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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