In a gray autumn grass beaten by frost, insects are whispering, and pedestrians around the mountain village are extinct. I came to the front door alone and looked at the fields. I saw the bright moon shining on the endless buckwheat field. The buckwheat flowers on the ground are like a dazzling snowflake.
Village Night is a seven-character quatrain written by the poet Bai Juyi (Tang Dynasty). This poem depicts an ordinary country night in a simple way. The first two sentences describe the thick autumn colors of the village night, while the last two sentences describe the beautiful scenery of the village night. The poet reveals his lonely feelings through the sadness of autumn night.
Original text:
In a piece of autumn grass that was grayed by frost, insects were whispering, and everyone around the mountain village disappeared. Looking at Noda from the front door alone, the moon is in the sky, and the flowers are like snow.
About the author:
Bai Juyi (AD 772-846) was born in Xialuan, Huazhou (now Weinan, Shaanxi) in his later years. In 800 years (the 16th year of Zhenyuan), he was a scholar, and successively served as Zuo Shiyi, Doctor Zanshan in the East Palace, Sima in Jiangzhou, Secretariat of History in Hangzhou and Suzhou, and Taifu.
Bai Juyi is a great realistic poet. His poems have a wide range of themes, diverse forms and simple and popular language. His "Qin Zhongyin and New Yuefu" dares to face the abuses of those in power, reflects people's sufferings and profoundly exposes social contradictions. He was also the main advocate of the new Yuefu movement in the middle Tang Dynasty.
Bai Juyi's narrative poems such as Song of Eternal Sorrow and Pipa Journey are exquisite, vivid and touching, with unique artistic style and extremely wide influence. In the theory of poetry creation, he put forward the views that "articles should be written in time" and "poems should be written for things". There are more than 3,000 existing poems, including Bai Changqing Collection.