First, the original:
The purple mist is illuminated by sunlight, and the waterfall hangs in front of the mountain. On the high cliff, it seems to be thousands of feet high, which makes people think that the Milky Way has fallen from heaven to earth.
Second, translation:
The censer peak gives birth to a purple mist under the sunlight, and a waterfall hangs in front of the mountain like white satin from a distance. There seem to be several waterfalls in thousands of feet on the high cliff, which makes people think that the Milky Way has fallen from the sky to the ground.
Third, appreciate:
This is a landscape poem written by Li Bai when he lived in seclusion in Lushan Mountain at about fifty years old. This poem vividly depicts the magnificent scenery of Lushan Waterfall and reflects the poet's infinite love for the great rivers and mountains of the motherland. The first sentence is "Purple smoke from the Rizhao incense burner". "Incense burner" refers to the incense burner peak of Lushan Mountain. This peak is in the northwest of Lushan Mountain, with a sharp and round shape, like a censer.
Because of the waterfall, water vapor transpiration, in the bright sunshine, as if there is an indomitable spirit incense burner, purple smoke rises in Ran Ran. This sentence set a magnificent background for the waterfall, and also rendered the atmosphere for the following direct description of the waterfall. This poem is very successful in metaphor, exaggeration and imagination, with unique conception, vivid language and bright washing.
The creative background and author introduction of Lushan Waterfall;
First, create a background:
These two poems are generally believed to have been written by Li Bai when he visited Lushan Mountain for the first time on his way to Jinling in the 13th year of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty (725). Wu Xiaoru believes that these two poems of Li Bai are different in genre and partly repetitive in content, which are not temporary works. According to Li Bai's collection of poems Ren Hua wrote Li Bai's Miscellaneous Words, Zhan Ai thinks that the first five ancient poems were written by Li Bai before he entered Chang 'an in Kaiyuan years.
Second, the author profile:
Li Bai (70 1-762), whose real name is Taibai, was named a violet layman. He is the most unique and greatest romantic poet after Qu Yuan. He has the reputation of "poetic immortal" and is also called "Du Li" with Du Fu. His poems are mainly lyrical, showing the arrogant spirit of contempt for powerful people, expressing sympathy for people's sufferings, being good at depicting natural scenery and expressing his love for the mountains and rivers of the motherland.
The poetic style is magnificent and bold, the imagination is rich, the language flows naturally, the melody is harmonious and changeable, and it is good at absorbing nutrients and materials from folk literature and myths and legends, which constitutes its unique magnificent and gorgeous color and reaches the peak of poetic art in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. There are more than 1000 poems, including 30 volumes of Li Taibai's Collection.