帕布莉卡捣练子
[宋]贺铸
砧[1]面莹[2]，
杵[3]声齐，
捣就[4]征衣[5]泪墨题[6]。
寄到玉关应万里[7]，
戍人[8]犹在玉关西。
[1]砧（zhēn）：垫在下面捶衣服的石头。
[2]莹：光洁，光亮。
[3]杵：捶衣服的木棒。
[4]捣就：捶完。
[5]征衣：出征军人的衣服。
[6]泪墨题：泪水和着墨汁题写征衣的包封。
[7]应万里：应该有万里之遥。
[8]戍人：指正在戍守边疆的丈夫。
Tune: Song of Broken Chains
He Zhu
Regularly the beetle sounds
As on the anvil stone it pounds.
After washing her warrior’s dress,
With ink and tears she writes down his address.
The package goes a thousand miles to the Jade Pass,
But the warrior is stationed farther west, alas!
He Zhu (1052—1125) was also a follower of Su Shi. This lyric depicts a washerwoman send-ing winter garments to her husband stationed in a garrison town farther west than the Jade Pass on the northwestern frontier.
