Listen to this article代出自蓟[1]北门行
羽檄[2]起边亭[3]，烽火入咸阳。
征骑屯广武[4]，分兵救朔方。
严秋筋竿[5]劲，虏阵精且强。
天子按剑怒，使者遥相望[6]。
雁行[7]缘[8]石径，鱼贯度飞梁[9]。
箫鼓[10]流汉思，旌甲[11]被胡霜。
疾风冲塞起，沙砾自飘扬。
马毛缩如猬，角弓不可张。
时危见臣节，世乱识忠良。
投躯报明主，身死为国殇。
注释：
[1] 蓟：古地名，在今北京市西南。
[2] 羽檄：紧急征召的文书。
[3] 边亭：边地岗亭。
[4] 广武：在今山西朔州市山阴县西代县西。
[5] 筋：弓弦。竿：箭杆。
[6] 遥相望：形容使者往来不绝。
[7] 雁行：形容军队沿石径行进，如雁飞排成的行列。
[8] 缘：沿着。
[9] 鱼贯：形容士兵依次渡过桥梁，如游鱼前后连贯。飞梁：高架的桥梁。
[10] 箫鼓：两种乐器，此代指军乐。
[11] 旌甲：旌旗、铠甲。
Song of Northern Frontier
Bao Zhao
Winged messages came from north frontiers,
Beacon fires seen in capital.
Garrison towns sent cavaliers
To save the north from its downfall.
Late autumn hardened shafts and bows;
The foe’s strong in battle array.
Sword in hand, angry the king rose,
Courriers dispatched from day to day.
Men followed the track serpentine;
In single file high bridges they crossed.
Drumbeats and flutes for home would pine;
Armor and flags were clad in frost.
The swift wind swept o’er border plain;
Sand and grit floated high and low.
Stif as hedgehog spine the horse’s mane,
No man could draw the horn-trimmed bow.
In hard times we see men steadfast;
In chaos we know heroes great.
For good rulers lives may be cast
And sacrificed to their dear State.
