Listen to this article五言律詩
張籍
沒蕃故人
前年伐月支， 城下沒全師。
蕃漢斷消息， 死生長別離。
無人收廢帳， 歸馬識殘旗。
欲祭疑君在， 天涯哭此時。
又作戎
Five-character-regular-verse
Zhang Ji
THINKING OF A FRIEND LOST
IN THE TIBETAN WAR
Last year you went with your troops to Tibet;
And when your men had vanished beyond the citywall,
News was cut off between the two worlds
As between the living and the dead.
No one has come upon a faithful horse guarding
A crumpled tent or torn flag, or any trace of you.
If only I knew, I might serve you in the temple,
Instead of these tears toward the far sky.
