Translation: The autumn leaves of the phoenix trees beside the golden well are gradually turning yellow, and the bead curtains are not rolled up to know the frost at night.
From: "One of the Five Autumn Poems of Changxin" by Wang Changling of the Tang Dynasty
Original poem:
One of the Five Autumn Poems of Changxin
>The autumn leaves of Jinjing sycamore are yellow, and the bead curtains are not rolled up by the night frost.
The jade pillow in the fumigation cage has no color. I lie down and listen to Nangong Qing's leakage.
Interpretation:
The autumn leaves of the sycamore trees beside the golden well are gradually turning yellow, and the bead curtains are not rolled up to reveal the frost at night.
The smoked cage and jade pillow are like a haggard face, lying quietly and worrying, listening to the long leaking sound of Nangong.
Golden Well: A well with carved decorations on the well railing. Generally used to refer to wells in palace gardens. Pearl curtain: A curtain made of or decorated with pearls. Jade pillow: that is, pillow. Nangong: refers to the residence of the emperor. Extended information
Purpose:
This poem uses deep and subtle writing methods and adopts the technique of using scenery to express emotions, writing about a girl who has been deprived of her youth, freedom and happiness. In the desolate and lonely palace, there is a scene of lying alone and listening to uterine leakage. This is a sleepless night cut from the girl's tragic life.
Author's achievements:
Wang Changling has 181 poems in existence. The genres are mainly Five Ancients and Qijue, and the main themes are parting, frontier fortress, and palace resentment. In terms of quantity, institutional preparation, and wide range of themes, Wang Changling's poems are not as good as those of Li Bai, Du Fu, Gao Shi, and Cen Can, but the quality of his poems is very high. The frontier fortress poems can be combined with Gao Shi and Cen Shen. After the four outstanding figures, there are almost no frontier fortress poems in the poetry world.
Wang Changling's frontier fortress poems are good at capturing typical scenes, with a high degree of generalization and rich expressive power. It not only reflects the main theme of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, but also provides detailed descriptions of the scenery of the frontier fortress and border battlefield scenes. At the same time, it can capture the delicate inner world of the soldiers.
The artistic conception of his poetry is broad, the language is mellow and subtle, the tone is tactful and harmonious, and intriguing. He has high attainments in estrus, landscaping, and freehand brushwork.