Beyond the Border
- Poetry of Wang Zhihuan

《出塞 / 凉州词二首·其一》

English Rendering

Where a yellow river climbs to the white clouds,

Near the one city-wall among ten-thousand-foot mountains,

A Tartar under the willows is lamenting on his flute

That spring never blows to him through the Jade Pass

Beyond the Border by Wang Zhihuan
Beyond the Border by Wang Zhihuan

Original Text (中文原文)

黄河远上白云间,一片孤城万仞山。

羌笛何须怨杨柳,春风不度玉门关。

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Folk-song-styled-verse

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