Send Off Vice Mayor Zhang
送 张 倅
山 西 劲 气 何 曾 歇？
秦 汉 迄 今 几 奇 杰！
张 公 长 身 须 鬓 苍
斜 飞 不 入 鹓 鹭 行。
狂 卒 叫 讙 民 震 扰
不 劳 谈 笑 斯 须 了。
皇 上 方 披 舆 地 图
烦 公 赤 手 系 单 于。
捕 逐 虎 豹 公 则 老
坐 运 筹 策 公 尚 少。
Song Zhang Cui
Shan xi jing qi he ceng xie?
Qin han qi jin ji qi jie!
Zhang gong chang shen xu bin cang
Xie fei bu ru yuan lu xing.
Kuang zu jiao huan min zhen rao
Bu lao tan xiao si xu liao.
Huang shang fang pi yu di tu
Fan gong chi shou ji chan yu.
Bu zhu hu bao gong ze lao
Zuo yun chou ce gong shang shao.
Send Off Vice Mayor Zhang
A vigorous Shanxi spirit, when have you once rested?
From the Qin through the Han dynasties to now, all had several heroes!
Zhang still with a strong life and gray temple hair
You deviated from joining the high-flying mandarin ducks and egrets.
Shouting revolutionaries shake up and disturb the people
Many pause to discuss and debate, you smile as you mow them down.
Emperor still studies the unfolded battle maps
You simply captured and tied them up from the Xiongnu kingdom.
Perhaps we are too old to seek the tigers and panthers
You are qualified to sit at the front and make strategy, but the inside palace elite would be insulted.
Notes:
Qin Dynasty: 221 BC-206 AD
Han Dynasty: 206-220 AD
Xiongnu kingdom: Tribes of Mongolian nomads, and historical enemies of the Chinese to the north for centuries.