Poems describing the scenery beyond the Great Wall

Author Wang Wei? the Tang Dynasty

Riding a bike to visit the border and passing through Juyan County.

Pengpeng also floated out of Korea, and the geese heading north also flew into the sky.

The vast desert is lonely, and the Yellow River sets the yen.

When I arrived at the small pass, I met a spy waiting for the knight and told me that Dou Hu was in Yan.

Vernacular translation:

I want to go to the border crossing by bike, and the country I pass by has passed my residence. Thousands of miles of cornices also floated out of Sai Han, and the geese heading north soared in the sky. Solitary smoke goes straight to the vast desert, and the sunset on the endless Yellow River is round. When you meet detective knight in Xiaoguan, tell me that Duhu is already in Yanran.

2. Two Liangzhou words, the first one

Author Wang Zhihuan? the Tang Dynasty

The Yellow River is getting farther and farther away, because it flows in the middle of the Yellow River, and Yumenguan is located on a lonely mountain.

Why use the elegy of willow to complain about the delay of spring, old Yumenguan, a spring breeze is not blowing!

Vernacular translation:

The Yellow River seems to rush out from the white clouds, and Yumenguan is hanging alone in the mountains.

Why do soldiers complain that willows don't sprout and spring breeze can't blow outside Yumen Pass?

Think of my brothers on a moonlit night.

Author du fu? the Tang Dynasty

The drums of the defenders cut off people's communication, and a lonely goose was singing in autumn in the frontier.

The dew turns to frost tonight, and the moonlight at home is bright!

Brothers are scattered, and no one can ask about life and death.

Letters sent to Luoyang city are often not delivered, and wars often do not stop.

Vernacular translation:

The drums on the garrison building cut off people's communication. In autumn, a lonely goose is singing. Starting from tonight, I entered the Millennium solar term, and the moon in my hometown is still the brightest. Brothers are scattered, and life and death are homeless. Letters sent to Luoyang city are often not delivered, not to mention frequent wars.

4. Twenty-three horse poems, the fifth one

Author Li He? the Tang Dynasty

The desert sand is like snow, and the Yanshan moon is like a hook.

Don't be a golden brain, go and step on the clear autumn.

Vernacular translation:

Wan Li in Pingsha looks like a layer of white frost and snow in the moonlight. On the continuous Yanshan Mountains, a bright moon is in the sky, like a hook. When can I get the appreciation of the emperor, put a halter made of gold on this good horse, and let me gallop on the battlefield in autumn and make contributions?

5. Listen to the night flute from the wall of Shouxiang.

Author Yi Lee? the Tang Dynasty

The sand in front of Lefeng is as white as snow, and the moonlight outside the city is like autumn frost.

I don't know where the bleak reed flute blows and I look at my hometown all night.

Vernacular translation:

Before returning to Lefeng, the sand was as white as snow, and the moonlight outside the city was like autumn frost.

I don't know where the bleak reed flute blows, and all people look at their hometown overnight.