It comes from "The Sad White-headed Man of the Generation" written by Liu Xiyi of the Tang Dynasty. These two lines of poetry lament that time flies by, youth easily disappears, the scenery remains the same year after year, and the world is completely different. In the poem, "year after year "He Sui Sui Nian Nian" uses the technique of inversion and repetition. The sentiment of the chant also makes the verses beautiful. The "similarity of flowers contrasts the differences of people", which highlights that flowers sometimes rise and fall, but youth in life no longer sighs. It is an incisive and thought-provoking warning.
The Pulsatilla of the Dai Dynasty
Era: Tang Author: Liu Xiyi Genre: Yuefu
The peach and plum blossoms in the east of Luoyang City,
flying around Whose family will it fall into?
The daughter of Luoyang cherishes the color,
Sit and sigh when seeing the falling flowers.
The colors of the flowers will change this year.
Who will be there next year when the flowers bloom again?
I have seen the pines and cypresses destroyed for fuel,
I have even heard that the mulberry fields have turned into the sea.
The ancients never recovered the east side of Luocheng,
Today people still admire the wind of falling flowers.
Every year the flowers are similar,
Every year the people are different.
Send a message to the beauty in full bloom,
I should have mercy on the white-headed man and imprison him to death.
This old man is so pitiful with his white head.
I am a beautiful young man.
Under the tree of Prince Sun Fang,
Singing and dancing in front of the fallen flowers.
The Guanglu Pond is decorated with beautiful flowers,
The general’s pavilion is decorated with immortals.
Once I am sick and have no acquaintance,
Whose side will I enjoy during the Spring Festival?
How long can the eyebrows of a moth be twirled,
In a moment, the crane's hair is as clear as silk.
But looking at the ancient singing and dancing place,
Only the birds are sad at dusk!