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Song-Ming -> Romance of the Three Kingdoms -> Banquet On The Great River, Cao Cao Sings A Song; Battle On Water, Northerners Fight With Chained Ships -> 7

曹操正笑談間，忽聞鴉聲望南飛鳴而去。操問曰：「此鴉緣何夜鳴？」左右答曰：「鴉見月明，疑是天曉，故離樹而鳴也。」操又大笑。時操已醉，乃取槊立於船上，以酒奠於江中，滿飲三爵，橫槊謂諸將曰：「我持此槊破黃巾，擒呂布，滅袁術，收袁紹，深入塞北，直抵遼東，縱橫天下：頗不負大丈之志也。今對此景，甚有慷慨。吾當作歌，汝等和之。」歌曰：對酒當歌，人生幾何？譬如朝露，去日苦多。慨當以慷，憂思難忘。何以解憂，惟有杜康。青青子衿，悠悠我心。呦呦鹿鳴，食野之苹。我有嘉賓，鼓瑟吹笙。皎皎如月，何時可輟？憂從中來，不可斷絕。越陌度阡，枉用相存。契闊談讌，心念舊恩。月明星稀，烏鵲南飛，遶樹三匝，無枝可依。山不厭高，水不厭深。周公吐哺，天下歸心。But suddenly amid the merriment was heard the hoarse cry of a raven flying toward the south. "Why does the raven thus cry in the night?" said Cao Cao to those about him. "The moon is so bright that it thinks it is day," said they, "and so it leaves its tree." Cao Cao laughed. By this time he was quite intoxicated. He set up his spear in the prow of the ship and poured a libation into the river and then drank three brimming goblets. As he lowered the spear, he said, "This is the spear that broke up the Yellow Scarves, captured Lu Bu, destroyed Yuan Shao, and subdued Yuan Shu, whose armies are now mine. In the north it reached to Liaodong, and it stretched out over the whole south. It has never failed in its task. The present scene moves me to the depths, and I will sing a song in which you shall accompany me." And so he sang: "When goblets are brimming then sang is near birth, But life is full short and has few days of mirth, Life goes as the dew drops fly swiftly away, Beneath the glance of the glowing hot ruler of day. Human's life may be spent in the noblest enterprise, But sorrowful thoughts in his heart oft arise. Let us wash clean away the sad thoughts that intrude, With bumpers of wine such as Du Kang once brewed. Gone is my day of youthful fire And still ungained is my desire. The deer feed on the level plain And joyful call, then feed again. My noble guests are gathered round. The air is trilled with joyful sound. Bright my future lies before me. As the moonlight on this plain; But I strive in vain to reach it. When shall I my wish attain? None can answer; and so sadness Grips my inmost heart again. Far north and south, Wide east and west, We safety seek; Vain is the quest. Human's heart oft yearns For converse sweet. And my heart burns When old friends greet. The stars are paled by the full moon's light, The raven wings his southward flight. And thrice he circles round a tree, No place thereon to rest finds he. They weary not the mountains of great height, The waters deep of depth do not complain, Duke Zhou no leisure found by day or night Stern toil is his who would the empire gain."

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