Loushan Pass

Loushan Pass (忆秦娥·娄山关) is a ci poem written by Mao Zedong in February 1935, during the Long March. Loushan Pass itself is a gorge among mountains in Tongzi County, Guizhou province, China. Mao wrote this poem after the Red Army defeated the local government army after a fierce battle and occupation the pass.

A hard west wind,

in the vast frozen air wild geese shriek to the morning moon,

frozen morning moon.

Horse hoofs shatter the air,

and the bugles sob.

The grim pass is like iron,

yet today we cross the summit in one step,

cross the summit.

Before us greenblue mountains are like the sea,

the dying sun like blood.

Another translation:

憶秦娥·婁山關

現代-毛澤東

西風烈，長空雁叫霜晨月。

霜晨月，馬蹄聲碎，喇叭聲咽。

雄關漫道真如鐵，而今邁步從頭越。

從頭越，蒼山如海，殘陽如血。

Fierce is the Westerly squall

Under the frosty dawn moon, wild geese utter their call

Under the frosty dawn moon

Horses' hooves clatter,

Buglers sound their horns, we remember those who fall.

Ardous as iron was our fight for Loushan Pass, mighty and vast.

Now we surmount it finally, against all odds at long last.

We surmount it finally, at long last.

The rolling hills azure like the sea,

The dying sun crimson like blood, of the fallen we march past.