Play Chess.. Poem by Luo Zhihai

奕棋

楚河汉界狼烟起
方寸棋盘壮志行
跃马横川藏暗道
飞车战水下重城
筹谋将略定成败
妙运神机决死生
遂意友来欣动子
呼朋席上笑谈兵


Play Chess

Chu River and Han Boundary
wolf smoke curling up
Square inch chessboard
ambitions walking

Jump a horse
transverse to obstruct before the mountain
hide secret way
Fly a vehicle
fight in the water
capture an important city

One's methods are more than human
wage a life-and-death struggle
Plan and prepare war strategy
decide lose and win

To my liking
my friend came
played gladly
Called my friend
on the mat
taught about soldiers smilingly


6/14/2018对联体 ● 七律 叶叶新著，罗志海译
Couplet Poem ● Seven Words of Eight Verses by Ye Yexin
Translation by Luo Zhihai
第6205首对联体诗
The 6,205th Couplet Poem