"Life is about to end with the years, and the body is forgotten. There is no more dreams to kill, and the night is still young" means: Now life is about to end like this year, and I and my life experience will also be forgotten. From now on, I can no longer dream of drinking Tusu wine on New Year's Day. I can only turn on the lights in the long night.
Source: "New Year's Eve" - ??Wen Tianxiang of the Song Dynasty
The sky and the earth are empty, and the years are passing by;
The wind and rain are at the end of the road, and there is snow and frost on the poor side.
Life is about to end with the years, and the body is forgotten;
There is no more to kill Su Meng, and the night is still young.
Translation There is an emptiness between heaven and earth, and time is openly leaving me. At the end of his life, he was frightened by wind and rain, and experienced ice, snow and frost in a remote frontier. Now that life, like this year, is coming to an end, I and my life's experiences will be forgotten. From now on, I can no longer dream of drinking Tusu wine on New Year's Day. I can only turn on the lights in the long night.
Extended information
1. The creative background of "New Year's Eve"
This poem was written in the 18th year of the Yuan Dynasty, that is, 1281 AD. It was Wen Tianxiang's life. ’s last New Year’s Eve. He used a heavy pen, dipped in blood and tears, to write this sad and unyielding short poem.
At that time, the author had been imprisoned for three full years, and the enemy used both soft and hard tactics on him. However, the high officials and generous salaries cannot give in, and the suffering in prison cannot give in. His temples are faded and stained with frost, but his will is getting stronger. The cell was cold and damp, the food was difficult to swallow, his wife and children served in the palace, and the court reluctantly surrendered... The painful reality made Wen Tianxiang feel the hardship and hardship of the end of his life.
2. Appreciation of "New Year's Eve"
When writing this poem, the author had been imprisoned for three full years, and the enemy used both soft and hard tactics on him. However, the high officials and generous salaries cannot give in, and the suffering in prison cannot give in. His temples are faded and stained with frost, but his will is getting stronger. The cell was cold and damp, the food was difficult to swallow, his wife and children were serving in the palace, and the court was reluctant to surrender. The miserable realities made Wen Tianxiang feel the hardships and hardships of a dead end in life.
The lines of this poem are dilute and peaceful. It does not have the heroic spirit of "there is righteousness in the world", nor the generosity of "leaving a loyal heart to reflect history". It only expresses the great hero's desire to get together with his family. The wish to celebrate New Year’s Day with Tusu wine. It is precisely in this tender moment of the iron-hearted man that it reflects the authenticity of the human body under the strong iron will, and allows us to deeply appreciate the great humanity and the immortal personality of the iron-hearted man.
The poem "New Year's Eve" has no refined words, no trivial sentences, and no high-spirited slogan-like chants. However, we still feel a strong shock to our hearts. No matter how time changes, no matter how the national composition expands, no matter how many times the concept of moral right and wrong changes, Wen Tianxiang, as a symbol of our national spirit, will still be a moral example that will inspire generations of people for countless generations to come.