元好问·《岐阳》（其二）英译

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百二关河草不横，
十年戎马暗秦京。
岐阳西望无来信，
陇水东流闻哭声。
野蔓有情萦战骨，
残阳何意照空城。
从谁细向苍苍问，
争遣蚩尤作五兵？

On Hearing the Fall of Qiyang

Yuan Haowen

(The Second)

Qin: a natural barrier,
Once a brass fortress,
Now so burned it cannot grow grass.
They pour over our borders,
War after war for ten years.
Fields are destroyed,
Jingzhao is lost.
Will a letter even come
From the west, from Qiyang?
No. Only cries, only moans
Rushing east with the flowering river!
Soldiers' bones and creeping vines
Wind tenderly together;
The setting sun can't bear
To shine over the empty town.
Could someone call out to Heaven,
Find out why weapons were ever invented,
Why war ever began?

(丁祖馨编译)