Author: anonymous
Poetry: Altair
Distant Altair, Jiao Jiao Hehan girl. Skillful hands, make a loom.
There is no chapter all day, and tears are pouring down. The river is clear and shallow, how much is the difference! Between water and water, there are no words.
A distant and bright Altair, a bright and distant Vega. The weaver girl is waving her long white hands, and the loom keeps ringing.
Because of lovesickness, she couldn't weave any patterns all day, and tears scattered all over the floor like rain. They are not far from each other only by the clear and shallow Milky Way. Across the clear and shallow banks of the Milky Way, they stared at each other silently.
Extended data background:
In China, the folk stories about Petunia and Weaver Girl originated very early. This poem "Far Morning Altar" in Nineteen Ancient Poems describes the separation of the morning glory and the weaver girl. Its era was in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, slightly earlier than that of Cao Pi and Cao Zhi. Comparing this poem with the works of Cao Shi brothers, we can see that the story of Petunia and Weaver Girl was finalized from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Wei and Jin Dynasties.
Appreciate:
This poem, based on the myth that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl can't meet each other across the Milky Way, observes the parting pain of the couple from the perspective of a third party and expresses their pain and sadness caused by frustration in love.