Li Bai: I Long To Use The Sharp Sword By My Waist, Enemy Forts To Right Away Lay Waste! 李白 願將腰下劍 直為斬樓蘭 Poem by Frank Yue

SAI SHA QU: The Frontier Song No.1 (of 6)
- by Li Bai (701- 762)
- Translated by Frank C Yue

In the fifth month at Tian Shan here, snows fall;
There's plenty of cold but no flow'r at all.
I hear flute's tune of parting willows sad;
Spring has sprung but Spring is not seen instead.

Roaring golden drums lead the morning battle;
Sleeping, I hug my jade-adorned saddle.
I long to use the sharp sword by my waist,
Enemy forts to right away lay waste！


《塞下曲》六首其一 唐 • 李白

五月天山雪， 无花只有寒。
笛中闻折柳， 春色未曾看。
晓战随金鼓， 宵眠抱玉鞍。
愿将腰下剑， 直为斩楼兰。

《塞下曲》六首其一唐 • 李白

五月天山雪， 無花只有寒。
笛中聞折柳， 春色未曾看。
曉戰隨金鼓， 宵眠抱玉鞍。
願將腰下劍， 直為斬樓蘭。