Orioles, willows, egrets, blue sky, mountains, snow, and boats. ?
Source: "Quequatrains" by Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty.
Original text:
Two orioles sang in the green willows, and a row of egrets climbed into the blue sky.
The window contains Qianqiu snow of Xiling, and the door is docked with a ship thousands of miles away from Dongwu.
Translation:
Two orioles sang gracefully among the green willows, and a group of egrets soared neatly into the blue sky. Sitting in front of the window, I can see the snow that never melts all year round on the west ridge, and the ships that have traveled thousands of miles away from Soochow are moored in front of the door.
Extended information
The poem starts with a vibrant natural beauty, creating a fresh and relaxed atmosphere. This quatrain seems to be one scene per sentence, four independent pictures, but the poet's inner emotion makes its content consistent. The fresh and light scenery expresses the poet's inner complex emotions, forming a unified artistic conception, among which it is the connecting factor that plays a connecting role. The inner mood of the poet.
On the surface, it shows a lively scene, but within the cheerful and bright scene, it embodies the poet's sense of loss about the passage of time, loneliness and boredom, and also writes about the poet's longing for the future. The complex emotions at the time of hope, apart from the hope, are more of the poet's sentimentality towards disappointment, and the uncertainty and hesitation about whether the hope can come true.
Using fresh and breezy scenery to express the poet's complex inner emotions is exactly the purpose of this poem.