使至塞上
On Mission to the Frontier
王维
Wang Wei
单车欲问边，
A single carriage goes to the frontier;
属国过居延。
An envoy crosses northwest mountains high.
征蓬出汉塞，
Like tumbleweed I leave the fortress drear;
归雁入胡天。
As wild geese I come under Tartarian sky.
大漠孤烟直，
In boundless desert lonely smokes rise straight;
长河落日圆。
Over endless river the sun sinks round.
萧关逢候骑，
I meet a cavalier at the camp gate;
都护在燕然。
In northern fort the general will be found
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