Full poem: Pingping is more than thirteen years old, and the cardamom leaves are in early February. The spring breeze is ten miles away on Yangzhou Road, and it is not as good as rolling up the bead curtain.
This poem comes from "One of Two Farewell Poems" written by Du Mu in the Tang Dynasty. The girl of thirteen or fourteen years old has a graceful posture and a light and beautiful manner, just like a bud waiting to bloom in February. cardamom flower. Translated as: The girl of thirteen or fourteen has a graceful posture and a light and beautiful manner, just like the cardamom flower that is just about to bloom in February. The spring breeze of the ten-mile Yangzhou Road was blowing, and the beauty in the beaded curtain and green curtain could not compare with her beauty.
This poem is a poem by the poet as a farewell to a geisha with whom he is in love. Judging from another poem with the same title, "Sentimental but always ruthless," we can see that the relationship between them is quite deep. However, that poem focused on "saying goodbye", but this one focused on praising the beauty of the other person and arousing the feeling of saying goodbye. "Pingping is more than thirteen years old, and the cardamom leaves are in early February." The first two sentences of this little poem say that the beautiful posture and light demeanor are exactly thirteen years old, just like a cardamom flower in bud in early February.
Introduction to the author
Du Mu (AD 803-about 852), courtesy name Muzhi, also known as Fanchuan Jushi, Han nationality, was born in Jingzhao Wannian (now Xi'an, Shaanxi Province), and was a poet of the Tang Dynasty . Du Mu was called "Xiao Du" to distinguish him from Du Fu. Together with Li Shangyin, he is known as "Little Li Du". Because he lived in Fanchuan Villa in South Chang'an in his later years, he was called "Du Fanchuan" by later generations and wrote "Collected Works of Fanchuan".
The above content refers to the ancient poetry website - Pingping was more than thirteen years old, and the cardamom sprouts were in early February.