a jade plate is worth as much, nice food!
//玉盘珍羞直万钱
Pushing aside my cup and chopsticks, I can't eat;
//停杯投箸不能食
Drawing my sword and looking round, I hear my heart beat.
//拔剑四顾心茫然
I can't cross Yellow River: ice has stopped its flow;
//欲渡黄河冰塞川
I can't climb Mount Taihang: the sky is blind with snow.
//将登太行雪满山
I poise a fishing pole with ease on the green stream
//闲来垂钓碧溪上
Or set sail for the sun like the sage in a dream.
//忽复乘舟梦日边
Hard is the way, hard is the way.
//行路难!行路难!
Don't go astray! Whither today?
//多歧路,今安在?
A time will come to ride the wind and cleave the waves;
//长风破浪会有时
I'll set my cloud like sail to cross the sea which raves.
//直挂云帆济沧海

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