Unflourishingly deceased

[My unflourishingly deceased friend]

Last year / month's pay boast
under wall / whole division dead
news black-out / in flourishing China
death life / no more good-byes
abandoned tents / nor torn flags
were found / no returning horses
temple visit / doubt he's there
horizon staring / this constant crying

-- 張籍 (Zhāng Jí) -- Translation by 白狐 (Bái Hú) --

張籍 Zhāng Jí
「沒蕃故人」 [méi fán gù rén]
前年伐月支 - qián nián fá yuè zhī
城下沒全師 - chéng xià méi quán shī
蕃漢斷消息 - fán hàn duàn xiāo xī
死生長別離 - sĭ shēng cháng bié lí
無人收廢帳 - wú rén shōu fèi zhàng
歸馬識殘旗 - guī mă shí cán qí
欲祭疑君在 - yù jì yí jūn zài
天涯哭此時 - tiān yá kū cĭ shí

張籍 Zhāng Jí -- Thinking of a Friend Lost in the Tibetan War
http://wengu.tartarie.com/wg/wengu.php?l=Tangshi&no=151