Tang Dynasty: Wang Changling
There is a dark snowy mountain in Changyun, Qinghai, and the lonely city overlooks Yumenguan.
yellow sand wears golden armor in many battles, and it will not be returned until it breaks Loulan.
translation:
Qinghai Lake is covered with dark clouds, and the continuous snow-capped mountains are bleak. The ancient city of frontier fortress, Yumen Xiongguan, is thousands of miles away and faces each other from afar. The soldiers guarding the border are battle-hardened, their armor is worn out, their ambitions are immortal, and they will never return to their hometown until they defeat the invading enemy.
The excellent frontier poems in the prosperous Tang Dynasty have an important ideological feature, that is, they express the lofty sentiments and aspirations of the soldiers guarding the frontier, but they do not shy away from the hardships of war. This article is a clear example. It can be said that three or four sentences are not empty and superficial lyricism, precisely because there are one or two sentences that are rich in environmental descriptions.
2. Liangzhou Ci
Tang Dynasty: William Wang
Luminous glass of grape wine. If you want to drink pipa, you should be urged immediately.
You don't laugh when you're drunk on the battlefield. How many times have you fought in ancient times?
Translation:
This is a joyful feast, and the scene and artistic conception are by no means one or two people drinking and drowning their sorrows. The mood reflected by its bright language and fluctuating rhythm is unrestrained and fanatical; What it shows is an exciting and yearning artistic charm, which is the characteristic of frontier poems in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
3. Two songs on the fortress. Part II
Tang Dynasty: Dai Shulun
The Han family's banners were all over Yinshan Mountain, and Hu Er was not sent back.
if you want to serve your country, you don't have to be born in Yumenguan.
Translation:
The flag of the imperial court has been inserted all over the front line of Yinshan Mountain, and no cavalry invaded by the Hu people can be spared. As a warrior of the Han family, he guards and develops the frontier with the belief of serving the country to the death. Why must he return to Yumenguan before his death, like Hou Banchao in Dingyuan?
The main idea of this poem is that my majestic hunting banner of the Tang Dynasty is flying in Yinshan Mountain, and if the Turkic Hu people dare to attack, they will definitely call him back. As a citizen, I would like to serve my country with my life. There is no need for a gentleman to return home alive.
4. Sai Xia Qu
Tang Dynasty: Lu Lun
high in the faint moonlight, wildgeese are soaring, tartar chieftains are fleeing through the dark.
and we chase them, with horses lightly burdened, and a burden of snow on our bows and our swords.
Translation:
On a quiet night, the geese fly very high, and Khan quietly runs away in the dark.
I was about to lead the light cavalry to catch up, when heavy snow fell all over my bow and knife.
Although this poem is only twenty words, it tells the truth at that time: Khan led the army to flee in the scene of "high in the faint moonlight, wildgeese are soaring", and the general was ready to lead the army to attack in the extremely cold weather of "and a burden of snow on our bows and our swords". Running away and chasing all the tension. Although the poem does not directly describe the fierce battle scenes, it leaves readers with a broad imagination space and creates a long atmosphere of poetry.
5. Song of the Sai Xia
Tang Dynasty: Li Yi
Fubo only wanted to be buried and returned, so why did Dingyuan have to enter the customs?
Don't send a boat back to the cave, but leave an arrow to shoot at Tianshan Mountain.
This poem eulogizes the heroic spirit and the spirit of sacrifice of the soldiers who were passionate and generous, and resolutely destroyed the invading enemy through the stories of three famous soldiers in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ma Yuan, Ban Chao and Xue Rengui in the early Tang Dynasty, and reflects the people's desire to be safe and secure at that time. The whole poem is full of emotion and bright syllables, and it is a heroic poem that inspires people to give their lives to serve the country.