The author of Song of Tomorrow is Qian Fu, a poet in the Ming Dynasty.
The full text is as follows:
Tomorrow follows tomorrow, and there are so many tomorrows.
I live tomorrow, and everything will be wasted.
The world is tired of tomorrow, and it will go to Qiu Lai to become a veteran in spring.
look at the water flowing eastward, and look at the sunset.
what will tomorrow be like in a hundred years? Please listen to my tomorrow song
tomorrow is tomorrow, and there are so many tomorrows!
wait for tomorrow, and everything will be wasted.
the whole world is tired of tomorrow, and tomorrow will be endless.
in the morning twilight, the water flows eastward, and the ancient days are long and the west is falling.
what will tomorrow be like in a hundred years? Please listen to my tomorrow song
Literal meaning of the full text:
Tomorrow is another tomorrow, how many tomorrows there are. I have been waiting for tomorrow all my life, and nothing has progressed. The world is as tired of tomorrow as I am, and will get old as soon as the year goes by. Watching the river flow eastward in the morning and watching the sun set westward in the evening is real life. How many tomorrows can there be in a hundred years? Please listen to my Song of Tomorrow. Tomorrow is another tomorrow, how many tomorrows there are. Waiting for tomorrow every day, nothing has progressed. The world is as hard as I am. I am tired of tomorrow, and the endless tomorrow will soon be old. Watching the river flow eastward in the morning and watching the sun set westward in the evening is real life. How many tomorrows can there be in a hundred years? Please listen to my Song of Tomorrow.
Full-text appreciation:
The meaning of this poem is simple and straightforward, and there is no metaphorical content, but what it expresses is a kind of malady that everyone has been trying to put an end to since ancient times, that is, many people regard "tomorrow" as an excuse to avoid the problems that should be solved immediately, and indulge their laziness until "everything goes wrong". In fact, as the author said, "Tomorrow can be geometric in a hundred years", the most important thing is not tomorrow, but to grasp the present.
The poem is called "Song of Tomorrow", and "Tomorrow" is an excuse for many people to be lazy, but also a reason to indulge themselves. How many "tomorrows" there are in life? If everything is put off to "tomorrows", then the whole life will be spent in vain. "I live until tomorrow, and everything will be wasted" is a very painful understanding. The author takes himself as an example to illustrate the importance of "what you can do today, what you can finish today". In fact, people's life is short, and there are not so many "tomorrows". The most important thing is to seize "today" so as not to live a short life.
this poem mentions "tomorrow" seven times, and repeatedly warns people to cherish time. Do what you can do today, don't put it off until tomorrow, and don't waste time. The meaning of poetry is simple, the language is clear, and the reasoning is easy to understand, which is of great educational significance. The enlightenment it gives people is that many things in the world can be fought for and recovered as much as possible, and only time is difficult to retain. There is only one life, and time will never look back. Don't put off tomorrow what you can do today, and put off tomorrow the day after tomorrow. Say, "What you can do today is done today." The poet warns and exhorts people to firmly grasp the fleeting today. What can be done today must be done today. Don't pin any plans and hopes on the unknown tomorrow. Otherwise, "tomorrow after tomorrow," in the end, it will only end up as "everything will be wasted", and nothing will be achieved.