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Zhang Yanghao: Meditating on the Past at Tong Pass (From Chinese)

Meditation on the Past at Tong Pass
By Zhang Yanghao
Translated by A.Z. Foreman

Peaks and ridges mass together
River breakers blast in wrath
In and out through river and hill
Goes the road through old Tong Pass
I gaze at the western capital
All my thought distraught
This is the place that breaks the heart
Where Han and Qin marched past
Palaces and towers and halls
All turned dirt at last
Dynasties rise
The people suffer
Dynasties fall
The people suffer


The Original, with transcribed Yuan Dynasty pronunciation:

???????

????, fu? l?n ry dzy
????, pw? daw ry nu
???????? ?an ?? p?w li du? kuan lu
???, wa? si tu 
???? i d?iw d?y 
???????, ?a? sim dzin xan kji? ?ji? t??y
????????? kyu? ky?' wan kjan tu tsaw' l?w t?u
?, xji?
???; paj' si? k?u
?, wa?
???! paj' si? k?u

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