Li He Why Don't We All Pick Up Our Curved Swords, Like Brave Men 男兒何不帶吳鉤收取關山五十州 Poem by Frank Yue

NAN YUAN: "South Garden" No.5 (of 13)
-by LI HE (790～816)
-Translated by Frank C Yue

Why don't we all pick up our curved swords, like brave men -
To help recover the Emperor's "lost" lands then?
Please go to the Ling Yan Palace and check this out -
How many are Scholars among the Barons stout?


《南園》 十三首（其五）唐 • 李賀

男兒何不帶吳鉤，
收取關山五十州。
請君暫上凌煙閣，
若個書生萬戶侯。

《南园》十三首（其五）唐 • 李贺

男儿何不带吴钩，
收取关山五十州？
请君暂上凌烟阁，
若个书生万户侯？