The Jade Mountain/A Trooper's Burden

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An Evening View of the City of Yo-chou after Coming from Han-kou to Parrot Island

The Jade Mountain
translated by Witter Bynner and Jiang Kanghu

A Trooper's Burden by Liu Zhongyong

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4728311The Jade Mountain — A Trooper's BurdenWitter Bynner and Jiang KanghuLiu Zhongyong

Liu Chung-yung

庸中柳

A TROOPER'S BURDEN

For years, to guard the Jade Pass and the River of Gold,With our hands on our horse-whips and our sword-hilts,We have watched the green graves change to snowAnd the Yellow Stream ring the Black Mountain forever.