The phonetic version of the original poem "Langtaosha" by Liu Yuxi in the Tang Dynasty is as follows:
The Yellow River has nine bends and thousands of miles of sand, and the waves and winds blow from the end of the world.
jiǔ qū huáng hé wàn lǐ shā , làng táo fēng bǒ zì tiān yá
Now we will go straight up the Milky Way to the home of the Morning Glory and the Weaver Girl.
rú jīn zhí shàng yín hé qù，tóng dào qiān niú zhī nǚ jiā.
Introduction to ancient poetry
This poem is the work of Liu Yuxi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. It is the first poem in "Nine Poems on Langtaosha". The meaning of the sentence is: The nine-bend Yellow River meanders from a distant place, carrying thousands of miles of yellow sand along the way. You came from the sky, and now you seem to be flying straight up to the Milky Way high in the sky. Please take me up to the Milky Way, and be a guest at the home of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.
Translation/Translation
The Yellow River winds and carries sand and sand,
The waves roll like huge winds and come from the end of the world.
You can go straight up to the Milky Way along the Yellow River.
Let’s go to the home of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl together.
Notes:
Langtaosha: the name of Tang Jiaofang's song. Created by Liu Yuxi and Bai Juyi, its form is seven character quatrains. Later it was used as the name of the word brand.
Nine Bends: It has been said since ancient times that the Yellow River has nine bends. It describes many twists and turns.
Ten thousand miles of sand: The Yellow River carries a large amount of sediment with it when it flows through various places.
The Yellow River is rolling with sand and wind. Langtao: Wave washing. To shake: to overturn, to shake up and down.
From Tianya: From the horizon. Li Bai said in a poem: "The water of the Yellow River comes up from the sky." The ancients believed that the source of the Yellow River is connected with the Milky Way in the sky.
Morning Glory and Weaver Girl: the names of two constellations in the Milky Way. According to legend since ancient times, the Weaver Girl was a fairy from heaven who descended to earth and married the Cowherd. Later, the Queen Mother of the West recalled the Weaver Girl and the Cowherd to the sky. The Queen Mother of the West punished them to face each other across the river, and they were only allowed to meet once a year on the night of July 7th. Morning Glory: The legendary Cowherd.