Song of the Great Wind by Liu Bang

A great wind came forth,
the clouds rose on high.
Now that my might rules all within the seas,
I have returned to my old village.
Where will I find brave men
to guard the four corners of my land?

From: Minford, John and Lau, Joseph S. M. (eds.), An Anthology of Translations. Volume I: From Antiquity to the Tang Dynasty, 2002, Columbia University Press: New York and The Chinese University Press: Hong Kong, p. 415.
(https://books.google.com.au/books?id=GV8BltnoGGMC)

Date: 196 BCE (original); 1961 (translation)

By: Liu Bang (256-195 BCE)

Translated by: Burton Dewitt Watson (1925-2017)

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