Original text

Author: Li Bai The bright moon rises above the Tianshan Mountains, among the vast sea of ??clouds. The wind blows tens of thousands of miles across Yumen Pass. The Han descended on the white road, and the Hu glanced at the Qinghai Bay. The origin of the battle was that no one returned. The garrisonmen looked at the border towns with sad faces as they thought about returning home. The tall building is like this night, sighing is not enough.

Translation

The towering Tianshan Mountains, the vast sea of ??clouds, and the bright moon pour out silver light. The strong wind swept through tens of thousands of miles of Guanshan Mountain and arrived at the border pass where the border guards were stationed. Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty sent troops to Baishan Mountain to fight against the Xiongnu, and Tubo coveted large areas of Qinghai's rivers and mountains. In these places where battles have been fought for generations, it is rare to see anyone fortunate enough to survive. The soldiers guarding the border looked up at the border town, thinking of returning home and looking sad. On this bright moon night, the wife who is looking at the full moon and pregnant with her husband on the high-rise building is also lamenting frequently, dear relatives far away, when will you be able to take off your armor and wash away your dust and come back.

It turned out to be one of the Yuefu Qin songs of the Han Dynasty and one of the "drum music and horizontal blow music". At that time, the border guards often sang and played this song on their horses. The current lyrics were written by Li Bai, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty. They reveal the huge sacrifices caused by ancient wars and the pain brought to countless conscripts, and express the author's emotion towards the aggressive militarism of the rulers of the Tang Dynasty. The earliest score of "Guan Shan Yue" was published in "Wei's Music Score". The "Mei'an Music Score" published in 1931 includes the song "Guan Shan Yue". It has no lyrics and the melody is different from the "Wei Music Score", but the mode and charm are similar. In the early 1950s, Xia Yifeng, Yang Yinliu and others re-entered Li Bai's lyrics into "Guan Shan Yue" in "Mei'an Qinpu", which was widely circulated. This song is simple and natural, with an extended and broad melody. It not only has the characteristics of Qin song, but also expresses sentimental feelings appropriately.