"Missing you makes me grow old, and the years are suddenly too late" means: Missing you makes me sad and thin, and another year is coming soon. It comes from "Xing" by an unknown poet in the Han Dynasty. Go, go, go.”
Original text of the work:
Walking again and again, parting from you.
More than ten thousand miles apart, each at the end of the world.
The road is long and blocked. Do you know if the meeting will be safe?
Huma follows the north wind and crosses the southern branch of the bird's nest.
We are far away from each other, and the clothes are fast.
The floating clouds cover the day, and the wanderer is reckless.
Thinking of you makes you grow old, and the years are suddenly too late.
Don’t give up donating, don’t return to the road, and work hard to get more food.
Translation:
You walked and walked and kept walking, and you and I were separated in this way.
From now on, we are thousands of miles apart. I am on one side of the sky and you are on the other side of the sky.
The journey is so dangerous and far away. Do you know when we want to meet?
The horses from the north still cling to the north wind when they come from the south, and the birds from the south flying north still build their nests on the southern branches.
The longer we are separated from each other, the clothes become looser and the people become thinner.
The floating clouds covered the sun, but the wanderer in a foreign land did not want to return.
Because I miss you, I become sad and thin, and another year comes quickly.
There are a lot of things that I don’t want to say in my heart. I just hope that you will take care of yourself and not suffer from hunger or cold.
Extended information:
Creative background
This is a poem that reflects the grief and sorrow of a missing woman. It is one of the "Nineteen Ancient Poems". There are many opinions about the historical background of "Nineteen Ancient Poems". Yuwen Suo'an believed that early Chinese poetry was a copying system and could not find conclusive evidence that "ancient poetry" was earlier than the Jian'an period. Muzhai proposed that most of the "Nineteen Ancient Poems" and the important components of Jian'an poetry were written by Cao Zhi.
Li Shan's note under the title of "Selected Poems of Zhaoming·Part 1" explains very clearly: "It's an ancient poem, so I don't know the author." He also thinks that it was written in the Eastern Han Dynasty, which is also the first time since the 20th century. Mainstream view. Today's people generally believe that it was not the work of one person at a time, and that it should have been produced in the decades before Emperor Xian of the Eastern Han Dynasty established Jian'an. As for the specific creation time of "Xing Xing Zhong Xing Xing", it is difficult to verify.