【神話·項羽】烏江淚 Tears in Wu River

Описание: 烏江淚
演唱/作曲/編曲：郭仔
作詞：易飛揚
MV製作：雲瀟瀟

任營外四面楚歌聲聲催
怎忍看你絕世舞步似靈魂輕輕 在飛
堅強的臂彎難舍你冰冷的眼淚
曾給你的諾言該如何才能夠挽回

知今日十面埋伏重重圍
怎忍看你裙上鮮血似復仇的號角 在吹
虞兮奈何劍指蒼天緩緩舉起酒杯
一旦長纓在手縱千軍萬馬任來回

出重圍 問滔滔江水
東山再起又何為
想昔日 繁華競逐
八方諸侯齊來歸
而今我 江東子弟
萬裏征戰幾人回
誰能無怨無悔
滄海 一滴淚

解征轡 問胯下烏騅
來世可願再相隨
嘆今日 寂寞無歸
末路英雄一何悲
世間事 轉眼成空
多少舊夢怎堪追
千古愛恨成灰
癡情 又有誰

[History Background]

Xiang Yu (項羽) (232 BC -- 202 BC) was a prominent military leader and political figure during the late Qin Dynasty. After the fall of the Qin Dynasty, Xiang Yu proclaimed himself "Hegemon-King of Western Chu" (西楚霸王) and ruled a vast area of land. He engaged Liu Bang (刘邦), founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, in a long struggle for power, known as the Chu--Han Contention, that concluded with his eventual defeat and suicide at the bank of the Wu River.

His Death

Xiang Yu retreated to Wu River and the ferryman at the ford prepared a boat for him to cross the river, strongly encouraging him to do so because Xiang Yu still had the support of the people from his homeland in the south. Xiang Yu said that he was too ashamed to return home and face his people because none of the first 8,000 men from Jiangdong who followed him on his conquests managed to survive. He refused to cross and ordered his remaining men to dismount, asking the ferryman to take his warhorse Zhui (騅) back home.

Before Xiang Yu died, he saw an old friend Lü Matong among the Han soldiers. He then said, "I heard that the King of Han (Liu Bang) had placed a price of 1,000 gold and the title of Marquis of Wanhu on my head. Take it then, on account of our friendship." Xiang Yu then committed suicide by slitting his throat with his sword, and a brawl broke out among the Han soldiers at the scene due to the reward offered by Liu Bang, and Xiang Yu's body was said to be dismembered and mutilated in the fight. After Xiang Yu's death, Western Chu surrendered and China was united under Liu Bang's rule, marking the start of the Han Dynasty.
(Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiang_Yu)