Meaning: How I wish that I was the star and you were the moon, and that you and I would shine bright and white every night.
This poem comes from "Che Yaoyao Pian" by Fan Chengda, a poet of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Original text:
The car is far away and the horse is looking forward to it.
You travel eastward from Shandong to eastward, and you fly hard to chase the west wind.
May I be as bright as the stars and the moon, shining brightly every night.
The moon is temporarily dark, but the stars are always bright.
Stay until the next month and the moon will be full again.
Translation:
The stagecoach gallops on a long journey, its hooves leaping and its shadow swaying along the way.
Your stagecoach has been traveling to the east of Mount Tai for a long time, and you have to follow the autumn wind to pursue it eastward and eastward.
How I wish that I was the star and you were the moon, and that every night your and my bright and white brilliance would shine.
Autumn night! The moon is often hidden in the clouds at dusk, but the stars are shining brightly. I look forward to the moon's appearance!
I look forward to the full fifteenth month when you and I will shine brightly and become a beautiful couple in the sky.
Extended information:
"The car is far away and the horse is standing there" does not describe the person or the mood at the beginning of the pen. It is just a narrative description of the lady riding eastward. The journey is long and the horse is there. Shadows swayed in the sunlight. Such a bland opening, if it is just a single sentence, means nothing.
It's just that this "car is far away and the horse is standing" is Yi Ren's journey to the east, far to the east of Mount Tai. This distance has lengthened the protagonist's longing, and he has no choice but to hold the autumn wind in the east. Go, so that I can chase you. "The so-called beauty is on the other side of the water." I am chasing the wind eastward, but I don't know if I can catch up. The author cleverly uses exaggeration here to make his longing more obvious.
Then the protagonist said, I only wish that I was a star and you were the moon, and that you and I would shine white and shine on each other every night, and stay together forever. Even if the moon is hiding behind the clouds on this autumn night, the stars are still shining brightly, looking forward to the moon's appearance.
When the fifteenth month is full, you and I, the stars and the moon will shine whitely and become a beautiful couple in the sky. The author cleverly uses metaphors here, that is, the poetry's imitation technique more vividly sets off the longing for him or her.