Gift to Wang Lun
Li Bai
Li Bai was about to set off in a boat when he suddenly heard singing on the shore.
The water in Peach Blossom Pond is a thousand feet deep,
It is not as good as Wang Lun’s gift to me.
[Note]
1. Wang Lun: The friend Li Bai met in Peach Blossom Pond had a very forthright personality. This poem was given to him.
2. Ta Ge: Sing while tapping your feet on the ground.
3． Taohuatan: The name of the water pool, located in the southwest of Jingxian County, Anhui Province today.
Even if the water of Peach Blossom Pond is as deep as a thousand feet, it cannot be as deep as Wang Lun's farewell to me. This poem was written while the poet was roaming around Jingxian County, Anhui Province. There was a villager named Wang Lun in Taohuatan, Jingxian County. He often prepared fine wine to entertain Li Bai. Li Bai was very grateful to him and wrote this farewell poem when he left Taohuatan. In the first two sentences of the narrative, the poet was about to set off on a boat when he suddenly heard singing from the shore. It turned out that his old friend Wang Lun came specially to see him off; the last two sentences used Bixing techniques to express his gratitude to Wang Lun for his affectionate farewell. The metaphor of a "thousand-foot-deep" pool is a vivid and vivid metaphor for farewell, and the addition of the word "less than" enhances the moving power of the poem. This poem with obvious folk song flavor is natural, simple, fresh and smooth. The poet used the ordinary scenery in front of him as a metaphor to express his sincere affection with his friends.