Fan Chengda: Prefecture Bridges

Prefecture Bridges

州 桥

州 桥 南 北 是 天 街
父 老 年 年 等 驾 回。
忍 泪 失 声 询 使 者
几 时 真 有 六 军 来?

Zhou Qiao

Zhou qiao nan bei shi tian jie
Fu lao nian nian deng jia hui.
Ren lei shi sheng xun shi zhe
Ji shi zhen you liu jun lai?

Prefecture Bridges

Prefecture bridges run north and south to meet streets, and then into nature
Year after year the old men await for carts to return.
Have to endure the tears and sounds of failure while asking about the nation’s future
How many more seasons until we really have the arrival of army divisions?