The boat floats lightly in the distance, and the wind flutters and blows the clothes. I asked Zheng Husband about the way forward, and I hated the faintness of the morning light.
The meaning of this poem is: The boat floats gently on the water, and the breeze blows the clothes. I asked pedestrians about the road ahead, but unfortunately it was dawning too slowly.
Original text:
Come back and come back, will the fields be full of wild beards? Since you regard your heart as a servant, you are ridiculed and melancholy and only sad? If you understand the past, you can't admonish it, but if you know what's coming, you can pursue it. In fact, the lost path is not far away. I feel that what is now is but yesterday was not. The boat is sailing far away, the wind is blowing and the clothes are blowing. I asked Zheng Husband about the way forward, and I hated the faintness of the morning light.
Interpretation:
Go home! The countryside is almost deserted, why not go back? Since my soul is at the mercy of my body, why am I so frustrated and sad alone? Realize that the mistakes of the past are irreversible, and know that there is still time to make amends for the future. It is probably not too far away that you have indeed gone astray. You have realized that what you are doing now is right and what you did in the past was wrong. The boat floats gently on the water, and the breeze blows the clothes. I asked pedestrians about the road ahead, but unfortunately it was dawning too slowly.
Appreciation:
"Come back, I will never return to the countryside!" These two sentences are like a wake-up call to yourself, which expresses the profound understanding of life. In the poet's deep consciousness, pastoral is the root of human life and a symbol of free life. The countryside will be barren, which means the loss of roots and the loss of freedom. Coming back is the call of the countryside. It is also the call of the poet’s nature. "Since you take your heart as a slave, you feel melancholy and sad alone." This means that you make your mind a slave of your body. Since you are the one who suffers, why should you be melancholy and sad alone? Just let the past go. The poet's attitude towards life is solid. "When you understand the past and don't admonish it, you know that you can catch up with what is coming. It's not too far to go astray, and you realize that what you are now is but what you were yesterday was not." The past cannot be undone, but the future can be grasped. It is a mistake to become an official, but it is not too late to return to seclusion. This "enlightenment", "knowledge" and "awareness" show that the poet has grasped himself and gained new life. "The boat is sailing far away, the wind is blowing and the clothes are blowing. I ask my husband the way forward, and I hate the dim light of the morning." These four sentences describe the poet's imagination of returning home by land and water, day and night. The boat is so light and the wind is blowing my clothes, I can see that I feel relieved when I abandon my official position. The morning light is dim, and I wish I could not see the road, but I see that my heart is like an arrow returning home. This is the rush to freedom out of prison. Even Lu Xing asked the pedestrians, that little thing was real and gratifying.