五言长诗•剑魂
文、译者/龚如仲（Ralph）
豫让春秋义，鱼肠匿久长。
漆涂身墨黑，炭灼嗓音亡。
乔作卑微客，复仇志如钢。
剑挥叹一失，死士盛名扬。
睿智轻干将，晏婴韬略强。
朝臣若贤德，国运定隆昌。
三士匹夫勇，骄蛮忒暴狂。
双桃齐相计，祸弭国和祥。
仲达佩承影，初衷助魏王。
西疆疲汉相，南土御孙郎。
魏室三司马，权倾意焕彰。
红尘归一统，两晋亦泱泱。
起舞鸡鸣早，龙渊映曙光。
豪情生义胆，祖逖赴沙场。
破浪乘风去，男儿气伟昂。
急流千百里，国土收无疆。
巨阙耳边语，疯哉吕四娘。
雪山过大漠，紫禁内宫藏。
携手为行刺，血飞清殿堂。
雍正吾不识，此举实荒唐。
注：鱼肠、干将、承影、龙渊、巨阙皆在中国古代十大名剑之列（其余的五把名剑分别为：湛泸、赤霄、泰阿、纯钧、胜邪）。
Posted by Ralph Gong
I have a sword
But I am not Yu Rang
An ancient assassin
Who disfigured his face
And got his voice hoarse
With a burning charcoal
For confusing and killing the enemy
Left his name in the Assassins’ Biography
I have a sword
But I am not Yan Ying
An ancient statesman
Who used two pieces of
Huge and sweet peaches
Successfully killed
The three obstinate and intractable warriors
Made the Qi Kingdom stabilized
I have a sword
But I am not Sima Yi
In the Three Kingdom Era
Who manoeuvred
Among the various political groupings
And finally established his Jin Dynasty
I have a sword
But I am not Zu Ti
A militarist in the Eastern Jin Dynasty
Who got up at cock’s crow
For daily sword brandishing practice
Neither should I learn from him
Driving a fighting boat
Braving the wind and waves
For recapturing the territory
I have a sword
But I am not a chivalrous knight
Who was invited by Lv Sinian
A well-known female assassin in the Qing Dynasty
Left the Snow Mountain for the Capital’s Forbidden City
For killing Emperor Yong Zhen
