[updated October 2022]
Tone-Filled Melodies and Words: Two Poems
调 啸 词： 二 手
胡 马 胡 马
远 放 燕 支 山 下。
跑 沙 跑 雪 独 嘶
东 望 西 望 路 迷。
路 迷 路 迷 迷 路
边 草 无 穷 日 暮。
河 汉 河 汉
晓 挂 秋 城 漫 漫。
愁 人 起 望 相 思
江 南 塞 北 别 离。
别 离 别 离 离 别
河 汉 虽 同 路 绝。
Diao Xiao Ci: Er Shou
Hu ma hu ma
Yuan fang yan zhi shan xia.
Pao sha pao xue du shi
Dong wang xi wang lu mi.
Lu mi lu mi mi lu
Bian cao wu qiong ri mu.
He han he han
Xiao gua qiu cheng man man.
Chou ren qi wang xiang si
Jiang nan sai bei bie li.
Bie li bie li li bie
He han sui tong lu jue.
Tone-Filled Melodies and Words: Two Poems
Mongolian horses, nomadic horses
Distant and free under Mt. Yan.
Run in the sand, gallop and neigh in the snow
Gaze into the eastern distance, gaze into the distant west, they travel on enchanted highways.
Lost from this highway, lost from that highway, roads lost and disappeared
The sun setting on border grassy plains without limits.
Milky Way, Milky Way
Daybreak skies, stars hung over autumn city walls.
Anxious people arise, gaze into the distance thinking of hometown family and friends
Far apart this northern border stronghold and the Jiangnan.
Leave and depart, depart and leaving farewells
Although the Milky Way and earthly highways have been separated.
Notes:
Mt. Yan: Mountain range in Hebei Province.
Jiangnan: Literally means the area south of the river. The river is the Changjiang (Yangzi River) in modern day Zhejiang Province.