A Strange Tree in the Courtyard depicts a lonely woman enjoying flowers, and describes a woman's deep nostalgia for her husband who has traveled far away.
Strange Trees in the Courtyard is a always in my heart poem written by Anonymous in the Han Dynasty, which shows that he misses his wife and remembers the distance. It is the ninth of Nineteen Ancient Poems. The original text of the whole poem is as follows:
There are strange trees in the courtyard, and the green leaves are luxuriant. Climbing the bar and folding its glory will be based on the legacy.
the fragrance is full of sleeves, and the road is far away. This thing is expensive, but it feels different from the time.
vernacular interpretation: a beautiful tree in the courtyard, full of green leaves set off dense flowers, is particularly full of spring. I climbed the branches, picked the most beautiful bunch of flowers, and wanted to give it to my loved ones who missed me day and night.
the fragrance of flowers fills the sleeves of my clothes, but the sky is so far away that no one can deliver it to my relatives. It's not that this flower is precious, it's just that I have been away for too long, and I want to express my nostalgia through the flower.
Extended information
This poem is about a woman's deep nostalgia for her husband who traveled far away. From trees and leaves, from leaves and flowers, from flowers and picking, from picking and sending, from sending and thinking. The whole poem consists of eight sentences, which can be divided into two levels, with every four sentences as one level.
The first two poems are "Climbing the bar and folding its glory will leave you thinking." It depicts such a picture: in the courtyard of spring, there is a beautiful tree, which blooms with dense flowers against the background of green leaves, which is particularly vibrant and writes a scene full of spring. However, "in the court" implies that the scenery here is not in nature, but in the boudoir, and it is a poem by always in my heart that expresses homesickness.
So, Sifu appeared: "Climbing the bar to fold its glory will leave you thinking." Facing this flowery scene, Sifu couldn't help climbing branches and folding off the most beautiful bunch of flowers to give to her loved ones who miss her day and night. Sending love with flowers reveals the theme of poetry-missing people who travel far away.
The phrase "fragrant and full of sleeves" closely follows the above two sentences, "Climb the bar to fold its glory, and it will be remembered", and at the same time depicts the preciousness of flowers and the expression of characters. This flower is a "strange tree" flower, and its fragrance is particularly rich and fragrant, which is different from ordinary wild flowers. It can be seen that it is used to express pure love and place deep thoughts on it.
The last two sentences of the poem, "Why is this thing so expensive, but I feel different from the times", are the words of self-consolation that the protagonist has no choice but to say, and also point out the theme of the whole poem. Life is short, and women are like flowers in their hands. They can't stand the wait of time, and they can't stand the wind and rain. Write the distress of thinking of a woman.
Judging from the first six sentences, the poet originally praised the exotic beauty of flowers. But in the end, I suddenly said, "What's so expensive about this thing?", which makes people a little suspicious. In fact, the first suppression of the falling flowers is precisely to promote the theme of "but feeling different from the past". Whether flowers are precious or not, they are all to express the same thoughts and feelings.