The Jade Mountain/Border Songs

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Lu Lun

綸　盧


BORDER-SONGS

(Written to Music)

I
His golden arrow is tipped with hawk's feathers,His embroidered silk flag has a tail like a swallow.One man, arising, gives a new orderTo the answering shout of a thousand tents.
II
The woods are black and a wind assails the grasses,Yet the general tries night archery—And next morning he finds his white-plumed arrowPointed deep in the hard rock.
III
High in the faint moonlight, wildgeese are soaring.Tartar chieftains are fleeing through the dark—And we chase them, with horses lightly burdenedAnd a burden of snow on our bows and our swords.
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IV
Let feasting begin in the wild camp!Let bugles cry our victory!Let us drink, let us dance in our golden armour!Let us thunder on rivers and hills with our drums!

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