Li Yi: With Embroider'd Ribbon Down Our Waist Running 李益 腰垂錦帶佩吴钩 走馬曾防玉塞秋 Poem by Frank Yue

Remembering the Borderland
- by Li Yi (748-829)
- Translated by Frank C Yue

With embroider'd ribbon down our waist running,
And razor-sharp curved sword in hand,
On horseback we defend our border-land,
For many Autumns, beyond the Pass stretching.

My friend, away your derisive laughs stow -
These sons of the Guanxi family do show
The General's exemplary bravery
That lives forever in Liangzhou history!


(2016.01.13)


【邊思】唐. 李益

腰垂錦帶佩吴钩, 走馬曾防玉塞秋。

莫笑關西將家子, 只將詩思入凉州。



腰垂锦带佩吴钩, 走马曾防玉塞秋。

莫笑关西将家子, 只将诗思入凉州。