The mountains were desolate and silent for twenty-three years.
People come back. Like people in Michelle, I can only play the flute, and I am disappointed.
On one side of the boat, Qian Fan races; At the head of the sick tree, every year is a spring shower.
Today, listen to you sing a song, drink a glass of wine and cheer up.
Translation:
Bashan, the desolate land of Chu River, 23 years of silent exile. I can only play the flute and write poems. I'm disappointed. Things will be different when I come back. I am like a rotten person, sinking my boat and competing for Qian Fan; Before the sick tree, every spring. Listen to your singing today and borrow a glass of wine to cheer up for a while.
This article is excerpted from "The First Meeting of Yangzhou Appreciates Lotte" in Yuxi, Liu Tang.
Poetry analysis:
"Yangzhou's first banquet to enjoy Lotte" is an open-minded expression of the changes of the world and the ups and downs of officials. It shows the poet's firm belief and optimistic spirit, and at the same time implies philosophy, which indicates that new things will definitely replace old things. Liu Yuxi's poems on rewarding mediocrity, which took over Bai Juyi's poems, emphatically expressed his feelings in this specific environment.
In Bai's poems, Bai Juyi expressed infinite feelings about Liu Yuxi's experience, and the last two sentences said: "I also know the name of the quilt, and 23 years is not too much." On the one hand, he lamented Liu Yuxi's unfortunate fate, on the other hand, he praised Liu Yuxi's talent and fame. These two poems contain praise in sympathy, which is very euphemistic. Because Bai Juyi talked about the twenty-third year at the end of the poem, Liu Yuxi went on to say at the beginning of the poem: "Bashan Chu water is desolate, and in the twenty-third year, I gave up on myself."