野死不葬乌可食。
Here and there dead bodies lay,
“且为客豪，
Unburied feasts for birds of prey.
野死谅不葬，
I utter to the fowl:
水深激激，
Here we die and here we stay;
蒲苇冥冥。
How can decayed flesh ever stray?”
枭骑战斗死，
The river runs deep and weary;
弩马徘徊鸣。
The reeds grow dense and dreary.
梁筑室，
The gallant horses died in battle array;
何以南、何以北？
The wounded horses pace the ground and neigh.
禾黍不获君何食？
Why are people called forth,
愿为忠臣安可得？
Sometimes to the south,
思子良臣，
Sometimes to the north?