Original text:
Singing while drinking, what is life! Like morning dew, it will be more painful every day when it goes away.
Generosity should be treated with generosity, and worries will be unforgettable. How to relieve worries? Only Du Kang.
Qingqing Zijin, my heart is leisurely. But for your sake, I still ponder it.
Yo yo, the deer roars, eating apples in the wild. I have guests who play the harp and sheng.
It’s as bright as the moon, when can you wipe it off? Worry comes from it and cannot be cut off.
The more unfamiliar you are, the more you cross the border, the more useless you are. Qi Kuo talks about Yan, thinking about old kindness.
The moon and stars are sparse, and the black magpie flies south. Three twists and turns around the tree, where is the branch to lean on?
The mountains never get too high and the sea never gets too deep. The Duke of Zhou vomits food, and the world returns to its heart.
Source: Three Kingdoms? Cao Cao's "Dan Ge Xing"
Vernacular translation:
Singing loudly in front of fine wine, how many years can one live? Just like the dew in the morning dries up as soon as the sun rises, it is sad to lament that many days and moons have been lost. Singing passionately, the worries in my heart cannot be forgotten. What can I use to eliminate my worries? Only the fine wine Dukang. The student wearing a blue collar embodies my longing for him. It is because of the longing for talented people that I have been anxious and groaning until now.
The deer howl calls for friends and enjoys the mugwort found in the wilderness. I have distinguished guests, and I know how to entertain them with banquets, drums, and music. When will I recruit the learned and talented people who have promised me the Qingming Festival? My worries come from the bottom of my heart and will not stop day and night. I am sorry that you have traveled a long way through the narrow roads and come here to say hello in vain. We meet again after a long separation and have fun and talk. I am grateful that you still remember the kindness of the past.
On a bright moonlit night, the stars are sparse, and the black magpie looks for support and flies south. Flying around the big tree three times, I wonder if I can stick to that branch? The mountains are never too high, and the sea is never too deep. Treating talented people with humility like Zhou Gong will definitely win the support of people in the world.
"Dan Ge Xing" are two poems written by Cao Cao, a statesman and writer in the late Han Dynasty, based on ancient Yuefu inscriptions. The whole poem is profound in content, solemn and elegant, and full of emotion. It gives full play to the specialty of poetry creation and is accurate. The clever use of Bixing techniques to achieve the purpose of combining reason with emotion and touching people has always been regarded as Cao Cao's masterpiece.
The poem "Dan Ge Xing" expresses the poet's thirst for talents and his ambition to unify the world through singing at a banquet in a calm and frustrated style;