From the Tang Dynasty Li Shangyin's "Give Lotus", the original text is:
People in the world have different descriptions of flowers and leaves. They plant flowers in beautiful golden pots, but regardless of the flowers and leaves, they fall into the soil and become dust.
Only the lotus flower is matched with red flowers and green leaves. The lotus leaf has a roll of Shu, and the lotus flower has a bloom, which is so perfect and natural.
This flower and this leaf set each other off, and the green color reduced the red color, killing people!
Translation:
People in the world have different views on flowers and leaves. They planted flowers in beautiful golden pots, but left them in the soil and turned them into dust.
Only lotus flowers with red flowers and green leaves, lotus leaves curl and relax, and lotus flowers open and close, which is so perfect and natural.
Lotus and lotus leaf have set each other off for a long time. What a pity it is when the lotus leaves fall and wither.
Extended data
Creative background:
Li Shangyin was newly married in the third year (838), and violet and red lotus were the scene of midsummer. This poem was written in Jingyuan this summer. Mrs. Wang can write poems, so Li Shangyin gave it to her by writing poems.
Ideological theme:
The first four sentences of this poem compare lotus flowers with other flowers, highlighting the special beauty of lotus flowers and lotus leaves. The deeper meaning is that he and his wife are a match made in heaven; The last two sentences describe the poet's expectation and anxiety. The whole poem is euphemistic and implicit, elegant in style, profound in thought and intriguing.
About the author:
Li Shangyin (about 8 13-858), born in Yuxi, xi, was a famous poet in the late Tang Dynasty. He and Du Mu are called Xiao, Li He and Li Bai are called Sanli, and Wen Li is called Wenli.
Li Shangyin was one of the few poets who deliberately pursued the beauty of poetry in the late Tang Dynasty and even the whole Tang Dynasty. He is good at poetry writing, and parallel prose also has high literary value. His poems are novel in conception and beautiful in style, especially some love poems and untitled poems are touching, beautiful and moving, and are widely read. But some poems (represented by Jinse) are too obscure and confusing to solve.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Give Lotus
Baidu Encyclopedia-Li Shangyin