(Tang) Bai Juyi
The endless grass on the plain comes and goes with the seasons.
Wildfire can't burn it out, but the spring breeze can revive it.
Sweet, they pressed on the ancient highway and reached the crumbling gate.
I once again sent my bosom friend, and the thick grass represented my deep affection.
Farewell to Grass in the Ancient Plain expresses farewell to friends through the description of weeds in the ancient plain.
The first sentence of the poem, "the vast grass crosses the plain", closely follows the title "ancient grass" and describes the lush spring grass with the overlapping word "Li Li". The second sentence "Come and go with the four seasons", and then write the law that weeds in the original world wither in autumn and flourish in spring, and the years are endless. The third sentence and the fourth sentence, "Wildfire didn't completely burn them, but they grew taller in the spring breeze", one wrote "withered" and the other wrote "glorious", all of which showed the meaning of "withered and glorious". No matter how ruthless the fire is, as long as the spring breeze blows, green weeds are everywhere, vividly demonstrating the tenacious vitality of weeds. The fifth and sixth sentences "Incense them to the old high road and reach the crumbling city gate" describe the spread of spring grass and the vast green fields with "invasion" and "connection", and "ancient road" and "desolate city" point out the places that friends are about to experience. The last two sentences, "My friend's prince, you left again, and I heard them sigh behind you", pointed out the original intention of farewell. The metaphor of endless lush spring grass is filled with vilen's feelings of farewell, with a blend of scenes and endless charm. The composition of the whole poem is rigorous, the language is natural, fluent and neat, the scenery is lyrical and harmonious, and the artistic conception is muddy. It is called the swan song in Tuofu. According to You Mao's Complete Tang Poetry, Bai Juyi 16 years old went from Jiangnan to Chang 'an, and went to see the famous Gu Kuang at that time with his poems and songs. Gu Kuang looked at the name and joked, "Chang 'an is expensive, but it's not easy to live in a big place. However, when I opened my book of poems and read "wildfire never quite consumes them, the spring breeze is blowing high" in this poem, I couldn't help exclaiming, "It's not easy to live in such a genius way! "Even the old-timers in the poetry world are impressed, which shows the high artistic attainments of this poem. Very good!