1. "Song with King Xiang" The Two Han Dynasties: Yu Ji
The Han soldiers have captured the territory, and the songs of Chu are heard from all directions.
The king is exhausted, how can I survive as a lowly concubine!
Interpretation:
The Han army has occupied our Chu army’s position, and the sound of Chu songs from the Han army’s camp can be heard in all directions. Your Majesty (Xiang Yu), your overlord spirit no longer exists (prepare to die in a bloody battle), why should I abandon you and live alone?
2. "Moyu'er·Yanqiu Ci/Maipitang" Jin Dynasty: Yuan Haowen
Asking in the world, what is love? Does it mean life and death? Traveling from all over the world, Lao Wing has experienced the cold and heat several times.
Happiness is fun, parting is painful, and there are even more idiotic children. Jun should say: Thousands of miles of clouds and dusk snow on thousands of mountains. To whom is the shadow going?
On Hengfen Road, the flute and drum were played in loneliness, and the desolate smoke is still plain. How come the souls are summoned, and the mountain ghosts secretly cry in the wind and rain.
The sky is also jealous, and if you don’t believe it, the birds and swallows will all be in the dust. For thousands of years, in order to entertain the scholar, he sang and drank wildly and visited Yanqiu.
Interpretation:
Oh my God! I would like to ask everyone in this world, what is love that makes these two flying geese treat each other in life and death? Flying south and returning to the north, we have flown together with each other. No matter how cold the winter or the summer, they still love each other and depend on each other. Although we are happy to fly together, parting is really painful and uncomfortable. At this moment, I realized that these infatuated geese are actually more infatuated than the infatuated children in the world!
The lovers who depended on each other and were inseparable have passed away. The sincere Yan'er should know in his heart that he has traveled thousands of miles and is alone, with a long and uncertain future. Every year in the cold and summer, he flies thousands of miles over thousands of mountains, and the morning wind and evening snow blow. Losing the love of your life and being alone, what's the point of living on your own terms?
This Fenshui area was originally a place where Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty visited for pleasure and pleasure. Whenever Emperor Wu went on tour, there would always be noisy flutes and drums, and singing and singing everywhere. It was so lively. But now it is a place of cold smoke and decaying grass. Depression and neglect. Emperor Wu is dead, and summoning his soul is of no avail. The female mountain goddess cried in vain because of this, but the deceased will never come back again!
The love between the two geese in life and death is even jealous of God. The wild geese that die in love will never be like the orioles and swallows, and turn into a handful of dust after death. He will leave a name that will last forever in the world. Singing and drinking wildly, they visited the hometown of Yanqiu Tomb to pay homage to the deceased couple.
3. "Yan of a Chaste Woman: A Letter to Master Li Sikong in Dongping" Tang Dynasty: Zhang Ji
You know that I have a husband, so you give me a pair of pearls. Feeling your lingering feelings, tied in red Luo Ru.
The high-rise buildings of my concubine’s house are connected to the garden, and my beloved man is holding a halberd in the bright light. I know that my heart is like the sun and the moon, and my husband's oath is like life and death.
Huanjun’s pearls shed tears, why not meet again when they are not married.
Interpretation:
You knew that I already had a husband, but you still wanted to give me a pair of pearls. I am grateful in my heart for your lingering affection and tying the pearl on my red short shirt. The high-rise building in my house is connected to the royal garden, and my husband is on duty in the palace with a halberd. Although I know that you are sincere and open-minded, I have vowed to fight with my husband through life and death. Returning your twin pearls brings tears to my eyes, regretting that I did not meet you before I was married.
4. "Drumming" Pre-Qin Dynasty: Anonymous
Beat the drums and boring them, and actively use troops. I am heading south alone for the city canal of Tuguo. From Sun Zi Zhong, Ping Chen and Song Dynasty. If I don't return home, I will feel worried.
Love in the right place? Love and lose his horse? In order to seek it? Under the forest. The agreement between life and death is broad, and it is said by Zicheng. Hold your son's hand and grow old together.
I can’t live without you. Yu Xunxi, I don’t believe you.
Interpretation:
The sound of drumming is ringing (in the ears), and the soldiers are training bravely. (People) stayed in the country to build forts, and I was the only one to go south. Following Sun Tzu Zhong, he defeated Chen and Song (two countries). I was not allowed to go home, which made me worried. So where are the people? So where did the horse get lost? Where to find it? In the mountains and forests. Life and death, gathering and separation, I once told you. Hold your hand and grow old with you.
Oh, it’s been too long. Make it impossible for me to meet (with you). Alas, it is too far away for me to fulfill my oath.
5. "Leaving a Farewell Wife" Han Dynasty: Su Wu
They became husband and wife, and their love was unquestionable. Joy is in this evening, and grace is in good times.
On a long journey, what will happen when you look up at night? All the ginseng and dust are gone. I will say goodbye now.
We are on the battlefield, but we haven’t seen each other for a long time. Shake hands and let out a long sigh, crying to make a living.
Love Chunhua with all your strength, and don’t forget the happy times. Life is a time to come back, death is a longing for love.
Interpretation:
As soon as I became husband and wife with you, I will never doubt that I will be in love with you until we grow old. I am in love with you and am intoxicated with the happiness tonight. What a wonderful time! But tomorrow I will travel for my country and I have to get up to see when it is dawn. When the stars disappear in the horizon, I have to say goodbye to you, because I have to go to the battlefield and I don’t know when I will be reunited with you.
It is also happy to hold hands with you reluctantly for a long time. We shed tears involuntarily because this may be the last time you and I meet in this life. I cherish every moment of happiness now. I will never forget such a happy and joyful time falling in love with you. If I am lucky enough to live, I will definitely come back to you.
If I die unfortunately, I will miss you forever...