🌺 The Ancient Moon Shines Upon the Present Ashes

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!

古月照今塵

The Ancient Moon Shines Upon the Present Ashes

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一部春秋史　千年孤臣淚

A history of Spring and Autumn, the millennial tears of lone courtier.

成敗難長久　興亡在轉瞬間

Victory and failure are scarcely permanent, the vicissitude changes fleetly.

總在茶餘後　供於後人說

Always chatted about, by posterity after tea;

多少辛酸　　話因果

So much misery tells the cause and effect.

百戰舊河山　古來功難全

In the hundreds of wars of the country in olden days, honor was hard to be achieved since ancient times.

江山幾局殘　荒城重拾何年

However many times has the land been separated? Whatever year can be rediscovered in the ruined town?

文章寫不盡　幽幽滄桑史

No articles can record the whole vicissitude.

悲歡歲月　　盡無情

The days of sorrow and joy, are all ruthless.

長江長千里　黃河水不停

Thousand-mile long the Yangtze River, unceasingly running the Yellow River.

江山依舊人事已非

Country as before, but the people not,

只剩古月照今塵

Only the ancient moon shines upon the present ashes.

莫負古聖賢　效歷朝英雄

Don’t disappoint the past sages, and emulate the heroes of each era.

再造一個輝煌的漢疆和唐土

Rebuild a country as mighty as Han and Tang Dynasty.

再造一個輝煌的漢疆和唐土

Rebuild a country as mighty as Han and Tang Dynasty.

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