王昌龄: 塞上曲/ wang changling: at a border-fortress

塞上曲

王昌龄

　

蝉鸣空桑林， 八月萧关道。

出塞复入塞， 处处黄芦草。

从来幽并客， 皆向沙场老。

莫学游侠儿， 矜夸紫骝好。

　

at a border-fortress

wang changling

cicadas complain of thin mulberry-trees

in the eighth-month chill at the frontier pass.

through the gate and back again, all along the road,

there is nothing anywhere but yellow reeds and grasses