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