"There will be times when the wind and waves break" is a famous line in the first poem of Li Bai's "The Journey Is Difficult".
"Traveling is Difficult Part 1"
Tang Dynasty, Li Bai
Ten thousand dollars worth of wine in gold bottles, and ten thousand dollars worth of delicacies on jade plates.
I stopped eating and threw chopsticks. I drew my sword and looked around at a loss.
If you want to cross the Yellow River, which is blocked by ice, you will have to climb the snow-covered mountains of Taihang.
I was fishing on the Bixi River in my spare time, and suddenly I was riding a boat and dreaming of the sun.
The journey is difficult, the journey is difficult, and there are many divergent paths, but now I am at peace.
There will be times when the wind blows and the waves break, and the cloud sails are hung directly to help the sea.
Translation
The fine wine in the gold cup is worth ten thousand dollars, and the precious dishes in the jade plate are worth ten thousand dollars. But my sadness made me put down my cups and chopsticks and refused to eat. He pulled out his sword and looked around, feeling confused. If you want to cross the Yellow River, the river will be blocked by solid ice; if you want to climb the Taihang Mountains, heavy snow will cover the mountains.
Reminiscing about the time when Jiang Taigong was fishing in Fenxi River and met the talented King Wen; Yi Yin was employed by Shang Tang while riding a boat to dream about the sun. How difficult the road of life is, how difficult it is, and how complicated it is. Where is the real road? I firmly believe that the time to ride the wind and waves will definitely come, and when that time comes, we will set sail and sail across the blue sea and blue sky.
Extended information
Li Bai is a talented poet known to every Chinese. Almost all of us grew up with his poetry. The contemporary poet Yu Guangzhong said, "As soon as he spit out his embroidered mouth, he was half of the prosperous Tang Dynasty." He really wrote about Li Bai's colorful atmosphere to the extreme.
In the sky of Chinese poetry, he is a sun-like existence, emitting dazzling light from almost every angle. Li Bai's charm is almost unlimited, and one of the particularly charming aspects is his always optimistic and confident attitude towards life. And the song that best embodies this attitude is the song "The Road Is Difficult".