The towering Tianshan Mountains, the vast sea of clouds, a bright moon pouring silver. The mighty Changfeng, after several Wan Li mountain passes, came to the border where the garrison soldiers were stationed. Emperor Gaozu sent troops to Deng Bai for Xiongnu, and Tubo coveted a large area of rivers and mountains in Qinghai. In these places where people have fought for generations, few people are lucky to be alive.
The soldiers guarding the border look up at the border town and feel homesick. On this bright night, the wife of Huaifu, who is looking at the moon on the high building, is also sighing frequently. When will you come back, distant relatives?
Original: (Tang) Li Bai
A bright moon rises from Qilian Mountain and crosses the vast sea of clouds. The mighty wind blew Wan Li and crossed Yumen Pass.
At that time, Han soldiers pointed at the mountain road, and Tubo coveted the vast territory of Qinghai. This is a land of wars in past dynasties, and few soldiers can survive.
The soldiers turned and looked at the border, thinking of home with longing eyes. The soldier's wife looked at the tower and lamented when she would see her relatives far away.
Comments:
This poem still inherits the ancient Yuefu in content, but the poet's brushwork is bold and has been greatly improved. The first four sentences of this poem mainly describe the vast frontier picture composed of three factors: Guan, Shan and Yue, and express the homesickness of the expeditioners. The middle four sentences specifically describe the war scenes, and the battlefield is fierce and cruel; The last four sentences are written to ask people to look at the edge of the land and miss their hometown, and then infer that their wives sigh at the tall buildings in the moonlight.
These last four sentences are in the same style as "You finally remember to go home" and "Now when my heart is breaking" in the poet "Spring Thoughts". Because no famous battle in history sent all the soldiers back, but ancient times are now a yellow dust and chaotic grassland, the ruins of Wang Changling and white bones.