古从军行
李颀
白日登山望烽火，黄昏饮马傍交河。
行人刁斗风沙暗，公主琵琶幽怨多。
野营万里无城郭，雨雪纷纷连大漠。
胡雁哀鸣夜夜飞，胡儿眼泪双双落。
闻道玉门犹被遮，应将性命逐轻车。
年年战骨埋荒外，空见蒲桃入汉家。
An Old War Song
Li Qi
By day our men mounted hills to look out for beacon；
At dusk they watered horses to Jiao River taken.
They marched in sand-darkened land ’mid gongs’ strikes and
wind’s blows
And heard the pipa say out the princess’s hidden woes.
For myriad miles camps spread， no city walls could be seen；
Hard fell rains and snows the mighty desert e’en to screen.
Night after night the flying wild geese bemoaned their fate，
And Tartar soldiers’ tears from two eyes did not abate.
It was said the way through the Jade Gate Pass was still blocked.
Our men’s lives would in their generals’ fate just be locked.
Their bones were entombed in the wilderness year by year.
What was the good of grapes’ being brought to Han realm here？