All the birds are flying high, and the lonely cloud is alone.
These two sentences seem to describe the scene in front of me, but in fact, they describe all the sadness: several birds flew high in the sky and flew away until they disappeared without a trace; there was still a white cloud in the long sky, but He didn't want to stay, and slowly drifted farther and farther away, as if everything in the world was rejecting the poet.
"Sitting Alone on Jingting Mountain" by Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty, the original text is:
All the birds are flying high, and the lonely cloud is alone.
I never get tired of seeing each other, only Jingting Mountain.
Translation:
The birds are flying high without a trace, and the lone cloud is free and leisurely.
You look at me, I look at you, we don’t hate each other, it’s just me and the Jingting Mountain in front of me.
Extended information
Creative background:
In the second year of the Yuan Dynasty (761), Li Bai was over sixty years old. After experiencing the Anshi Rebellion, he was wandering. After experiencing the misfortune of being imprisoned and the humiliation of being exiled for a crime, when Li Bai came to Xuancheng for the seventh and last time, there was no longer the scene of the old friends and friends greeting him and seeing him off. There is no longer the unrestrained style of drinking in the Beilou and discussing poetry in the pavilion.
He staggered up Jingting Mountain alone, sat alone for a long time, and was moved by the scene. He was very sad, and the loneliness and desolation came to his heart. He couldn't help but sing "Sitting Alone on Jingting Mountain", an eternal masterpiece. . This is more in line with the time and space background of Li Bai's creation of this poem.
Appreciation of the main theme:
On the surface, this poem describes the joy of traveling alone in Jingting Mountain, but its deeper meaning is the poet's unparalleled loneliness in his life. The personification of Jingting Mountain depicts the poet's loneliness and lack of talent, but also his determination to seek comfort and sustenance in nature.
The first two sentences of this poem, "All the birds are flying high, and the lonely clouds are leaving to relax." The two words "exhaust" and "idle" lead readers into a "quiet" realm. Leisure is mainly used to express leisurely feelings, and the leisurely mood of Guyun is used to set off the leisurely mood of the author. These two words enhance the artistic conception of "independence". The main reason is that the author is sitting alone but in a leisurely mood, which is in line with Li Bai's own immortal thoughts.
The last two sentences, "Jingting Mountain is the only place we never tire of looking at each other," use romanticism to personify and personalize Jingting Mountain. "We never tire of seeing each other" expresses the deep feelings between the poet and Jingting Mountain. The words "phase" and "liang" are synonymous, closely linking the poet with Jingting Mountain, showing strong feelings.
At the same time, "looking at each other" also points out the lonely scene of only "mountain" and "me" at this moment, which overlaps with the word "two", and the mutual dependence between mountains and people arises spontaneously. The word "only" in the conclusion is also refined, which highlights the poet's love for Jingting Mountain.
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