Jiuqu Yellow River and Wan Li Sand,
Waves and strong winds swept from the horizon.
Now go straight to the galaxy,
Go to Penny and Weaver's house.
To annotate ...
1. Langtaosha: the name of a tune in the Tang Dynasty.
2. Wind and waves: The Yellow River is covered with sand and the wind and waves are rolling. Tianya: Tianya.
3. The Milky Way: The ancients thought that the Yellow River and the Milky Way were interlinked.
4. Morning glory: the legendary cowherd. He and the Weaver Girl were separated on both sides of the Milky Way because they offended the Emperor of Heaven.
Let them meet once on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.
Modern translation
Wan Li Yellow River twists and turns, innuendo,
The waves roll like a giant wind from the end of the world.
Now you can follow the Yellow River to the Milky Way.
Let's visit the home of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.
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This quatrain imitates the tone of the gold digger, and shows their disgust for the gold digger's career and their yearning for a better life. Living by the river, the Tianhe River where Cowherd and Weaver Girl live is quiet and beautiful, but the gold diggers along the Yellow River are rushing for a living all day. Go straight to the Milky Way and visit Niunv together, pinning their yearning for a quiet rural life. This romantic ideal, poured out in heroic spoken language, has an unpretentious beauty.