The pronunciation of skew is xiá.
Original poem:
An old friend brings chicken and millet and invites me to Tian’s house.
The green trees are adjacent to the village, and the green mountains and hills are sloping outside.
Open a dining room and chat over wine.
On the Double Ninth Festival, I will come to see chrysanthemums.
Translation:
An old friend prepared a sumptuous meal and invited me to his farmhouse as a guest. Green woods surround the village, and a line of green hills looms faintly outside the city walls. Open the window and face the farm and vegetable garden, drink wine and chat about farming. When the Double Ninth Festival comes, I will come here to watch the chrysanthemums.
Source: "Passing the Old Friend's Village" by Meng Haoran of the Tang Dynasty
Poem Appreciation
"The old friend brought chicken millet and invited me to Tian's house." The old friend used the unique characteristics of Tian's house The flavor invites the poet as a guest, and the poet comes as soon as he is invited. The concise and simple narrative reveals their deep friendship. "The green trees border the village, and the green mountains slant outside." When the poet arrived at Tian's house, he saw the small mountain village surrounded by dense green trees, and a line of green mountains winding outside the city. These two sentences use the interweaving of far and near, and alternating density and density to draw a picture of a mountain village with distinct scenery.
"Green trees surround the village, and green mountains slant outside." When the poet arrived at Tian's house, he saw a small mountain village surrounded by dense green trees, and a chain of green mountains winding from outside the city. These two sentences use the interweaving of far and near, and alternating density and density to draw a picture of a mountain village with distinct scenery. The word "合" shows that the mountain village has its own unique world, and the word "Xie" shows the way that the mountain and the village are dependent on each other, both of which reveal the poet's appreciation and love for the mountain village.
The two sentences "Open a pavilion and a garden, talk about mulberry and hemp over wine" describe the scene of entertaining guests. The host and guest looked out at the vegetable garden outside the window, drank from their glasses, and talked eloquently about the farm's mulberry and hemp crops. They really hit it off. These two sentences also outline the beautiful and peaceful environment of Tianjia, making people appreciate the rich rural flavor and earthy atmosphere.
"On the Double Ninth Festival, I will come back to see the chrysanthemums." Write a farewell scene. The word "Ji" means that you will come next time without being invited. These two sentences express the poet's pleasure as a guest and his attachment to the farmhouse. The poem ends here, but the words are exhausted but the emotion is not exhausted.