杜牧: 赤壁/ du mu: by the purple cliff

赤壁

杜牧

折戟沈沙铁未销， 自将磨洗认前朝。

东风不与周郎便， 铜雀春深锁二乔。

　

by the purple cliff

du mu

on a part of a spear still unrusted in the sand

i have burnished the symbol of an ancient kingdom....

except for a wind aiding general zhou yu,

spring would have sealed both qiao girls in copperbird palace.