Elegy
[the author] [dynasty] Song Wen Tianxiang
over prisoners North Court, take a soil room. Room eight feet wide, four deep can be found. Fei low single small, short narrow white room, the dirt and dark. When this summer, various natural gas extraction: rain flooded four episodes, several floating bed, when compared to water vapor; half towards the mud-coated, evaporated steep calendar Lan, when compared rustic; first clear scorching, four plugs duct, when the gas was days; pay eaves female cook, abuse contribute to inflammation, compared with when anger; Send cartridge rot Dayton, Chen Chen pressing, when compared with gas meters; heteroaryl intermixed shoulder to shoulder, fishy smell of sweat, when compared with popularity; pigsty or muddy, or Hui Shi, or rotten rat, a heteroaryl foul smells, when compared with bad smell. Is the number of stack gas, when the person is not fresh Li. And to be weak, pitch meantime, hereby years in men, and fortunately unharmed, is caused by natural Scots have raised Seoul. They nevertheless know that the has raised what zai? Mencius said: "I keep my good righteousness." He has seven air, I have a gas to an enemy Seven, I hang Yan! The status of those awe-inspiring, is also the world of righteousness, for Elegy one.
World are upright, and then forming hetero manifold. Yue was under the river, was the Day Star. Who said in awe, almost plug Cangming Pei.
When the Qing Yi Wong Road, including court and spit out. When the festival is the poor see, one by hanging Dan. In Taishi Jane Qi, Jin Dong Hu in pen.
In Qinzhang Liang vertebrae, Han Su Wu Festival. General head of Yan, Ji sijung as blood. Zhang Sui tooth for Yen Changshan tongue.
Or Liaodong cap, Qing Li snow and ice operations. Or as Inst, heroic spirits weep. Or is crossing oar, Hu Jie generous swallow.
Or as a thief hit Wat, head cracking against the vertical. The gas is boundless, Linlie eternal memory. When it is consistent sun and the moon, life and death Yasutari theory.
Land on which stand dimension, Tianzhu rely statue. Department of three bonds real life, whom moral roots. Sigh I meet unexpectedly positive nine, Li also real ineffective.
Chu Ying its crown prisoners, transfer vehicles to take the poor north. Cauldron Gan, such as jelly, find it unavailable. Yin Tian wildfire room, the hospital closed after dark spring.
Ji same soap cattle, chicken habitat Phoenix food. Once Mongolian Wulu, divided into ditch barren. So then summer and winter, hundreds Pandora from provision of easy.
Alas Juru field, for me An Leguo. Hath He Miao Qiao, yin and yang is not a thief. This dedicated storage Gu, bottom white clouds.
Youyouwoxin sad, heaven Camps have pole. Japan has been far philosopher, typical punishment in Suxi. Wind eaves exhibition book to read, according to the color of the trail.
Translation Notes
I was imprisoned in the North's capital, we live in an earth house. Tsuchiya eight feet wide, about four fathoms. There is a single door and low and small, short and narrow white wood window, place dirty, low, wet and dark. Met this summer, the smells are gathered together, come rain water flow from all sides, even drift up, a few, then a house filled with water vapor; the house of sludge because the sun rarely shines, fumigation stench, at this time the house is rustic; suddenly sunny scorching, four air duct has been blocked, then the house all day air; it was wood fire cooking under the eaves, fueling the raging hot, then the house all anger; warehouse store a lot of rotten food, musty pressing bursts, then the house are rotten meter air; many people in here, crowded messy, Xingsao odor exudes everywhere, then the house is popular; they are faeces, but also carrion, but also dead rats, distributed along with a wide range of stench, then the house is a bad smell. So many smells together, has become a plague, few people do not fall ill. But I live in such a bad environment to frail body, living in such a bad environment, to now has been two years, but there is no disease. This is probably because we have very good will so be it. But how do you know what this accomplishment is it? Mencius said: "I'm good at cultivating righteousness in my heart." It has seven air, I had a gas, a gas can with me that the enemy had seven kinds of gas, what I am worried about it! Moreover, broad upright, it is the awe-inspiring righteousness between heaven and earth. (So) wrote the song "Elegy." There was a dignified and upright between heaven and earth, of all things and it gives change for a variety of body shape. In the mountains and the river below on the performance of Yue, above the sun and moon on the performance of Chen Xing. Is called righteousness in the world, it is full of world and Universe. Qingming fortunes quieter time, it appears as enlightened and peaceful atmosphere of the court. Fortune Jianwei time there will be righteous, their glorious image of eleven down to Dan. In Taishi abbreviated history of state laid down his life together, uphold justice in the State of Jin Dong fox pen. There are people in Qin Zhang Riot of vertebrae, there is utter devotion of Su Wu Festival in Han Dynasty. It also showed serious general would rather die than fall head, the performance of Ji Zhong blood of desperate resistance. The performance of Zhang Ju Yang pledging kills and chew teeth, showing the sense of justice accused thief Yen Changshan tongue being cut. Sometimes manifested as refuge Liaodong rather fond of wearing a white hat, and his noble character than the snow and ice. Sometimes manifested as write "Inst" Zhuge Liang, his death have let the faithful spirits Ganqi. Sometimes expressed as Ji at the hem crossing the Northern Expedition, passionate generous Jie Hu vowed to devour. Sometimes expressed as a schemer blow of reality show segment Wat, the usurper's head suddenly rupture. This noble spirit filled in the universe, the universe, justice Rin However, inviolable and venerated. When this righteousness straight into the fearless through the sun and moon, alive or dead do not need to talk about! It was able to stand against the earth, Tianzhu it was able to rely on support. Three bonds rely on it to sustain life, relying on it have the moral fundamental. Alas I suffered a moment of national crisis, it is powerless to Yasukuni Shazei. But wearing robes became a prisoner, was sent to the poor with a chaise north. Such as the Cauldron of punishment by me is like drinking syrup, he died for the country that was delightful. His cell wildfire shining a quiet little spring until dark courtyard door is always closed. Cow and horse are kept together a common groove, Phoenix live hen house like a chicken in the daily diet. Once infected with the disease by the cold, given that gully would be my burial, so if we can go through two cold and heat, a variety of diseases from when you retreat. Alas so dark and low humidity place, settle down competition became my paradise residence. Is there any mystery which, all being of cold and heat can hurt my body. Because my chest a loyalty forever, fame and fortune for me as the horizon clouds. My heart Sorrowful boundless breadth and depth, and when I ask the heavens will have the ultimate. Sages one has gone away, their example has been engraved in my heart. I was under the eaves Mu breeze expand the book to read, the ancient glory will shine my resolute efforts.