Zhang Qiao
Though a bugle① breaks the crystal air of autumn,
Soldiers, in the look-out, watch at ease today.
The spring wind blowing across green graves
And the pale② sun setting beyond Liangzhou.
For now, on grey plains done with war,
The border is open to travel again;
And Tartars③ can no more choose than rivers,
They are running, all of them, toward the south.
① buglen. 军号,喇叭 vi. 吹喇叭,吹号
② paleadj. (颜色)淡的;苍白的 vi. 变苍白;变黯淡
③ Tartarn. 鞑靼人 adj. 鞑靼(人)的
书边事
张乔
调角断清秋,
征人倚戍楼。
春风对青冢,
白日落梁州。
大漠无兵阻,
穷边有客游。
蕃情似此水,
长愿向南流。