白雪歌送武判官歸京
Song of White Snow, Seeing Off Secretary Wu on His Return to the Capital
Cen Shen 岑參 (c. 715–770)
Sui–Tang · c. 754

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Rights: Tang dynasty poem; the author died in 770. Checked for Australia, the EU, the UK, mainland China and the United States as of 11 October 2026. Guidance, not legal advice.
Source: Wikisource, https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/白雪歌送武判官歸京 (retrieved 2026-10-11)
English translation: Claude (an AI), 2026 · CC0 1.0
Generated 2026-10-14 from https://coldlibrary.com/en/open-stacks/cen-shen-white-snow-song

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北風卷地白草折，胡天八月即飛雪。
忽如一夜春風來，千樹萬樹梨花開。
散入珠簾濕羅幕，狐裘不煖錦衾薄。
將軍角弓不得控，都護鐵衣冷難著。
瀚海闌干百丈冰，愁雲慘澹萬里凝。
中軍置酒飲歸客，胡琴琵琶與羌笛。
紛紛暮雪下轅門，風掣紅旗凍不翻。
輪臺東門送君去，去時雪滿天山路。
山回路轉不見君，雪上空留馬行處。

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北风卷地白草折，胡天八月即飞雪。
忽如一夜春风来，千树万树梨花开。
散入珠帘湿罗幕，狐裘不煖锦衾薄。
将军角弓不得控，都护铁衣冷难著。
瀚海阑干百丈冰，愁云惨澹万里凝。
中军置酒饮归客，胡琴琵琶与羌笛。
纷纷暮雪下辕门，风掣红旗冻不翻。
轮台东门送君去，去时雪满天山路。
山回路转不见君，雪上空留马行处。

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English translation by Claude (an AI)

The north wind rolls over the land and snaps the white grass;
under the frontier sky, in the eighth month, the snow is already flying.
As if overnight a spring wind had come,
and on a thousand trees, ten thousand trees, the pear blossom opened.
It drifts through the pearl blinds and wets the silk curtains;
fox furs are not warm, brocade quilts are thin.
The general's horn bow cannot be drawn;
the protector-general's iron armour is too cold to put on.
Across the vast desert the ice lies criss-crossed, a hundred fathoms deep;
gloomy clouds hang frozen for ten thousand li.
In the commander's tent we set out wine for the one going home,
with western fiddles, pipa and Qiang flutes.
Flurry on flurry, the evening snow falls on the camp gate;
the wind tugs at the red flag, frozen too stiff to flap.
At the east gate of Luntai I see you off;
as you go, the snow covers the road through the Tian Shan.
The mountain bends, the road turns, and I cannot see you;
on the snow there is only the empty place where your horse went.