Quietly parting
Bai Juyi
Don't cry, hidden parting.
Speechless, secretly missing me.
No one knows outside the two hearts.
The solitary bird is locked in a deep cage at night, and the branches are cut off in spring with a sharp sword.
Although the river water is turbid, sometimes it is clear, and although the aconite is black, sometimes it is white.
There is only separation and secret separation, and there is no later stage of being willing to each other.
It has been more than 20 years since I first read this poem. At that time, the young man did not understand the sadness in it, and felt that it was a kind of helplessness that "a sharp sword cuts off the branches in spring".
When Bai Juyi was young, he fell in love with Xiang Ling, a girl from an ordinary family. However, due to the obstacles of family status and customs, he could not officially get married. When they broke up, the poet wrote a sad poem: "I can't cry, but I can't part with you; I can't speak, I miss you secretly; no one knows about the two hearts... There is no end to the mutual willingness."
"Don't cry, hide in farewell" The tears in the eyes can last, but the separation is far away. At this time, the tears in the eyes represent the poet's helpless feelings of "hidden separation and secret farewell" and a concession to the family background.
"Speechless, secretly longing for lovesickness" can spread. Only the poet himself can understand this kind of longing most clearly, but he has no words, but he has no one to talk to. All that is left to me is lovesickness.
"No one knows outside of two hearts." The youth is innocent and innocent, and the childhood sweethearts are sincere in love. After parting, do the two unknown hearts still know each other and love each other? Could it be that one day they meet and they have already changed?
“A solitary bird is locked up in a deep cage at night, and the branches are cut off by a sharp sword in spring.”
The dark night is like a shadow, swallowing up the sky, locking up a solitary bird at night, poisoning love to death. , the sword slashed evenly and the blood was shed sadly.
“Although the river water is turbid, there will be a clear day, and although the aconite is black, it will be white.” No matter how turbid the river water is, there will be a clear day, and the black hair will eventually turn white. Does the sky have eyes to see clearly from youth to white hair? The feelings of others, that unforgettable love has not changed?
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