The first song, the heroine sews the bill late at night. Phoenix-tailed fragrant Luo is a thin Luo woven with phoenix patterns; Biwen dome refers to the dome with blue patterns. Li Shangyin pays special attention to hints in his poems, and even in the connection of metrical poems, he is often reluctant to write too clearly and directly, leaving some content for readers to appreciate. Like this couplet, it only writes what the protagonist does in the middle of the night, without revealing what it means, and even the gender and identity of the protagonist are not explained clearly. We can infer from the literal meaning of "phoenix tail" and "Biwen dome" and the action of "night sewing" that the protagonist is probably a quiet and lonely boudoir woman. In ancient poetry, Luo Zhang was often used as a symbol of good cooperation between men and women. Quietly sewing Luo Zhang's heroine on a lonely night is probably immersed in reminiscence of the past and deep expectation of meeting each other.
The following is the memory of the heroine, the content of which is an accidental meeting between her and the right person-"Will your shy face stare at a moon-shaped fan, and will your voice drown out the rattle of my carriage?" "The other person drove by in a hurry and covered his face with a round fan because of shyness. Although he met, he didn't say a word From the context, this meeting is not like the first meeting, but the last meeting before "no news". Otherwise, it is impossible to sew Luo Zhang late at night and look forward to meeting you. Just because it was the last unspoken meeting, it reminded me of the past when I didn't hear from each other for a long time, and I felt more and more sorry for losing that opportunity, and the scene of that meeting was more clear and profound in my memory. Therefore, this couplet not only depicts an unforgettable episode in the heroine's love life, but also expresses her complex psychology of regret, disappointment and affection when recalling the past. There is a great leap in the plot between couplets, and there are many things before the last meeting (such as how she met and fell in love with each other, etc.) ) all omitted.
Write down the loneliness of lovesickness after bidding farewell to the neckline. Unlike "Part One", which expresses instant feelings through dramatic fragments, this couplet generally describes life and feelings for a long period of time through the artistic technique of scene blending, which has a stronger lyrical atmosphere and symbolic meaning. In a word, I haven't heard from you since that hasty meeting. How many times have I spent a lonely sleepless night alone with the fading residual lamp? Now is the season when pomegranate blossoms. "Every night, the candle will cry and put out the wick." "Even this bright fire of love will only have ashes?" The dim residual lamp not only exaggerates the lonely atmosphere in the long night, but also seems to be the externalization and symbol of the heroine's hopelessness. In the season when pomegranate flowers are in full bloom, spring has passed. In the lonely expectation, pomegranate bonus may bring her fleeting disappointment and sadness of wasting her youth. "Dark gold embers" and "pomegranate red" seem to inadvertently dye the scenery, but they contain rich emotional connotations. It is indeed a sign of artistic perfection to use the expressive technique of symbolic suggestion so naturally and skillfully without revealing traces.
The end of the couplet is still affectionate expectation. The sentence of "spot" secretly uses Yuefu's "Fairy Song". The meaning of this sentence in Children's Songs of the Ming Dynasty, "Lu Lang looks at the door and refuses to return", probably implies that the right person she has been missing for a long time is not far away from her. Maybe it's just the shore of Ma Chuiyang at the moment, but it's only a short distance. The last sentence of Cao Zhi's "Seven Sorrow" is very poetic, "I wish to be a southwest wind and die in your arms", hoping that a good wind will blow me to the other side. Most of Li Shangyin's excellent love poems are about the pain of lovesickness and the difficulty of meeting, but even hopeless love always runs through a persistent pursuit and a sincere and affectionate "spring silkworms die, and the candle at night is all wick". Hope burns in loneliness, which is what we feel in this poem. This is an important difference between his excellent love poems and those colorful poems that lack deep feelings, and it is also an important reason why these poems can still impress people even if they are branded with the times and class to varying degrees.