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五言絕句 西鄙人 哥舒歌

北斗七星高, 哥舒夜帶刀。
至今窺牧馬, 不敢過臨洮。

Five-character-quatrain
Xibiren GENERAL GE SHU

This constellation, with its seven high stars,
Is Ge Shu lifting his sword in the night:
And no more barbarians, nor their horses, nor cattle,
Dare ford the river boundary.