"Two Poems on Late Scenes on the Spring River by Hui Chong/Two Poems on Dawn Scenes on the Chun River by Hui Chong"
The author is Su Shi? Dynasty Song Dynasty
One
Three or two branches of peach blossoms outside the bamboo are the prophets of the warmth of the spring river.
The ground is covered with wormwood and short reed buds, which is when the puffer fish is about to come.
The second one
The returning Hong wanted to break the group in twos and twos, but they still looked like people returning from the north.
I know from afar that there are many winds and snows in the Shuo Desert, but I am waiting for the spring in the south of the Yangtze River.
Vernacular translation:
First one
Two or three peach blossoms are blooming outside the bamboo forest. Ducks are playing in the water. They are the first to notice the warming of the river in early spring.
The river beach is already full of mugwort, asparagus has begun to sprout, and the pufferfish is about to swim upstream from the sea to the river.
Second
The wild geese flew north, just like people who want to return to their hometown in the north, but because of attachment, they almost fell behind.
Even before I flew to the north, I already knew that the desert in the north was very windy and snowy, so it was better to spend half a month of spring in the south of the Yangtze River.
Extended information
The first line of the poem is "Three or two peach blossoms outside the bamboo". Looking across the sparse green bamboo, a few peach blossoms are swaying. The peach and bamboo contrast with each other, and the red and green set off the scenery. The spring atmosphere is particularly lovely. Although this is just a simple sentence, it reveals a lot of information. First of all, it shows the sparseness of the bamboo forest. If it were dense, the peach blossoms would not be visible.
Secondly, it indicates the season and highlights the word "morning". The spring cold has just passed, and it is not the time for the peach blossoms to bloom yet, but the infinite vitality and potential of spring have already been revealed.
The second sentence of the poem, "The duck prophet sees the water warm in the spring river", looks from far to near, that is, from the river bank to the surface of the river. The spring water on the river is rippling, and the restless ducks are playing in the river. The "Duck Prophet" side explains that the spring river water is still slightly chilly, so other animals are not yet sensitive to the coming of spring. This echoes the "three or two branches" of peach blossoms in the first sentence, indicating the early spring season.
This poem successfully describes the scenery of the Spring River in early spring. Su Shi used his meticulous and keen feelings to capture the characteristics of the scenery when the seasons change, and express his joy and praise for early spring. The whole poem is full of spring and full of vitality, giving people a feeling of freshness and comfort. The poet Su Shi proposed that "poetry and painting are consistent, both natural and fresh" and "there are paintings in poems and poems in paintings", which has been well verified in his painting poem "Evening Scene on the Spring River in Huichong".