Tang Yun唐韵

No. 44 · Seven-character quatrain

出塞

Beyond the Frontier

Chū Sài

by Wang Changling 王昌龄 · 698 – 757

  • Frontier
  • War
  • History
秦时明月汉时关The moon of Qin, the passes of Han;
万里长征人未还ten thousand li of campaigning, and no one has come home.
但使龙城飞将在If only the Flying General of Longcheng still stood here,
不教胡马度阴山no northern horse would cross the Yin Mountains.