1. "Tian Jia Yuan Day"
Meng Haoran of the Tang Dynasty
The battle returned to the north last night, and now we are rising east.
I have become an official in my old age, but I am still worried about farmers without a salary.
The father plowed the fields, and the shepherd boy followed him with the hoe.
The Tian family accounts for the climate, and the emperor said that this year will be good.
Translation: Last night the handle of the Big Dipper turned to the east, and this morning the new year began again. I am forty years old this year. Although I have no official position, I still worry about the people. Close to the farmers working in the fields full of mulberry trees, carrying hoes and working together with the shepherd boys. Farmers speculated on this year's natural climate and said it would be a good harvest year.
2. "Ci rhyme Lu Qianxian Yuan Day Chunqing"
Ming Dynasty Wang Shouren
The sun sets in the city and there is snow outside the city, but it is cloudy and sunny ten miles away.
We also know what the purpose of creation was, and the bottom line is that people’s suffering has not yet subsided.
The reflection on the balcony of Bai Mansion is reflected, and the cold sound of Mao Ci pines and bamboos is heard.
Don’t lie down stiffly in a quilt, the accumulation of elements will still reach the dawn.
Translation: There is still sunset in the city but it is snowing outside. Even though we have been together for more than ten miles, the weather is so different. Do you know what the Creator means? Could it be that the suffering in people's hearts has not been smoothed over yet. The tower of the Yushi Mansion is reflected in the water, and the pine and bamboo trees in the thatched hut are filled with chills. Don’t worry about freezing while sleeping if you have a quilt. If you have more patience, you will always wait until dawn.
3. "A gift of wine to a young man on New Year's Eve"
Chen Shidao of the Song Dynasty?
How can I support myself at the end of the year? There are not many guests in front of the lamp.
In a lifetime of troubles, there is only one dream that may or may not come true.
Short hair and worry make it white, and the beauty is faded by wine.
My song and dance are similar to those of you.
Translation: Another year has passed, the guests under the lamp have not lost their career aspirations, but I have nothing to rely on. I spent the first half of my life in sorrow, and the things in my dreams could not be realized in reality. Worry and worry have shortened my hair and turned it gray, and my haggard face has turned red due to the power of alcohol. When I sing and you dance, we are both in roughly the same situation.
4. "Wish Yingtai is approaching, the beginning of spring on New Year's Eve"
Wu Wenying of the Song Dynasty
The scarf is red, the green is cut, and the flower letter is on the hairpin. The east wind is blowing with the sun, but it won't let the years go by. Someone adds a candle to the west window, sleepless dawn invades, laughter comes, and the New Year's orioles sing.
Old respect for you. Yuxian once broke yellow tangerine, and its soft fragrance is quiet and elemental. By the lakeside of Guimeng, I am still fascinated by the road in the middle of the mirror. Poor Qiandian Wushuang, endless sales in the cold, and facing each other, the plum blossoms are falling like rain.
Translation: Cut a red flower to carry the spirit of spring. Exquisite flowers and leaves, with a warm feeling of spring, are placed on the beauty's head. The setting sun slowly sets, as if leaving its last moments behind. Someone added new oil under the window and lit the lights to keep the New Year's Eve. People stayed up all night, welcoming the New Year with laughter and joy.
Recalling the old New Year’s Eve banquet, the beauty Bai Jiu’s delicate hands cut the oranges herself. That gentle fragrance is still in my heart. I longed to return to the lake in my dream. The lake was like a mirror, which made people forget to leave. I lost the path and didn't know where I was. Poor Wu's white frost-dyed hair is like stars, as if the spring breeze cannot melt the frost, not to mention the patches of hair falling like rain and snow against the fallen plum blossoms.
5. "Die Lian Hua·Wu Shen Yuan Ri Chun Banquet"
Song Dynasty·Xin Qiji
Who wins the prize by wearing a colorful hairpin on a pepper plate? Throughout my time, I strive to have spring breeze on my temples. I can’t bear to remember the past, and I hate the new year because the flowers will grow.
Let me ask you a question when spring comes. Late in the evening, I regret starting late, and early in the morning, I feel so close. The news about the flowering period this year is certain, but I am worried that the wind and rain will not be accurate.
Translation: The new year is coming, and the whole group of people, who are enjoying their beautiful years, are scrambling to take out the spring flags from the pepper trays and put them on their temples. The spring breeze blows the flags on their heads, which is very beautiful. It’s not that I don’t like spring, but that kind of life has long become a distant memory. In the past, I often resented spring because of the flowering period.
I started to inquire about the flowering period before spring this year, but the flowering period is short. If it blooms late, it makes people impatient to wait, and if it blooms early, it makes people worry that it will wither soon.
This year is the first day of spring, and the flowering period should be determined. However, the ups and downs after spring are unpredictable. Who knows whether the flowers will bloom as expected this year?