Shih
Zhen Zhang Ren
Ji Wu Jiu


Militia Men
Thy prime of manhood daring, bold, and venturous
Banners wave over hill and ramparts
A wondrous happenstance
For men who can manage ten-fold
As spoken in the good words of the Sages of old
With a gesture of the head signalling not
By your own steps do you enter the cave
So divined by turtle shell


Dotted with banners
Over the hills and ramparts
Military stalks

Thy prime of manhood
Daring, bold, and venturous
Glorious banners

Patriotic Flags
Waving over the ramparts
Act in unison

Minuteman's Concord
Flags to April's breeze unfurled
Spirited heroes

Men in militia
Wondrous is the happenstance
If you can manage

Hands of men ten-fold
Their flags waving o'er the hills
Voice of multitude

The words of Sages
Rail not against heaven
Seek fault in yourself

Simply a gesture
Unspoken the head signals
Affirmative No

Blame not the Turtle
It is by your own two feet
You enter the cave

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