【Translate】浪淘沙令（王安石）

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《浪淘沙令》（The Ripple Sifting Sand: Legend Story of Deification）
北宋王安石（Created by Wang An Shi of The Northern Song Dynasty）
伊吕两衰翁，历遍穷通。
Yi Yin and Lu Shang in the Yin and Shang dynasties experienced both embarrassment and prosperity.
一为钓叟一耕佣。
One was a fisherman, the other a helper.
若使当时身不遇，老了英雄。
If these two heroes had never met a wise monarch, they would have died of old age in the mountains.
汤武偶相逢，风虎云龙。
Cheng Tang of Shang Dynasty and King Wu of Zhou met by chance. Cooperation between the wise king and the wise minister can build up the state and rejuvenate the country.
兴王只在谈笑中。
They accomplished great things easily by talking and laughing.
直至如今千载后，谁与争功。
But until now, thousands of years later, there is no rival to them.