First, the original:
Chengdu and Weiyang are different from Wan Li.
The Cangjiang River flows eastward, and the sails go like bird wings.
When Chuck crossed the bridge, he looked east and wept.
Second, translation:
Chengdu and Yangzhou are separated by Wan Li.
The surging river flows eastward, and the open sails spread like birds.
When the Chu people wandered across the bridge, they cried when they looked east at their homeland.
Cen Can (7 18? -769? ), a native of Jiangling, Jingzhou (now jiangling county, Hubei) or Jiyang, Nanyang (now Nanyang, Henan), a poet in the Tang Dynasty, was also called "Gao Cen" with Gao Shi. In terms of literary creation, Cen Can's poems are good at seven-character quatrains, and he has a cordial feeling for frontier fortress scenery, military life and exotic cultural customs, especially frontier fortress poems.
The characteristics of Cen Can's poems;
Magnificent, imaginative, magnificent. Frontier poems are the most outstanding among Cen Can's poems. The greatest features of these frontier poems are the magnificent scenery beyond the Great Wall, impassioned tone and peculiar artistic techniques. Together, they present a magnificent aesthetic feeling.
In Cen Can's frontier poems, he is always full of lofty ideals of being generous to the country and optimistic spirit of taking risks. For example, in "Song of Ben Ma River Farewell to Feng, General of the Western Expedition", the poet used exaggerated words to describe the sinister environment, such as "This September night, the wind was cold on the wheel tower, and the valley was full of gravel like pecking rice, which flowed down with the wind and spilled thousands of miles".
Exaggerate the harsh environment in border areas, and then describe the heroic and invincible image of soldiers, show the scene of strict military appearance, and express the patriotic spirit of soldiers in border areas who are brave in difficulties and obstacles and loyal to serving the country.