《侠客行》－ 李白

A Song of Warrior

by Li Bai

赵客缦胡缨，

吴钩霜雪明。

银鞍照白马，

飒沓如流星。

From the Kingdom Zhao comes a turbaned wight,

With his curved blade flashing frosty light.

He gallops forth like a shooting star,

A silver saddle dights his charger white.

十步杀一人，

千里不留行。

事了拂衣去，

深藏身与名。

Within ten paces, he can kill a foe,

O’er a thousand li, traceless as a blow.

When a mission is done, he dusts his garb

And walks off, where he hies no one would know.   

闲过信陵饮，

脱剑膝前横。

将炙啖朱亥，

持觞劝侯嬴。

At leisure, with his men, Prince Xinling’d swill,

Afore his knees, he’d lay down his sword still.

He’d fain regale Zhu Hai with the roast meat

Or quaff sans pause with Hou Ying to their fill.

三杯吐然诺，

五岳倒为轻。

眼花耳热后，

意气素霓生。

A pledge they made after three cups of wine,

Which outweighed five heights, mighty and divine.

Though their eyne were blurry and ears red hot,

Their spirit soared apace o’er the skyline.

救赵挥金锤，

邯郸先震惊。

千秋二壮士，

烜赫大梁城。

They saved the besieged Zhao with mauls of gold,

Which shocked the Town of Handan with tricks bold.

O two valiant warriors of yore

Remain the talk of the Grand City Old.

纵死侠骨香，

不惭世上英。

谁能书阁下，

白首太玄经。

Though dead, their gallantry shall never die,

Twixt heaven and earth, with whom none could vie.

Who’d write them down, like the white-haired Yang

Who wrote Taixuan, that doth all edify?   

Tr. Ziyuzile

11/04/2026

(Revised)