《己亥歲二首》  唐 • 曹松
 
澤國江山入戰圖,
生民何計樂樵蘇。
憑君莫話封侯事,
一將功成萬骨枯。
 
TWO POEMS WRITTEN IN THE YEAR OF JI-HAI 
NO. 1 (of 2)   
-- by CAO SONG (828?—903?)
-- Translated by Frank C Yue
Drawn into the war charts is countryside south of the Great River;
With wood and grass cutting, why can't the people live happy ever? 
Please ne'er talk of leading your army to become a great Noble --
Under the Victory General, ten thousand troops to death would stumble!
the following culled from http://www.chinapage.com/big5/poetry/dead.htm:
澤國:水鄉,此處指長江以南的地區。
 
生民:百姓。
 
樵蘇:砍柴割草,泛指艱苦的生計。
 
憑:請。
 
封侯:古代將帥在戰爭中立了大功可以封侯;這裡泛指升官。
 
萬骨枯:萬人變成枯骨,指犧牲了無數戰士。
這兩句 < 澤國江山入戰圖,
             生民何計樂樵蘇。>
話說安史亂後的戰禍已蔓延到大江以南,一片河山都繪入戰圖之中,
百姓原只求能砍柴割草艱苦度日,如今連這種所謂的快樂也不能得到了。
 
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