机翻: Lo! King Xiao of Qin, enthroned upon the mighty fortress landsOf Yao and Han, commanding Yongzhou's fertile plains,With steadfast court did watch the Zhou's declining reign,While in his breast there stirred a grander, bolder aim:To sweep the realm beneath Heaven's boundless dome,To gather all within the Universe's scope,To bind the Four Seas in one mighty grasp,To swallow Eight Directions in one sovereign hope. 'Twas then Lord Shang, that worthy minister of state,Did lend his wisdom to this mighty cause:Within, he raised the pillars of the law,Set men to till the soil and weave the cloth,And forged the instruments of war and shield;Without, he wove alliances 'gainst rival lords,And set them one against the other in the field. Thus did the men of Qin, with reverent mien and measured pace,Take all the lands beyond West River's flow,As nature yields her bounty to the reaper's grace.