1, original text
People are idle, osmanthus flowers fall, and the night is quiet and empty. When the moon comes out, the birds are startled, and the sound enters the spring stream.
2. Translation
Without the interruption of personnel, the sweet-scented osmanthus in spring quietly falls. The night is quiet, and Shan Ye is empty and silent in spring. The moon rose and alarmed the birds in the mountains. They call from time to time by the spring.
Step 3 enjoy
This poem skillfully uses synaesthesia, combining dynamic sounds such as "flowers falling", "moon rising" and "birds singing" with static pictures such as "people are idle", "the night is still" and "the spring mountain is empty" to form a vivid and beautiful picture.
The poet observes nature with a leisurely mood and feels the tranquility and emptiness in the mountains on a spring night. There is no clear subjective feeling in the poem, but through objective description, the poet expresses his praise for the harmony and beauty of nature and his deep understanding of Zen. This poem is one of the representative works of Wang Wei's landscape poems, which shows his superb artistic level of "painting in poetry and poetry in painting".
Brief introduction of Wang Wei:
Wang Wei is called "Wang Youcheng" and "Uncle Mo". Hedong Zhou Pu (now Yuncheng, Shanxi) was born in Qixian, Shanxi. Famous poet, painter, musician, calligrapher and seal engraver in Tang Dynasty.
Wang Wei is proficient in poetry, books, sounds and paintings. His poems are famous for Kaiyuan and Tianbao, especially for five words, and he is also called "Wang Meng" with Meng Haoran. He is called "Shi Fo" because of his deep belief in Buddhism. His poetic style is fresh and elegant, and his artistic conception is remote and ethereal, full of Zen and painting. His paintings are mainly landscapes, creating the southern style of ink and wash landscape paintings, and he has written works such as Landscape Theory.
He is also proficient in music, good at playing pipa and cricket, and can compose and write his own words. His calligraphy is mainly regular script, which is neat and beautiful, and is known as "Wang Youcheng Style". His seal cutting is also very famous, he can carve his own seal, and there are some theoretical works on seal cutting such as On Seal. Wang Wei is an outstanding representative of the prosperous Tang culture and a versatile artist, who occupies an important position in the history of China literature and art.