Miscellaneous Poems: No. 3
English translation and interpretation are being reviewed.
频年不解兵。
可怜闺里月，
长在汉家营。
少妇今春意，
良人昨夜情。
谁能将旗鼓，
一为取龙城。
English translation
I hear that at Huanglong garrison year after year the arms are never laid down.
Pitiful, the moon that shines in the boudoir hangs forever over the Han camp.
The young wife's thoughts this spring, the goodman's longing last night.
Who will take up banner and drum, and for us once capture Dragon City?
Meaning
I hear there is fighting at Huanglong City, and for years on end neither side has laid down its weapons. Pity the moon that a wife watches alone in her chamber — it always shines on the camps of the Han armies. Tonight the wife's longing is exactly what her husband felt for home last night. Who can lead the army, launch the attack, take the enemy's stronghold at one blow and put an end to this war?