Bai Juyi's poem "Big Beads and Small Beads Falling on the Jade Plate" comes from "Pipa Play" written by Bai Juyi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. .
Excerpt:
The big strings are noisy like the rain, and the small strings are like whispers. The bullets are noisy and mixed, and big and small beads fall on the jade plate. The orioles in Guan Guan are talking about the slippery bottom of the flowers, and it is difficult to go under the ice of the Youyan Spring. The ice spring is cold and the strings are condensed, and the condensation will never pass the sound for a while. Don't worry and hate yourself. Silence is better than sound at this time.
Translation:
The big string is loud, long and noisy like a storm; the small string is gentle and quiet, like someone whispering. The noisy sounds are intertwined with each other; like big beads and small beads falling from a jade plate in a string.
The sound of the pipa is sometimes like the smooth and smooth sound of birds singing under the flowers, and sometimes it is like the deep, low and intermittent sound of water flowing under the ice. It was as if the sound of the pipa played by the cold water in the spring began to condense, and the condensed and unsmooth sound gradually stopped. It's like another kind of sadness and hatred is secretly growing; at this time, the silence is more moving than the sound.
Poem Appreciation
The poem not only delicately and vividly describes the bleak life experience of the Pipa girl, her exiled life, and the resulting sympathy for each other, but also vividly describes the ups and downs. , the ever-changing sound of the pipa, the wonderful metaphors, and the aphorisms come out one after another, making people feel overwhelmed.
The whole poem is carefully composed, and the narrative, description, lyricism and discussion complement each other, making it appear graceful, lingering and pathos, with a strong artistic appeal. This poem was widely circulated as soon as it was published. This poem and "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" are listed as the author's masterpieces.