Original poem:
Silly children don't do official business, and they rely on yat sen villa for quick things.
Qian Shan has a vast sky, and Chengjiang has a bright moon.
Zhu Xian is already a beauty, and her young eyes are chatting with wine.
Wan Li returned to the ship to play the flute, which is why we made an alliance with Bai Ou.
Translation:
I'm not a big shot, I'm just perfunctory. Taking advantage of the rain at night, I went to the express pavilion to relax. From a distance, it is early winter, when all the trees are depressed and the world is wider. In the bright moonlight, Chengjiang flows clearly into the distance.
My friends are far away, and I have no interest in playing the string and flute. Only when I see wine will my eyes show joy. Think about the fetters of life. Being an official is not as good as finding a boat to play the flute, and being with Bai Ou is not a better destination.
Author: Huang Songting Jian
Poetry appreciation
This poem was written in the fifth year of Yuanfeng, and Huang Tingjian knew Taihe County of Jizhou. Kuaige is a scenic spot in Taihe, facing the Ganjiang River. The first couplet "I am crazy and busy with business, and things in the pavilion depend on the sunset", and the poet is free and lookout. Zhuan Xu's poem "The sky is far away in Qian Shan, the moon is bright and the river is clear" describes the scenery in front of him, with bright images and lofty realm, and it is also a portrayal of the poet's romantic heart and personality.
The necklace couplet "Zhu Xian became a beauty, and young people talked about it because of wine" melted Boya's death for Zhong Ziqi, and Ruan Ji's death for blue eyes, lamenting that there was no confidant in the world, and chatting through wine to give gifts. The couplet "Wan Li returns to the boat to play the flute, and this heart is aligned with the alliance", expressing his thoughts of seclusion and expressing his desire to go boating in the rivers and lakes, be friends with gulls and be companions with nature.
The whole poem is full of gas and strong brushwork. This poem is rich in allusions, concise in words and sentences, novel and interesting. Words such as "lean", "absolute", "horizontal" and "take off" are all very novel, which embodies the poet's creative proposition of "taking the old as the new and the vulgar as the elegant".