介绍:
Seeing Off Case Reviewer Wei to Temporarily Fill the Post of Defense Administrative Assistant in Tonggu
In the past, when I had fallen among the rebels,
I went roaming with you incognito[1].
Now we have come to the temporary capital,
in the king’s service some stay and some go.
Hard-pressed among troops and horses,
the ruler worries about the urgent need for good counsel.
Although your stature[2] is small,
your mature energy stretches across the nine regions.
You roused yourself on occasion of the troubles,
opened your eyes wide and took a look at the enemy.
The court thought your principles vigorous,
receiving a summons, you were ordered to take part in planning.
The phoenix-belled palanquin halts at Fengxiang,
Tonggu serves as its throat.
It holds the road west to the Ruo River,
it guards the borders of Fuhan Commandery to the south.
In the age of peace, this land
was the shame of its officers because of banditry[3].
Even more now, when the Hu are not yet destroyed,
the scope of its reach goes far into the wilderness.
In the headquarters Defense Commissioner Wei
has the way to demonstrate accommodating gentleness.
His excellent nephew is an extraordinary talent—
with two such fine men, what more do they need?
You received your orders at the foot of Taibai,
you will gallop your horse to beside Chou Pool.
Of ancient aspect, where sand and earth split,
with massed shadow, the snow and clouds thick.
Old Qiang there wear boots of boar-hide,
young Qiang wear capes of blue rhino skin.
Bugles are blown facing the Cave of the Moon,
in the gray mountains the banners are mournful.
The birds are startled, coming out from dead trees,
dragons rage and rise up in old tarns.
Since ancient days, an uninhabited realm,
in this present age, pikes and lances are brandished[4].
Painful, indeed, that a man of letters and learning,
should gallop those wooded hills, stirred to rage.
On the Central Plain they are fighting now,
what means will we have to meet again?
In life’s hundred years our fates are sealed,
how can we tell whether we will sink or float?
Yet for the moment I cherish my good friend,
Clasping[5] his hand as we walk by the roadside.
You will discuss military matters in the serenity[6] of a distant ravine,
you can also seek mysteries to your heart’s content.
If you get fine lines in writing poems,
send them to me sometime in a letter.
单词释义
[1] incognito [ˌɪnkɒɡˈniːtəʊ] adv. 伪装; 隐姓埋名;
[2] stature [ˈstætʃə(r)] n. 身高; 个子;
[3] banditry [ˈbændɪtri] n. 土匪行为(或活动);
[4] brandish [ˈbrændɪʃ] v. 挑衅地挥舞，激动地挥舞(尤指武器);
[5] clasp [klɑːsp] v. 握紧; 扣紧;
[6] serenity [sə'renəti] n. 宁静; 平静; 安详; 从容;
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