Outside The Great Wall

             Wang Zhihuan

The Yellow River looks like a mirage in the clouds,

There's a long stretch of barren high mountains with scattered lonely cities.

The Turkestan flutes are wrong in playing the music to blame the willows,

For failing to bring the spring across the Great Wall through Yu Meng pass.

From 100 Tang and Song Quatrain Masterpieces by Great Poets

出塞

     王之涣

黄河远上白云间，

一片孤城万仞山。

羌笛何须怨杨柳，

春风不度玉门关。

 

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