Moon Over Frontier Mountains
By Lady Bao Junhui
Translated by A.Z. Foreman
Risen high — the moon of fall
Glows north on a Liaoyang1 barricade
The border is far — the moon gleams farther
Ice-bows flash as winds invade
Soldiers gaze back — home beats at the heart
And war-steeds balk at the beat of a drum
The north wind grieves in the frontier grass
And barbarous sands hide hordes to come
Frost freezes the swordblade into the sheath
Wind wears the banners to bits on the plain
Oh someday— someday —to bow near the palace
And never hear camp-gongs clang again
1: Liaoyang- a frontier town which has the distinction of being one of the most fiercely, gruesomely and perennially contested pieces of real estate in Chinese history.
The Original:
(Medieval Chinese transcribed using a system developed by David Branner)
By Lady Bao Junhui
Translated by A.Z. Foreman
Risen high — the moon of fall
Glows north on a Liaoyang1 barricade
The border is far — the moon gleams farther
Ice-bows flash as winds invade
Soldiers gaze back — home beats at the heart
And war-steeds balk at the beat of a drum
The north wind grieves in the frontier grass
And barbarous sands hide hordes to come
Frost freezes the swordblade into the sheath
Wind wears the banners to bits on the plain
Oh someday— someday —to bow near the palace
And never hear camp-gongs clang again
1: Liaoyang- a frontier town which has the distinction of being one of the most fiercely, gruesomely and perennially contested pieces of real estate in Chinese history.
The Original:
(Medieval Chinese transcribed using a system developed by David Branner)
| Han Characters 關山月 鮑君徽 高高秋月明， 北照遼陽城。 塞迥光初滿， 風多暈更生。 徵人望鄉思， 戰馬聞鼙驚。 朔風悲邊草， 胡沙暗虜營。 霜凝匣中劍， 風憊原上旌。 早晚謁金闕， 不聞刁斗聲。 | Medieval Chinese kwan2a sran2b ngwat3a báu2 kwen3a hwi3a kau1 kau1 tshou3b ngwat3a meing3a pek1 tsyàu3 lau4 yang3 dzyeing3b sek1 ghwéing4 kwang1 tshruo3b mán1 pung3b te1 ghwèn3a kèing2a sreing2a treng3 nyen3b màng3 hang3 si3d tsyàn3b má2 men3a bei4 keing3a srok2 pung3b pi3cx pan4 tsháu1 ghuo1 sra2 àm1a lúo1 yweing3b srang3 ngeng3 ghap2b trung3b kàm3a pung3b bèi2b ngwan3a dzyàng3 tseing3b tsáu1 mán3a at3a kem3x khwat3a pet3a men3a tau4 tóu1 syeing3b | Modern Chinese Guān shān yuè Bào Jūn hūi Gāo gāo qiūyuè míng Běizhào liáoyáng chéng Sāi jiǒng guāng chū mǎn Fēng duō yún gèngshēng Zhēng rén wàng xiāngsī Zhànmǎ wén pí jīng Shuòfēng bēi biān cǎo Hú shā àn lǔ yíng Shuāng níng xiá zhōng jiàn Fēng bèi yuán shàng jīng Zǎowǎn yèjīn què Bù wén diāodǒushēng |
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