The Jade Mountain/A Trooper's Burden

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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 snow
And the Yellow Stream ring the Black Mountain forever.

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