The full text is as follows: dead vines and old trees faint crows, small bridges and flowing water, old roads and thin horses. When the sun sets, heartbroken people are at the end of the world.
Literally: At dusk, a group of crows landed on the old vine and made a piercing cry. Under the small bridge, the running water jingles, and the farmhouse next to the small bridge raises smoke. On the ancient road, a thin horse struggled against the west wind. The sunset gradually lost its luster and set from the west. On a cold night, only lonely travelers wander in the distance.
Full text appreciation:
This poem is very short, with only five sentences and twenty-eight words. There is no word "autumn" in the whole song, but it depicts a sad and touching wandering picture of a wanderer at the end of autumn, which accurately conveys the sadness of travelers.
At the beginning of this song, the author drew nine pictures in succession: dead vines, old trees, faint crows, small bridges and flowing water, people, ancient roads, west winds and thin horses. There is love in the scene, and there is a scene in the scene, which is wonderful and harmonious. On the vast and desolate background, the sad feelings of travelers who wander around the world are outlined.
They are all noun conjunctions, omitting all connections, explanations and modifications, but directly combining several images like a montage. The aspect of "image" seems to be isolated, while the aspect of "meaning" has potential connection, which seems to be divorced from reality and out of touch, leaving readers with room for imagination and the possibility of re-creation. This temporarily interrupted the linear narrative process of language to a considerable extent, making the language of poetry more concise, more full and powerful, and greatly enhancing the functions of poetic imagery and spatial presentation.
Compared with these poems, this poem is unique in the juxtaposition of images: first, its images are all common things in nature and society, so their combination is more natural, although the conjunction is omitted, it does not make readers feel jumping and easy to understand; Second, every word and noun is decorated with an adjective, which not only has a strong subjective emotional color, but also reduces the density of images, thus causing a powerful aggregation effect in emotional expression and rendering, that is, "the chord of images"; Third, it is neat and distinct, and the works as a whole also show a spatial arrangement order from near to far. From the old vine to the small bridge, and then to the distant ancient road, the space extends layer by layer, the vision is gradually expanded and complicated, and the author's emotions have also undergone subtle changes, which is intriguing. The last two sentences, as the eyes of the song, make the finishing point and express the author's sadness and homesickness very richly.