Poem 使至塞上 | An Official Reaches the Frontier Fortress
使至塞上
王维 （701 — 761）
单车欲问边，属国过居延。
征蓬出汉塞，归雁入胡天。
大漠孤烟直，长河落日圆。
萧关逢候骑，都护在燕然。
An Official Reaches the Frontier Fortress
Wang Wei (701 – 761)
A carriage en route to appraise the front | The vassal kingdom extends past Juyan
As tumbleweed I leave the Han fortress | Like returning geese I enter nomad skies
In vast desert a lonely smoke pillar | O’er long river a round setting sun
At Windswept Pass I meet scout cavalry | Their commander is yon in Yanran