The loveliest thing is that night on the third day of September, bright as pearls, with a crescent moon shaped like a bow.
Original text:
"Ode to the Mujiang River" Tang. Bai Juyi
A setting sun is lying in the water, and half of the river is rustling and half of it is red.
On the third night of September, the dew is like a pearl and the moon is like a bow.
Translation:
A setting sun is reflected on the river. Under the sunlight, it is sparkling and golden, half of which is deep green and the other half is deep red. What makes people love more is the first moon night when the cool dew falls in September. The dew drops are like pearls, and the crescent moon is like a delicate bow.
Extended information:
Bai Juyi (772-846), born in Xinzheng, Henan Province, was born in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province [1][2]. [3] is a great realistic poet in the Tang Dynasty and one of the three great poets in the Tang Dynasty. Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen * * * advocated the new Yuefu movement, which was called "Yuan Bai" in the world and "Liu Bai" with Liu Yuxi.
The unique conception of the whole poem "The Songs of the Mujiang River" lies in the fact that two beautiful pictures of nature are taken and combined. One is the gorgeous scene of the setting sun and the sunset glow reflecting the river, and the other is the hazy night when the crescent moon rises and the dew is crystal clear.
The two have their own beautiful scenery separately, and when they are read together, they are even more wonderful. The poet also appropriately adds metaphors to his poems to make the scenery more vivid. Because this poem permeates the relaxed and happy liberation mood and personality of the poet after he left the court voluntarily, it makes the whole poem an artistic carrier of the poet's aesthetic psychological function in a specific situation.