This Mandarin Taiwanese Song, translated as “The Ancient Moon Shines Upon the Present Ashes” speaks of the fall of the Republic of China (that retreated to Taiwan in 1949), and how we will rebuild our country again. It makes me think of my marriage and my life in general…
This song speaks that every night, we look at the moon that has been around since ancient times, shining down on the ashes of the earth, yet not realizing how much history lies within these ashes. How many dynasties and empires have risen and fallen in these ashes? Does anyone know? Does anyone care?
I gave it my all for this marriage. I put in my blood, sweat, tears, commitment, and love into this marriage for 15 years. My empire has fallen. It has now been burned to the ground and all that is left are ashes of this earth. Does anyone know? Does anyone care?
I CARE!!! I AM REBUILDING MY EMPIRE AGAIN, ON MY OWN!!! Only someone that is worthy of me will ever be accepted into my empire again! If not, then so be it!
ๅคๆ็ งไปๅกต
The Ancient Moon Shines Upon the Present Ashes
~ ๆ็ซ
ไธ้จๆฅ็งๅฒใๅๅนดๅญค่ฃๆท
A history of Spring and Autumn, the millennial tears of lone courtier.
ๆๆ้ฃ้ทไน ใ่ไบกๅจ่ฝ็ฌ้
Victory and failure are scarcely permanent, the vicissitude changes fleetly.
็ธฝๅจ่ถ้คๅพใไพๆผๅพไบบ่ชช
Always chatted about, by posterity after tea;
ๅคๅฐ่พ้ ธใใ่ฉฑๅ ๆ
So much misery tells the cause and effect.
็พๆฐ่ๆฒณๅฑฑใๅคไพๅ้ฃๅ จ
In the hundreds of wars of the country in olden days, honor was hard to be achieved since ancient times.
ๆฑๅฑฑๅนพๅฑๆฎใ่ๅ้ๆพไฝๅนด
However many times has the land been separated? Whatever year can be rediscovered in the ruined town?
ๆ็ซ ๅฏซไธ็กใๅนฝๅนฝๆปๆกๅฒ
No articles can record the whole vicissitude.
ๆฒๆญกๆญฒๆใใ็ก็กๆ
The days of sorrow and joy, are all ruthless.
้ทๆฑ้ทๅ้ใ้ปๆฒณๆฐดไธๅ
Thousand-mile long the Yangtze River, unceasingly running the Yellow River.
ๆฑๅฑฑไพ่ไบบไบๅทฒ้
Country as before, but the people not,
ๅชๅฉๅคๆ็ งไปๅกต
Only the ancient moon shines upon the present ashes.
่ซ่ฒ ๅค่่ณขใๆๆญทๆ่ฑ้
Don’t disappoint the past sages, and emulate the heroes of each era.
ๅ้ ไธๅ่ผ็ ็ๆผข็ๅๅๅ
Rebuild a country as mighty as Han and Tang Dynasty.
ๅ้ ไธๅ่ผ็ ็ๆผข็ๅๅๅ
Rebuild a country as mighty as Han and Tang Dynasty.
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