张籍·《没蕃故人》英译

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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！

To an Old Friend Lost in Tubo

Zhang Ji

At the borderland were you stationed last year;

Your army was lost outside the city wall.

News was cut off between here and the frontier;

The living are severed from those who fell at duty’s call.

Your tent was left with no one to retrieve;

Your horse knew the torn flag on its homeward way.

I’d offer a sacrifice, but can I believe

You are dead? Alas! I shed my tears far way.