夜上受降城闻笛
李益
回乐峰前沙似雪， 受降城外月如霜。
不知何处吹芦管， 一夜征人尽望乡。
ON HEARING A FLUTE AT NIGHT FROM THE WALL OF SHOUXIANG
Li Yi
The sand below the border-mountain lies like snow,
And the moon like frost beyond the city-wall,
And someone somewhere, playing a flute,
Has made the soldiers homesick all night long.
