Full text translation
Birds in the mountains flew away one by one, and the last white cloud in the sky floated away leisurely.
Jingtingshan and I looked at each other, and no one could get enough of it. It seems that only Jingting Mountain understands me.
works appreciation
"Birds fly high, and lonely clouds go to leisure alone." The first two sentences of this five-line poem say that birds fly high without a shadow, and lonely clouds go for fun alone.
The first two sentences seem to describe the scene in front of us, but in fact they write all the loneliness: several birds in the sky fly away until they disappear; There is still a white cloud in the vast sky, but I don't want to stay and drift away slowly, as if everything in the world is rejecting poets. The words "tired" and "idle" bring readers into a state of peace: it seems that after eliminating the noise of a mountain bird, it feels particularly quiet; After the thick rolling clouds disappeared, I felt particularly quiet. Therefore, these two sentences are "dynamic" and "static", and "dynamic" is used to set off "static", which is a foil to the poet's spiritual loneliness. This vivid and vivid writing can give readers association, suggesting that the poet has been playing in Jingting Mountain for a long time.
The images of these two sentences are juxtaposed in the form of "the stars arch the moon". The central word "bird" in the previous sentence is the central image, and the word "fly" is added to form a compound image, which strengthens the dynamic expression meaning. Birds can remind readers of the quiet and peaceful scene in the mountains. Birds are singing euphemistically in the empty mountains, which makes them interesting. At present, birds fly high and get farther and farther away from people. The word "Gao" has played a role in expanding space. Looking up, in the empty blue sky, birds are flying away until they are out of sight.
"Never tire of looking at each other, only Jingting Mountain" personifies Jingting Mountain with romanticism. Although the bird flew away, the poet didn't go back, and he didn't want to go back. He stared at the quiet and beautiful Jingting Mountain for a long time and felt that Jingting Mountain seemed to be looking at himself affectionately. There is no need to say anything between them, and they have reached emotional communication. "Never tire of looking at each other" expresses the deep feelings between the poet and Jingting Mountain. "Xiang" and "Liang" are synonymous, which closely connects the poet with Jingting Mountain and shows strong feelings.
The purpose of writing this poem is not to praise the scenery, but to express feelings through the scenery and the quiet scenery here. The poet found solace in the anthropomorphic Jingting Mountain and seemed to feel less lonely. However, it is here that the poet's inner loneliness is more prominent. The deep loneliness in the world and the tragic atmosphere of the poet's life are full of the whole poem. The whole poem seems to be full of scenery, but it has no emotion. But because the scenery is composed of emotion, every sentence is emotion, just like Wang Fuzhi said, "There is a scene in love, and there is love in the scene."
original text
Sitting alone in Jingting Mountain
Li Bai [Tang Dynasty]
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.
To annotate ...
Jingting Mountain: In the north of Xuancheng City, Anhui Province.
Everyone: No more.
Lonely Cloud: Tao Yuanming's Poem for Helping the Poor contains the phrase "Lonely Cloud alone".
Go for leisure alone: go alone, go alone.
Leisure: It describes traveling everywhere and being carefree. Lonely clouds are floating around.
Never tire of seeing two things: the poet and Jingting Mountain.
Tired: satisfied.
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Brief introduction of the author
Li Bai (70 1-762), whose real name is Taibai, was named a violet layman. He is the most unique and greatest romantic poet after Qu Yuan. He has the reputation of "poetic immortal" and is also called "Du Li" with Du Fu. His poems are mainly lyrical, showing the arrogant spirit of contempt for powerful people, expressing sympathy for people's sufferings, being good at depicting natural scenery and expressing his love for the mountains and rivers of the motherland. The poetic style is magnificent and bold, the imagination is rich, the language flows naturally, the melody is harmonious and changeable, and it is good at absorbing nutrients and materials from folk literature and myths and legends, which constitutes its unique magnificent and gorgeous color and reaches the peak of poetic art in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. There are more than 1000 poems, including 30 volumes of Li Taibai's Collection.