陇西行
陈陶
誓扫匈奴不顾身,五千貂锦丧胡尘。
可怜无定河边骨,犹是春闺梦里人。
The Riverside Battleground
Chen Tao
They’d sworn to mop up the Xiongnus at life’s expense;
Five thousand men had fought to death in Hu’s land thence.
The skeletons that by the Wu Ding River lay,
Alas, were in their women’s dreams still dear lovers gay.