Zhang Ji: To an Old Friend Lost in Tubo ~ 《没蕃故人》 张籍 with English Translations
《没蕃故人》是唐代诗人张籍所作的五言律诗，是《全唐诗》的第384卷第111首。[1] 此诗首联以叙事的方式交待全军覆没的时间和地点；颔联承接上文写诗人与友人消息断绝、不知生死的沉痛之情；颈联用一组特写镜头，想象全军覆没后的惨景；尾联情真意切，诚堪呜咽，揭示诗人内心两为其难、望涯痛哭的曲折心情。全诗不着议论，但字里行间充溢着对没蕃故人和唐军将士的深切同情，而对战争的痛恨和对国事的忧虑亦隐寓其中。 《没蕃故人》 张籍 前年戍月支，城下没全师。 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 […]
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