Sitting alone in Jingting Mountain is a poem by Li Bai, a poet in the Tang Dynasty.
The full text is as follows:
The birds flew without a trace, leaving the lonely clouds free and unfettered.
You look at me, I look at you, and there are only my eyes and Jingting Mountain's eyes.
On the surface, this poem describes a person's interest in traveling in Jingting Mountain, but its deep meaning is the poet's loneliness all his life. With his peculiar imagination and ingenious conception, the poet gave life to the landscape and personified Jingting Mountain, which was very vivid. The author writes about his loneliness and his lack of talent, but he is more determined and seeks comfort and sustenance in nature.
translate
Birds fly without a trace, and lonely clouds floating in the sky don't want to stay and drift away slowly. Only I looked at the high Jingting Mountain, and Jingting Mountain looked at me silently. None of us will be satisfied. Who can understand my lonely mood at this time, only this tall and respectful mountain.
Creation background
Jingting Mountain, located in Xuanzhou (now Xuancheng, Anhui), is a famous county in the south of the Yangtze River since the Six Dynasties. Great poets such as Xie Lingyun and Xie Tiao once served as satrap here. Li Bai visited Xuancheng seven times in his life. This five-line poem was written when he visited Xuanzhou in the autumn of 753 (the twelfth year of Tianbao). After Li Bai was forced to leave Chang 'an, he came to Xuancheng after ten years of wandering.
The long-term wandering life made Li Bai taste the bitterness of the world and see through the coldness of the world, thus deepening his dissatisfaction with reality and increasing his sense of loneliness. However, his proud and stubborn character remains the same. During this period, he wrote many poems to ease his depression by wandering immortals and drinking, and also wrote many poems to express his feelings.