重阳

- 采桑子

毛泽东 October 1929

人生易老天难老，
岁岁重阳。
今又重阳，
战地黄花分外香。

一年一度秋风劲，
不似春光，
胜似春光，
寥廓江天万里霜。

DOUBLE NINTH

-- To the Tune of Cai Sang Zi

东山 译

Age tells on man, but rarely on Nature.
Double ninth every year ever . 
Here comes Double Ninth again, 
The chrysanthemums on the battleground smell sweeter .

The yearly autumn wind blows with vigor; 
It's unlike springtime, 
But more splendorous than spring,
Rivers and vast azure sky are over the endless frosty fields.