Poems by Mao Zedong | NEW YEAR’S DAY –to the tune of Ju Meng Ling 如梦令·元旦

如梦令·元旦

一九三零年一月

NEW YEAR’S DAY
–to the tune of Ju Meng Ling

January 1930

宁化、清流、归化，
路隘林深苔滑。
今日向何方？
直指五夷山下。
山下山下，
风展红旗如画。
Ninghua, Chingliu, Kueihua–
What narrow paths, deep woods and slippery moss!
Whither are we bound today?
Straight to the foot of Wuyi Mountain.
To the mountain, the foot of the mountain,
Red flags stream in the wind in a blaze of glory.