Tanabata was written by Li Shangyin, a poet in the Tang Dynasty.
The original text is as follows:
The phoenix fan is tilted, and the star bridge flies back across the magpie.
Strive for eternal farewell between the world. In exchange for an annual visit.
Vernacular translation:
Luan Fan went into the tent separately, and the magpies on the long bridge had finished. How can we get together once a year with the death of the world?
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Literary appreciation:
In the first two sentences of this poem, the poet looked up at the sky on the evening of July 7 and remembered the beautiful scene where the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl met in the sky: the Weaver Girl had crossed the river and left the Phoenix Cave, and the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl met each other through the fan; After completing the task of filling the river and paving the road, all the black magpies retreated. The poet can't help but think of his beloved wife's early death, and he can't meet again unless he is alone.
So the poet sighed deeply in the last two sentences, longing to see his dead wife once a year, like a cowherd and a weaver girl. In the third sentence, the word "fighting for the general" is written about the extreme lament of the separation of the dead wife and heaven, which shows that the death of the world is not as good as the meeting in heaven, and clearly expresses the feelings of mourning.
This poem is full of imagination, from heaven to earth, from cowherd and weaver girl to her love life. The delicate language and deep feelings, and the poetic movement in the poet's imagination, fully show the poet's sad mood of mourning for his dead wife.
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