Half drunk and half awake day after day, flowers bloom and fall year after year.
The meaning of this poem is: half awake and half drunk day after day, flowers blooming and falling year after year. The poet uses the blooming and falling of flowers to lament the impermanence of the world and express his feelings about life. It expresses a life attitude of enjoying time and living unrestrainedly.
Verses praising the blooming and falling of flowers: 1. Flowers bloom and fall not long, they fall red all over the ground and return to silence. ——(Southern and Northern Dynasties) Chen Shubao's "Flowers in the Backyard of Yushu". 2. I am afraid that when the flowers bloom and fall, I will stop the geese before returning them. ——(Song Dynasty) Xin Qiji's "Han Palace Spring: Beginning of Spring". 3. Flowers bloom and fall for twenty days, and everyone in the city goes crazy. ——(Tang Dynasty) Bai Juyi's "Peony Fragrance". 4. Huang Si’s natal family is full of flowers, with thousands of flowers weighing down the branches. The butterflies dance all the time, and the orioles sing at ease. ——(Tang Dynasty) Du Fu's "Looking for Flowers Alone by the River Part 6".