李白·《塞下曲》英译

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无花只有寒。

笛中闻折柳，

春色未曾看。

晓战随金鼓，

宵眠抱玉鞍。

愿将腰下剑，

直为斩楼兰。

A Frontier Melody

Li Bai

The snows in Tianshan in the fifth moon are not yet to melt;

No flowers can be seen; howe’er, a bitter cold is felt.
The tune of Willow Twigs is often struck up on the flute,

But not an actual sign for spring has anywhere been spelt.

By day, directed by the drum and gong men charge and fight;

With saddles grasp’d in arms they sleep with vigilance at night.

I wish, with the sharpen’d sword which I’m wearing on the waist,

To capture Loulan and put our foes in a fatal plight.