To the Early Wild Geese

早 雁

[唐] 杜牧（许渊冲译）

The foe shoot arrows on frontier in autumn day;

The startled grieved wild geese disperse and fly away.

The statue sees their shadows pass beneath the moon bright;

The lonely palace hears their cries in candlelight.

You know the foe would run their horses therefore long.

Could you go back on and all when spring sings its song?

Don’t say few live on Southern rivers up and down!

With water plants the Southern shores are overgrown.

金河秋半虏弦开，

云外惊飞四散哀。

仙掌月明孤影过，

长门灯暗数声来。

须知胡骑纷纷在，

岂逐春风一一回？

莫厌潇湘少人处，

水多菰米岸莓苔。

[词汇] statue

n. （石或金属做的动物或人的）雕像

The statue stared down at them with sightless eyes.

雕像用一双盲眼俯视着他们。