岑参

　　白雪歌送武判官归京

　　北风卷地白草折， 胡天八月即飞雪；

　　忽如一夜春风来， 千树万树梨花开。

　　散入珠帘湿罗幕， 狐裘不暖锦衾薄。

　　将军角弓不得控， 都护铁衣冷犹著。

　　瀚海阑干百丈冰， 愁云黪淡万里凝。

　　中军置酒饮归客， 胡琴琵琶与羌笛。

　　纷纷暮雪下辕门， 风掣红旗冻不翻。

　　轮台东门送君去， 去时雪满天山路；

　　山回路转不见君， 雪上空留马行处。

　　Seven-character-ancient-verse

　　Cen Can

　　A SONG OF WHITE SNOW IN FAREWELL

　　TO FIELD-CLERK WU GOING HOME

　　The north wind rolls the white grasses and breaks them；

　　And the Eighth-month snow across the Tartar sky

　　Is like a spring gale¹, come up in the night,

　　Blowing open the petals² of ten thousand peartrees.

　　It enters the pearl blinds, it wets the silk curtains；

　　A fur coat feels cold, a cotton mat flimsy；

　　Bows become rigid³, can hardly be drawn⁴

　　And the metal of armour⁵ congeals⁶ on the men；

　　The sand-sea deepens with fathomless⁷ ice,

　　And darkness masses its endless clouds；

　　But we drink to our guest bound home from camp,

　　And play him barbarian⁸ lutes, guitars, harps⁹；

　　Till at dusk, when the drifts are crushing our tents

　　And our frozen red flags cannot flutter in the wind,

　　We watch him through Wheel-Tower Gate going eastward¹⁰.

　　Into the snow-mounds of Heaven-Peak Road……

　　And then he disappears at the turn of the pass,

　　Leaving behind him only hoof-prints.