1. "The Sad White-headed Man"
Tang Dynasty: Liu Xiyi?
Whose home does the peach and plum blossoms in the east of Luoyang City fly around and fall into?
The daughter of Luoyang cherishes the color and sighs when she sees the falling flowers.
The colors of the flowers will change this year, but who will be there next year when they bloom again?
I have seen the pines and cypresses destroyed for wages, and I have even heard that the mulberry fields have turned into the sea.
The ancients never recovered the east side of Luocheng, but today’s people still face the wind of falling flowers.
The flowers are similar every year, but the people are different every year.
A beautiful woman in full bloom should pity the half-dead white-headed man.
This old man is really pitiful because he has a white head. I used to be a beautiful young man.
Under the tree of Prince Wang Sunfang, he sang and danced in front of the fallen flowers.
The platform of Guanglu Pond is decorated with beautiful paintings, and the general’s pavilion is decorated with paintings of immortals.
When I am sick and have no acquaintance, who will I have to spend my spring time with?
How long can you turn your eyebrows? For a moment, the crane's hair was as messy as silk.
But looking at the ancient singing and dancing place, only the birds are sad at dusk.
Translation: The peach and plum blossoms in the east of Luoyang City are flying in the wind, and I don’t know whose house they have fallen into? A Luoyang woman with a delicate face sat alone in the courtyard, looking at the scattered peach and plum blossoms and sighing. This year I am here watching the peach and plum blossoms wither and fade in color. I wonder who will be able to see the blooming flowers next year when they bloom? ?
I have seen the tall and handsome pines and cypresses being destroyed and cut down for firewood, and I have heard that the mulberry fields have turned into a vast ocean. Old friends no longer lament the withered peach and plum blossoms in the east of Luoyang City, but today people are still saddened by the fallen flowers drifting in the wind. The flowers are still there year after year, but the people who see the flowers are different year after year.
I would like to tell those beautiful young people who are in their prime of life to pity this half-dead old man. Now he is gray-haired and pitiful, but he used to be a handsome and beautiful young man. This white-headed old man once had fun with his sons, princes, and grandsons under the fragrant trees, and sang and danced before the falling flowers.
It was also like Guang Luxun Ma Fang of the Eastern Han Dynasty who decorated the pool platform with brocade, and the noble Qi Liang Ji painted clouds and gods everywhere in the palace pavilions. The old man with white head is now lying in bed, and no one pays attention to him. Where are the joys, singing and dancing of the past? ?
And how long can a beautiful woman maintain her youthful beauty? In an instant, the crane's hair was disheveled and the snow was as white as silk. I saw the place of singing and dancing from ancient times to the present, and all that was left were the birds singing sadly in the sky at dusk.
2. "Inscription on Nanzhuang of the Capital City"
Tang Dynasty: Cui Hu
On this day last year, in this gate, the faces of the people and the peach blossoms reflected the red.
I don’t know where the human face is, but the peach blossoms still smile in the spring breeze.
Translation: Last winter, just inside this door, the girl’s face reflected the bright peach blossoms. When I come here again today, I don’t know where the girl has gone. Only the peach blossoms are still there, smiling in full bloom in the spring breeze.
3. "Sheng Cha Zi·Yuan Xiu"
Song Dynasty: Ouyang Xiu
On the night of Yuan Dynasty last year, the lights in the flower market were as bright as day.
The moon is above the willow branches, and people are meeting after dusk.
On the Lantern Festival this year, the moon and lights are still the same.
I can’t see the person from last year, and the sleeves of my spring shirt are wet with tears.
Translation: On the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month last year, the lights in the flower market were as bright as daytime. The moon rises above the willow trees, and he invites me to chat with him after dusk. During this year’s Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the moonlight and lights are the same as last year. I can no longer see my lover from last year, and my clothes are soaked with tears.
4. "The Song of Yangchun·Bride's Grudge"
Yuan Dynasty: Xu Zaisi
I regret being a merchant's wife, and I am destined to meet a poor husband. When I left, I only talked about Soochow. After more than three years, I got a letter from Guangzhou.
Translation: I really regretted marrying a businessman, but I had bad luck and met a heartless man. Before I left, I said I was going to Soochow. Three years later, a letter came from Guangzhou.
5. "Chang'e"
Tang Dynasty: Li Shangyin
The shadows of candles on the mica screen are deep, and the dawn stars are gradually sinking in the long river.
Chang'e should regret stealing the elixir, and her heart will be filled with blue sea and blue sky every night.
Translation: Through the screen decorated with mica, the shadow of the candle gradually dimmed. The Milky Way gradually sinks, and the morning stars gradually disappear. Chang'e regretted being lonely and secretly taking the elixir. Now only the blue sky and blue sea accompany her lonely heart every night.