1. "When will the bright moon come?" - from "Shui Diao Ge Tou" by Su Dongpo, a poet of the Song Dynasty.
2. The original text is attached as follows:
Shui Tiao Ge Tou
(Song Dynasty) Su Shi
Bingchen Mid-Autumn Festival, drinking happily until the end of the day, I am writing this article because I am drunk and pregnant with my son.
When will the bright moon come? Ask the sky for wine. I don’t know what year it is today in the palace in the sky. I want to ride the wind back home, but I am afraid that it will be cold in the high places. Dance to figure out the shadow, how does it seem to be in the human world.
Turn to the Zhu Pavilion, where you will find a low-rise house, and the light will make you sleepless. There shouldn't be any hatred, so what's the point of saying goodbye? People have joys and sorrows, separations and reunions, and the moon waxes and wanes. This is a difficult thing in ancient times. I hope that people will live long and travel thousands of miles to meet Chanjuan.
Translation
When did the bright moon appear? Asking the sky with a wine glass in hand.
I don’t know what year it is in the palace in the sky.
I want to ride the breeze back, but I am afraid that when I return to the Qionglou Yuyu in the Moon Palace, I will not be able to bear the desolation and cold wind that tower for nine days. Dancing and enjoying the clear shadows under the moon, how can returning to the Moon Palace compare to being in the human world!
As we turned around the vermilion pavilion, the moonlight shone low in front of the window, illuminating the sleepless person on the bed.
The bright moon shouldn’t have any resentment, but why does it always become full when relatives part?
People undergo changes in joys and sorrows, and the moon waxes and wanes. This kind of thing has been difficult to understand since ancient times.
I hope you can be safe and healthy, and enjoy the bright moonlight thousands of miles away.
Cipai knowledge
According to legend, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty composed "Shui Tiao Song" when he was digging the Grand Canal. It developed into a Daqu in the Tang Dynasty, and the "Song Head" is the beginning of the Daqu. This tune is also known as "Yuan Hui Qu", "Taicheng Tour", "Taiwan Song", "Jiangnan Beauty", "Hua Guan Nian Nu", etc. It is a double tune, with ninety-five characters, mostly in flat tones, but also in oblique tones. Rhyme and flat are mixed.
Ninety-five characters, with four flat rhymes in the front and back parts.
3. Introduction to the author:
Su Shi (1037-1101), courtesy name Zizhan, also known as Dongpo Jushi, was a native of Meishan in the Northern Song Dynasty. He is a famous writer and one of the eight great writers of prose in Tang and Song Dynasties. He is knowledgeable and versatile, and has high attainments in calligraphy, painting, poetry, and prose. His calligraphy, together with Cai Xiang, Huang Tingjian and Mi Fu, is known as the "Four Calligraphers of the Song Dynasty"; he is good at painting bamboo, wood and strange rocks, and he is also outstanding in painting theory and calligraphy theory. He is the literary leader after Ouyang Xiu in the Northern Song Dynasty. His prose is as famous as Ouyang Xiu; his poetry is as famous as Huang Tingjian; his poetry is majestic and bold in style. Instead of the elegance of his poetry, he is called "Su Xin" together with Xin Qiji in the Southern Song Dynasty, and he is the most bold and bold. Send a lyricist. He is a leader in the literary world after Ouyang Xiu. He is versatile. He is a master of poetry, poetry, prose, calligraphy and painting, and his writings are very rich.