On Hearing a Flute at Night from the Wall of Shou-hsiang by Li Yi

The sand below the border-mountain lies like snow,
And the moon like frost beyond the city-wall,
And someone somewhere, playing a flute,
Has made the soldiers homesick all night long.

translated by Witter Bynner & Kiang Kang-hu

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