Wang Wei: Who Doesn't Know It's Hard Fighting At The Country's Far-Off Fringe? should I Die, Of Sweet Fragrant Chivalry 王維 孰知不向邊庭苦？縱死猶聞俠骨香。 Poem by Frank Yue

【少年行】 唐 • 王維

出身仕漢羽林郎，
初隨驃騎戰漁陽。
孰知不向邊庭苦？
縱死猶聞俠骨香。
　　　　　　　　　　　

SHAO NIAN XING ('Youthful Adventures') (No.1)
-- by WANG WEI (701-761)
-- Translated by Frank C Yue

An elite Imperial Guard, I rode from the great Han palace
To join, first time, the General's armies brave and callous.
Who doesn't know it's hard fighting at the country's far-off fringe?
Should I die, of sweet fragrant Chivalry my bones may still tinge!