陇西行
陈陶
誓扫匈奴不顾身，五千貂锦丧胡尘。
可怜无定河边骨，犹是春闺梦里人。
The Riverside Battleground
Chen Tao
They’d sworn to mop up the Xiongnus at life’s expense；
Five thousand men had fought to death in Hu’s land thence.
The skeletons that by the Wu Ding River lay，
Alas， were in their women’s dreams still dear lovers gay.
