没蕃故人
张籍
前年伐月支， 城下没全师。
蕃汉断消息， 死生长别离。
无人收废帐， 归马识残旗。
欲祭疑君在， 天涯哭此时。
THINKING OF A FRIEND LOST IN THE TIBETAN WAR
Zhang Ji
Last year you went with your troops to Tibet;
And when your men had vanished beyond the citywall,
News was cut off between the two worlds
As between the living and the dead.
No one has come upon a faithful horse guarding
A crumpled tent or torn flag, or any trace of you.
If only I knew, I might serve you in the temple,
Instead of these tears toward the far sky.
