將軍 [Jiang Jun] [English translation]

The hands of time all pointing to where you wallow in defeat

You can forge ahead, but you’d best get used to surrendering

Taking your position for granted, that sixth move is your most telling demise

I’m biding my time, accustomed to mulling over everything in silence

Charging cannons purely a result of my raising politeness

Screening horses and keeping Shenhua back will gently conquer your strength

The 26th move is just scouting the cannon from 5 to 4

The skill of the 33rd exchange of chariot from 2 to 7 makes you fear a difficult offense

This bloodless war can only wound pride

The unchangeable rule of winner takes all is no different from reality

The old man holding the birdcage stands to the side to pat my shoulder

I guess he must be thinking the same thing as me

Hmph, watch me, my fingers are relaxed

When the enemy’s nothing to my dragon eyes

My strategy’s infinite, offense like wind

I enter the palace on a chariot, roll over your dejected face

Control me, my fingers are relaxed

My dragon eyes empty like an enemy

I switch hands fast, my momentum’s revolutionary

Running away is useless, I attack full-force

I face tides to contemplate what is, motionlessly reacting to motion

Could the details be camouflaged in the fog between the forest and the mountain?

Military movement identical to the orbit of the phasing moon and rotating stars

Isn’t military force the weight of nature?

At the end, I must devise a strategy for your final surrender

I look hopefully at the setting sun, you bow your head dejectedly away

Listen, victory or defeat is a military commander’s constant

You need not take it to heart

It’s just because I’m without equal

Hmph, watch me, my fingers are relaxed

When the enemy’s nothing to my dragon eyes

My strategy’s infinite, offense like wind

I enter the palace on a chariot, roll over your dejected face

Control me, my fingers are relaxed

My dragon eyes empty like an enemy

I switch hands fast, my momentum’s revolutionary

Running away is useless, I attack full-force

Watch me, my fingers are relaxed

When the enemy’s nothing to my dragon eyes

My strategy’s infinite, offense like wind

I enter the palace on a chariot, roll over your dejected face

Control me, my fingers are relaxed

My dragon eyes empty like an enemy

I switch hands fast, my momentum’s revolutionary

Running away is useless, I attack full-force

Watch me, my fingers are relaxed

When the enemy’s nothing to my dragon eyes

My strategy’s infinite, offense like wind

I enter the palace on a chariot, roll over your dejected face

Control me, my fingers are relaxed

My dragon eyes empty like an enemy

I switch hands fast, my momentum’s revolutionary

I attack full-force

• Artist:Jay Chou
• Album:Qi Li Xiang (七里香)