From: Nineteen Selected Ancient Poems of Zhaoming, an anonymous work in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Original poem:
Distant Altair
Han Dynasty: Anonymous
Distant Altair, Jiao Jiao Hehan girl.
Skillful hands, make a loom.
There is no chapter all day, and tears are pouring down.
The river is clear and shallow, how much is the difference!
Between water and water, there are no words.
Explanation:
Altair can be seen far away in the southeast of the Milky Way, and Vega is bright and bright in the west of the Milky Way.
The weaver girl is waving her long white hands, and the loom keeps ringing.
I didn't knit a piece of cloth all day, and tears rained down.
The Milky Way looks clear and shallow. How far apart are the two banks?
Although only separated by a galaxy, we can only look at each other with deep affection and silence.
Extended data
Creative background:
Morning glory and Weaver Girl are the names of two stars. In China, the folk stories about Petunia and Weaver Girl originated very early. The Book of Songs Xiaoya Dadong wrote the morning glory and the weaver girl, but it was only written as two stars. Chunqiu Yuanming Bao and Huainanzi _ Town began to say that the Weaver Girl was a goddess.
In Cao Pi's Ge Yanxing, Cao Zhi's Luo Shen Fu and Jiu Yong, Petunia and Zhinv became husband and wife. Cao Zhi's "Nine Odes" said: "Petunia is the husband and Weaver is the woman. The star of Vega Petunia is everywhere beside the river drum, and it will be a while on July 7. " This is the clearest record at that time. It can be seen that the story of Petunia and Weaver Girl in the Three Kingdoms period at the end of Han Dynasty has probably been finalized. The Distant Altair is based on the story of Altair and Weaver Girl.
At the beginning of the poem, I first wrote that the Weaver Girl looked at the Cowherd across the Milky Way. "Far" is the feeling in the heart of the weaver girl, but it is so far away in the eyes of the lover. Leading a cowherd is not only a cowherd in the eyes of Hehan women, but also a cowherd in the hearts of Hehan women. The first sentence is based on the feeling of the weaver girl, and the second sentence is written in front. These two poems are developed to describe various scenes and feelings in the following paragraphs. "Jiao Jiao Hehan Girl" is a writer and a landscape writer.
The poem "Fine Hands, Make a Loom" is a description of the characteristics, labor scene and diligent image of the loom hand. The word "slim" describes the shape of the weaver girl's hand, which is slender and slender. The word "Su" describes the color of Weaver's hand, white, tender and beautiful. "Clothes" is a verb to describe the working posture of Weaver Girl.
"Tears fall like rain all day long" is the result of writing and weaving, and it is also the modality of weaving. Although the weaver girl is busy knitting all day, the result is "no rules to follow"; She was depressed all day and shed tears. The weaver girl cried in vain. Because I miss her cowherd, she is here and her heart is there. The poem clearly describes the Weaver Girl, but secretly associates with the Cowherd, aiming at pointing out the psychological activities of the Weaver Girl and explaining the reasons why the Weaver Girl is fruitless.
The whole poem is mainly about the Weaver Girl and a sentence about Penny, and it is written from the perspective of the Weaver Girl, from the Weaver Girl's weaving "no chapter" to "tears" and then "no words", which fully shows the bitterness of parting.