This is the first of two songs in Cao Pi's "Yan Ge Xing". "Yan Ge Xing" is a Yuefu title, which belongs to the "Ping Tiao Song" in "Xiang He Ge". It is similar to "Qi Yu Xing" and "Wu Chu Xing". They all reflect the life of their respective regions and have their own characteristics. Musical characteristics of the tune. Yan (Yān) was the name of a vassal state from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It governed the area around present-day Beijing, northern Hebei, and southwestern Liaoning. This is the border area between the Han people and the northern ethnic minorities. Wars have often occurred since the Qin and Han Dynasties. Therefore, the rulers over the years have sent heavy troops to guard here. Of course, there have been many corresponding constructions, transfers, etc. . Taking recent facts as an example, Cao Cao's Northern Expedition to Wuhuan in the twelfth year of Jian'an (207) took place in the northern part of the ancient Yan Kingdom in the present-day Xingcheng area of ??Liaoning Province. Works that reflect the suffering of war and labor in this region include folk songs as early as the Qin Dynasty, "Be careful not to lift a boy when you give birth to a girl, and feed a girl with his breasts. Under the Great Wall, there are corpses supporting each other." In the Han Dynasty, there was even the famous "Drinking Horses" Great Wall Grottoes". Cao Pi's "Yan Ge Xing" is the inheritance and development of this kind of literary work in terms of ideological content. Guo Maoqian's "Collection of Yuefu Poems" quoted from "Yuefu Jietie": "The two songs of Emperor Wen of Wei, 'Autumn Wind' and 'Farewell Day', are about changing the time sequence and not returning from the service. The woman complained about the absence and had nothing to complain about." He also quoted from "Yuefu Guang". "Title" says: "Yan is the name of a place. It is said that a good man served in Yan, and this song is for this reason." It is correct to understand the content of the work in this way. There are no ancient lyrics in "Yan Ge Xing", so this tune may have been originated by Cao Pi. This work reflects the historical phenomenon of the four hundred years since the Qin and Han Dynasties, and it is also the social reality of the Jian'an period in which he lived. It shows the author's concern and sympathy for the sufferings of the lower class people.
Translation
The autumn wind is bleak, the weather is cold, the grass and trees are withered, and the white dew is frost.
The swallows say goodbye and return, and the wild geese fly south. I miss my beloved who is traveling far away, and my heart breaks.
I am thinking about my hometown. Why do you want to leave others alone?
I stay alone in my boudoir. When I feel sad, I miss you. I can’t forget it. Unknowingly, tears fell down and wet my clothes.
I took the guqin and plucked the strings, but there was a trace of sadness. The short song is chanted softly, seeming to continue and break.
The bright moonlight shines on my empty bed, the stars flow slowly to the west, and the sleepless night is long due to worry.
Morning Glory and Weaver Girl look at each other from a distance. What are your sins? Being blocked by the Milky Way.