Cicada droops like a tassel on a hat, its tentacles suck the clear dew, and its voice spreads from the branches of the straight Shulang tree. Cicada is far away from cicada because cicada is on a tall tree, not relying on autumn wind.
Vernacular interpretation: cicadas hang down their tentacles like hat tassels to suck sweet dew, and the sound comes from the tall and straight branches of phoenix tree. Cicadas spread far because they live in tall trees, not by autumn wind.
Li Shangyin's ancient poem Cicada
cicada
Tang Dynasty-Li Shangyin
The pure heart is hungry because of this, and you sing in vain all night.
Oh, this last broken breath, in the green indifferent trees! .
Yes, I am like a driftwood. I have made my garden full of weeds.
I thank you for your sincere advice and live a pure life like you.
Vernacular translation:
It's hard to eat when you live on a high branch, and it's useless to cry and hate.
After the fifth watch, the sparse sound was almost cut off, and the trees remained green.
The official position is as humble as a peach stalk, and the home has been abandoned for a long time, and the weeds have long grown flat.
Thank you for calling me up. I am as poor as a church mouse.