大江東去，The Ynagtze flows east 　　浪淘盡，Washing away 　　千古風流人物。A thousand ages of great men 　　故壘西邊，West of the ramparts -- 　　人道是，People say -- 　　三國周郎赤壁。Are the fables Red Cliffs of young Chou of the Three Kingdoms 　　亂石穿空，Rebellious rocks pierce the sky 　　驚濤拍岸，Frightening waves rip the bank 　　捲起千堆雪。The backwash churns vast snowy swells -- 　　江山如畫，River and mountains like a painting 　　一時多少豪傑。how many heroes passed them, once ... 　　遙想公瑾當年，Think back to those years, Chou Yu -- 　　小喬初嫁了，Just married to the younger Chiao -- 　　雄姿英發。Brave, brilliant 　　羽扇綸巾，With plumed fan, silk kerchief 　　談笑間，Laughed and talked 　　檣櫓灰飛煙滅。While masts and oars vanished to flying ash and smoke! 　　故國神遊，I roam through ancient realms 　　多情應笑我，Absurdly moved 　　早生華髮。Turn gray too soon -- 　　人生如夢，A man"s life passes like a dream -- 　　一樽還酹江月。Pour out a cup then, to the river, and the moon