To the Tune of Riverside Town

For now, I shall show my youthful vigor,

　　with a yellow hound on my left hand leash,

　　and a gray falcon on my right hand glove.

In satin caps and sable coats, a thousand riders

　　sweep across the level hill.

As the whole town turn out and follow me, the governor,

　　I shall shoot a tiger myself

　　like Sun Quan［2］ did.

Half-drunk and bold with my chest exposed,

　　I could not care less about

　　the frost-like hairs in my sideburns.

When will I be sent to defend the frontier

　　like Feng Tang［3］ was?

I shall then hold a bow, drawn as fully as a full moon,

　　turn north-westwards

　　and shoot the Celestial Wolf［4］.

1) Mizhou is an ancient town in modern day Shandong province, where Su Shi once worked as its governor.

2) Sun Quan was a ruler of Eastern Wu in the Three Kingdoms period.

3) Feng Tang was a Han dynasty politician.

4) The Celestial Wolf refers to Sirius. It is a metaphor for the Western Xia, an enemy state of the Song Dynasty.