This poem is from Jing 'anli, a work by the Tang Dynasty poet Yin. The original poem wrote: the bottom of the lane is bleak and dusty, and it is dusk for the rain. Leisure, there is a clear tone in spring, so you can stand idle and worry, and close the door.
The deep alley is desolate and deserted, isolated from the noise of the market, and the sparse rain at dusk provides some sadness. There was a melodious spring tune in the distance, and the listener stood there for a short time, then sadness came to his heart and gently closed the door.
Yin (780 -855) was born in Jiaxing, Zhejiang. Poets in Tang Dynasty. In the 9th year of Tang Yuanhe (8 14), he was a scholar, served as the magistrate of Yongle County and engaged in Fuzhou, and was the staff of Tanzhou shogunate together with Li Ao, and later served as an adviser to the imperial history, with political achievements. He was friends with Shen Yazhi, Yao He, Tao Yong, Xu Hun and Ma Dai, and also had contacts with Bai Juyi, Li Shen and Liu Yuxi.
Translation skills of ancient poems;
(A) the flexible use of parts of speech
The part of speech of some words in ancient poetry has changed, and sometimes it has the effect of turning decay into magic. Nouns, adjectives and numerals are used flexibly as verbs, adjectives and verbs as nouns, nouns as adverbials, causative usage and intentional usage. It is very common in ancient poetry.
Blank ellipsis
Poetry sentences often jump, so there are omissions and blanks, thus leaving readers room for imagination.
(3) The word order is reversed
Compared with semantic ellipsis, inversion (or word dislocation) structure is more likely to make people misunderstand poetry. In the reading of ancient poetry, we should pay attention to the phenomenon of inversion (or word dislocation) and accumulate common types, which will help us understand poetry and avoid mechanical understanding and misreading.
Intertextuality.
The concept of "intertextuality" means that some words used in adjacent sentences in ancient Chinese poetry (usually in the corresponding positions of the preceding and following sentences) complement each other and combine to express a complete meaning, which is a special rhetorical device in ancient Chinese. Intertextuality helps to render the atmosphere of poetry and make poetry concise and comparative.