wén dào huáng lóng shù,
pín nián bù jiě bīng。
kě lián guī lǐ yuè,
cháng zài hàn jiā yíng。
shàofù jīn chūn yì,
liáng rén zuó yè qíng。
shuí néng jiāng qí gǔ,
yī wéi qǔ lóng chéng。
Against the City of the Yellow Dragon
Our troops were sent long years ago,
And girls here watch the same melancholy moon
That lights our Chinese warriors –
And young wives dream a dream of spring,
That last night their heroic husbands,
In a great attack, with flags and drums,
Captured the City of the Yellow Dragon.