It expresses the author's love for spring and nature, and describes the scene of paired orioles singing on the budding willow branches in early spring.
The third part of Four Poems
Two orioles sing green willows, and a row of egrets fly into the sky.
The window contains autumn snow in Xiling, and the Dongwu Wan Li boat is moored at the gate.
Translation:
Two orioles are singing among the green willow branches, and a row of egrets are flying in the blue sky.
The scenery of Xiling Snow Mountain seems to be embedded in the window, and the ships sailing to and from Dongwu are parked by the door.
Describing the scene of early spring, four sentences and four scenes are combined into a vibrant picture. In the cheerful and bright scene, the poet is entrusted with the loss of time, loneliness and boredom.
Extended information:
Creation background
This group of poems was written in the spring of the second year of Guangde, Tang Daizong. In the first year of Baoying, Tang Suzong (762), Yin Yanwu of Chengdu entered the DPRK, and there was unrest in Shu. Du Fu once avoided Zizhou (ruling Santai, Sichuan). The following year, the Anshi Rebellion was put down, and one year later, Yanwu returned to Chengdu to make his way to Shu again. Du Fu learned the news of this old friend and followed him back to Chengdu Caotang.
At this time, Du Fu's mood was particularly comfortable. Faced with a vibrant scene, he couldn't help but write this group of impromptu poems. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Siyuan's Du Yi said that this group of poems was "built after Buju Caotang, and it is planned to stay here for the rest of his life, but this is the case with self-narration".