Meaning: There is no regret when flowers bloom and fall. Fate comes and goes like running water and cannot be forced.
Flowers bloom and fall without regrets, and fate comes and goes like water. This sentence comes from "The Broken Flower" by Li Qingzhao, a female poet of the Song Dynasty.
Full poem;
Flowers bloom and fall without regret, fate comes and goes like water.
When flowers fade, they bloom, and when flowers fly, they become sad.
The sorrow of flowers is the tears of flowers, and the tears of flowers are the broken flowers.
Flowers dance, flowers shed tears, flowers cry and petals fly.
Who do you thank when the flowers bloom? Who do you feel sad when the flowers wither?
Translation: There is no regret when flowers bloom and fall. Fate comes and goes like running water and cannot be forced. Flowers wither in order to bloom again, but I am sad because the petals fly away. I shed tears for the sadness of the flowers, and my heart breaks for the tears of the flowers. The flying flowers are like the flowers weeping, and the flowers are weeping because of the flying petals. After the flowers bloom, for whom do they wither? And for whom do they feel sad when they wither?
Extended information;
"The Broken Flower" is one of Li Qingzhao's few poetic works. Li Qingzhao took "flowers withering and blooming" as the object of his creation, and expressed his helplessness and sorrow about life through flowers. There are 17 characters for "flower" in the whole poem. Li Qingzhao shows his young and wandering life by describing the scene of flowers blooming and withering.
This song "Broken Flower" is also the author's self-portrait. She uses "Broken Flower" to describe herself to highlight her sad life. Flowers bloom, fall, fade, fly, mourn, cry, break, dance, cry, petals fly. The author goes from a flower, from bud to first blooming, dancing with the wind, and then to withering, petals flying, and a beautiful flower finally broken.
The author is sad for the flowers, weeps for the flowers, and sheds tears for the flowers. In the end, it is for whom the flowers bloom, and for whom the flowers wither are sad. It shows her sentimental personality and is full of the deep sadness of "things are different and people are different".