The verses related to lilac flowers are as follows:
1. Lilacs are weak and have tangled branches. The leaves are thin with floating hairs, and the flowers are sparse and plain. After being deeply planted in Xiaozhai, the common people are close to the secluded people. If you fall into the orchids and musk deer at night, don’t think about your pink body. ——"Five Odes of Jiangtou·Lilac" by Du Fu
Appreciation: This poem about lilac was written by the poet Du Fu in Chengdu in his later years. It makes people observe the details and describe them delicately. The first two sentences describe the shape of lilac flowers: lilac flowers are small and weak, and are tangled together. Instead, they hang down, and the branches have to serve as supports; the leaves are small, with a little bit of catkin hair flying on them. Among the branches and leaves, there are sparse flowers, simple and elegant colors, very gorgeous.
The last two sentences are written with emotion: I planted lilacs behind the study. When I was reading, I was very close and could appreciate the beautiful charm of lilacs alone. At night, the lilacs withered, but they exuded a fragrance like orchids and musk deer. Such a fragrance, no regrets about its withering. Du Fu's lilac poem highly praises the beauty and fragrance of lilac flowers, their holiness and elegance, and he has no regrets about their own withering.
2. Desire rests at dusk upstairs, and the jade ladder is hooked in the middle of the moon. The plantains do not show their lilac knots, but they both face the spring breeze and have their own worries. ——"Gift on Behalf" by Li Shangyin
Appreciation: This song "Gift on Behalf" is Li Shangyin's masterpiece. It describes the hopeless lovers who meet together in the spring dusk, but it is a pity that it is like a jade ladder in vain, and the crescent moon is like a hook. Unable to climb, unable to meet, just like the unopened plantain and the tangled lilac, they are each depressed in the spring breeze, expressing the sorrow between lovers vividly.
3. No one cares about Youyou on the river, and you have been drunk for ten years. Diligently untie the lilac knots, let the branches spread and celebrate spring. ——"Lilac" by Lu Guimeng
Appreciation: Lu Guimeng was a famous agriculturist and poet in the Tang Dynasty. He failed to be promoted to a scholar many times and lived in seclusion after his expiration. However, his heart was naturally not calm. This poem "Lilac" uses it as a metaphor for himself.
The general idea is: Lilac grows by the river, no one cares about it. I stay away from the world and live in seclusion. I have reached middle age. Both of them are unappreciated. I am depressed and troubled. I have fun by myself. Untying the lilac knot and letting the lilac flowers bloom freely expresses the poet's desire to be appreciated and to display his talents.