“Black clouds whelm on the city,
Till it seems the city must yield.
Our chain-mail glitters under the moon,
Metal scales agape.”

—  Li He

Opening lines
"Ballad of the Grand Warden of Goose Gate" (《雁門太守行》)
Original: (zh-TW) 黑雲壓城城欲摧，甲光向日金鱗開。

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