by Li Yi (748 - 829)
Translation by Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968)

夜上受降城聞笛
Language: Chinese (中文) 
回樂峰前沙似雪
受降城外月如霜
不知何處吹蘆管
一夜征人盡望鄉

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  • ENG English (Witter Bynner) , "On hearing a flute at night from the Wall of Shouxiang", appears in The Jade Mountain, first published 1929


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On hearing a flute at night from the Wall of Shouxiang
Language: English  after the Chinese (中文) 
The sand below the border-mountain lies like snow,
And the moon like frost beyond the city-wall,
And someone somewhere, playing a flute,
Has made the soldiers homesick all night long.

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-07-27
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Word count: 30