Ah, friend!
With his heroism (personification),
Vilen in Asia;
It shows the spirit of our nation:
Great and powerful!
Here, we celebrate the Yellow River.
I stood at the top of the mountain and watched the Yellow River roll eastward.
The surging waves set off a huge wave (exaggeration);
Turbid flow turns around and forms a nine-curve chain (and the above sentence "Worship with surging waves, set off huge waves", forming duality);
From the foot of Kunlun Mountain to the edge of the Yellow Sea,
Figurative rhetoric in splitting the Central Plains. The Yellow River is a sword, and "chopping" is a metaphor) is divided into two sides.
Ah! Yellow River!
You are the cradle of our nation (metaphor)!
Five thousand years of ancient culture originated from you;
How many heroic stories are staged around you (personification)!
Ah! Yellow River!
You are great and strong, appearing on the Asian plain like a giant (symbolically).
You used the hero's physique (personification) to build a barrier (metaphor) for our nation.
Ah! Yellow River!
You plunged headlong (exaggerated) and stretched out thousands of iron arms to the north and south (contrast).
The great spirit of our nation,
Will be nurtured, developed and grown by you (personification)!
Heroes and sons and daughters of our motherland,
Will learn from you,
As great and strong as you!
As great and strong as you!