Memorial on Campaign (Pt. I)
(武侯祠・千秋相主题音乐系列)
作词:东山居士(Easthill Hermit)&泽希(Zesen)
混音:东山居士(Easthill Hermit)
Mm……
Three inches of candle wax —the night is deep
On the desk the scrolls: write erase rewrite keep
Outside the old cypress sways in gentle wind
As if you ask me: how much hope lies in this thing
I lift my brush first write: “Your servant Liang speaks”
Three words I’ve spent half my life trying to complete
Not that I fear —but once I finish the last line
This peaceful night will truly be left behind
This text I write for the world and for your eyes
To show you after you left I’m still that youth in my heart
The realm you entrusted to me I count each day and night
I cannot know if we’ll meet again after this fight
Memorial to the campaign —every word is heart and soul
“Yi Zhou is worn and weary”—words too light to bear
Lighter than every dawn our people endured through care
“Truly this is the hour of survival or fall”
But the greatest danger is failing your trust above all
I write: “Within the ministers strive without rest”
I lay down my brush think of those nameless blessed
They trust me with their lives give all they possess
What can I repay Only this life —I stake it on this test
This text I write for the world and for your eyes
To show you after you left I’m still that youth in my heart
The realm you entrusted to me I count each day and night
I cannot know if we’ll meet again after this fight
Memorial to the campaign —every word is heart and soul
Some say: why go on Why must you proceed
I say: you never knew that snow those three visits his deed
He trusted me with his life —how can I trust only fate
This bow is not for a king but for one who believed in me
This text I write for the world and for your eyes
To show you after you left I keep the vow in my heart
The realm you entrusted to me I trade my life to defend
Even if I fail I will strive —let all comprehend
Memorial to the campaign —every word is heart and soul
Every word —the snow in Longzhong still lingers not gone
Mm……
The snow of Longzhong
Still lingers on