潼關吏

杜甫唐代

士卒何草草？

築城潼關道。

大城鐵不如，

小城萬丈餘。

借問潼關吏：

“修關還備鬍？”

要我下馬行，

爲我指山隅：

“連雲列戰格，

飛鳥不能逾。

鬍來但自守，

豈復憂西都？

丈人視要處，

窄狹容單車。

艱難奮長戟，

萬古用一夫。”

“哀哉桃林戰，

百萬化爲魚。

請囑防關將，

慎勿學哥舒。”

譯文

How hard do soldiers work and toil,
Building ramparts on western soil!
Iron-clad bastions high and low
Like walls along the mountain go.
I ask an officer near by
If against foes are built walls high.
He asks me to dismount and look
Around and points to mountain nook.
The forts on the peaks scrape the sky,
Over them even birds can't fly.
When come the foe, we guard the wall,
There's no fear for the capital.
He shows me the narrow pass too,
Only single chariots file through.
When guarded with long spear by one,
The fortress can be forced by none.
But defeated at Peach Grove, alas!
Ten thousand men slain at the pass.
Please tell the general guarding here:
Be not defeated as that year!