[updated October 2022]
Western Mountain Strategic Border Stronghold
西 塞 山
势 从 千 里 奔
直 入 江 中 断。
岚 横 秋 塞 雄
地 束 惊 流 满。
Xi Sai Shan
Shi cong qian li ben
Zhi ru jiang zhong duan.
Lan heng qiu sai xiong
Di shu jing liu man.
Western Mountain Strategic Border Stronghold
From three hundred miles away, this mountain’s power and influence
The Changjiang has to separate into two with the mountain in the middle.
From east to west this place has a very strategic and imposing position
Both river courses funnel the waters into full flows.
Notes:
Changjiang also known as the Yangzi River.