天限長江，雲擾中原，一局持棋勢。
漢將誰。
盍爲掃清之。
彼伎猶、黔驢而止。
客亦知。
何材不生斯世。
丁寧屢費君王旨。
向馬首論詩，燈前觀劍，豈無差強人意。
幸崆峒麥熟且休師。
又焉用陳琳檄書飛。
一笛樓頭，萬柳營間，從容麾幟。
噫。
代有戎夷。
時賢患乏經綸志。
紫岩公一出，敵當驚見花字。
謾被發憂鄰，汗顏笑斬，客邪終豈嬰元氣。
待拜表盞天，移文問隱，老夫行且歸矣。
怕胡雛穴隙尚相窺。
有淝水兒曹舉兵麾。
看中興、雋烈堪繼。
隨世樣多能底。
卿自爲卿計。
不妨老子，婆娑矍鑠，從渠屨盈戶外。
何須峴萬勒豐碑。
有天知、方寸餘地。
長江是天塹，中原紛擾如雲，天下如同一盤待定的棋局。
哪位漢家將領？
何不前去掃清這些敵人。
那點伎倆，不過像黔驢技窮，到此爲止了。
客人你也明白。
什麼樣的英才不會生在這個時代？
君王屢次降下旨意，再三叮嚀。
在馬前談論詩篇，在燈下觀看寶劍，這難道不足以振奮人心？
幸而崆峒一帶麥熟，暫且讓軍隊休整吧。
又哪裡需要陳琳那樣的檄文飛傳。
樓頭一聲笛響，萬柳營間，從容地指揮著旌旗。
唉。
每個時代都有戎狄外患。
當今的賢才卻缺乏經世濟民的志向。
紫岩公一出山，敵人應當會驚見其文采韜略。
徒然地披髮爲鄰國憂心，羞愧於談笑間斬敵，邪氣豈能最終傷害國家的元氣？
等我呈上拜表祭天，再發移文問候隱士，老夫這就要歸去了。
只怕胡人小子還在縫隙間窺伺。
會有像淝水之戰那樣的兒郎舉起軍旗。
看那中興的偉業，自有俊傑能夠繼承。
迎合世態，人到底有多少能耐？
你自爲你自己打算吧。
不妨礙我這老頭子，精神矍鑠，自在地盤桓，任他門外求見的鞋履堆滿。
何必像羊祜那樣在峴山立碑紀功。
自有上天知曉，我方寸之間的一片餘地。
The Yangtze, a natural moat, clouds roil the central plain, a chessboard's strategic gain.
Which Han general stands?
Why not sweep them clean, these bands?
Their tricks are spent, like the Guizhou donkey, impotent.
The guest knows well.
What talent fails in this age to dwell?
Repeated decrees from the throne, earnest and keen.
Discussing verse by the horse's head, viewing the sword by lamplight, could this not stir the spirit's might?
Luckily, Kongtong's wheat is ripe, let the troops rest.
What need for Chen Lin's flying manifest?
A flute from the tower, among ten thousand willows in the camp, banners wave with从容 ease.
Alas!
Each era has its northern foe.
Current worthies lack the grand design's glow.
Lord Ziyan steps forth, the foe will start to see the 'flower' character's art.
Vainly, with hair unbound, I worried for the neighbor's plight, ashamed to laugh at beheadings, can guest-evil truly harm the vital light?
I'll await presenting the memorial, then ask the recluse with a text, this old man is about to leave, perplexed.
Fear the young barbarians still peep through the crevice deep.
Like the Fei River's children raising troops in a heap.
Look! The revival's heroic deeds, worthy to keep.
Following the world's fashion, what skills can one reap?
You, sir, make your own plan.
No hindrance to this old man, vigorous and spry, let sandals crowd outside, I won't comply.
Why need a Xian Mountain monument, grandly carved?
Heaven knows the measure of the heart, preserved.
南宋後期，李曾伯面對邊患與朝政的感慨。
詞人以棋局喻天下，在歷史周期中審視戰略定力的缺失。
借長江棋局喻中原戰局，表達對時局憂慮與歸隱之思。
戎夷 · 經綸 · 中興 · 歸隱 · 元氣
東山書院編輯整理