岑参

　　轮台歌奉送封大夫出师西征

　　轮台城头夜吹角， 轮台城北旄头落。

　　羽书昨夜过渠黎， 单于已在金山西。

　　戍楼西望烟尘黑， 汉兵屯在轮台北。

　　上将拥旄西出征， 平明吹笛大军行。

　　四边伐鼓雪海涌， 三军大呼阴山动。

　　虏塞兵气连云屯， 战场白骨缠草根。

　　剑河风急雪片阔， 沙口石冻马蹄脱。

　　亚相勤王甘苦辛， 誓将报主静边尘。

　　古来青史谁不见？ 今见功名胜古人。

　　Seven-character-ancient-verse

　　Cen Can

　　A SONG OF WHEEL TOWER IN FAREWELL TO GENERAL

　　FENG OF THE WESTERN EXPEDITION

　　On Wheel Tower parapets night-bugles¹ are blowing,

　　Though the flag at the northern end hangs limp.

　　Scouts², in the darkness, are passing Quli,

　　Where, west of the Hill of Gold, the Tartar chieftain has halted

　　We can see, from the look-out, the dust and black smoke

　　Where Chinese troops are camping, north of Wheel Tower.

　　……Our flags now beckon³ the General farther west-

　　With bugles in the dawn he rouses his Grand Army；

　　Drums like a tempest pound on four sides

　　And the Yin Mountains shake with the shouts of ten thousand；

　　Clouds and the war-wind whirl up in a point

　　Over fields where grass-roots will tighten⁴ around white bones；

　　In the Dagger⁵ River mist, through a biting wind,

　　Horseshoes, at the Sand Mouth line, break on icy boulders⁶.

　　……Our General endures every pain, every hardship,

　　Commanded to settle the dust along the border.

　　We have read, in the Green Books, tales of old days-

　　But here we behold⁷ a living man, mightier⁸ than the dead.