Verses with a helpless mood:
1. When will the spring flowers and autumn moon come? How much do you know about the past? There was an east wind in the small building last night, and the motherland could not bear to look back at the bright moon. ——Five Dynasties: Li Yu's "Poppy When Will Spring Flowers and Autumn Moon Come"
Translation:
When will this year's time come to an end? How many past events do we know! Last night, the spring breeze blew again from the small building. On this night with the bright moon in the sky, how could I bear the pain of recalling my homeland.
2. Once upon a time, everything was difficult to overcome, except Wushan. ——Mid-Tang Dynasty: Yuan Zhen's "Lisi"
Translation:
Those who have experienced the incomparably deep and vast sea will find it difficult to attract him to the water elsewhere; except for the clouds of Wushan with its steaming clouds and rosy clouds. , the clouds elsewhere are eclipsed.
3. It’s just a frown, but it’s in the heart. ——Northern Song Dynasty: Li Qingzhao's "One Cut Plum"
Translation:
Ah, what cannot be ruled out is that - this lovesickness, this sorrow of separation, just disappeared from the slightly frowning eyebrows, and then faintly lingered It came to mind.
4. Young people don’t know the feeling of sorrow and fall in love with the upper floors. Fall in love with the upper floors. In order to compose new words, I forcefully express my sorrow. ——Song Dynasty: Xin Qiji's "Ugly Nuer·Shubo Mountain Road Zhongbi"
Translation: When people are young, they don't know the taste of sorrow and like to climb high and look far away. I like to climb high and look far away, and reluctantly express my sorrow in order to write a new poem about "no worries".
5. Continuous cutting and confusion are the symptoms of divorce. Don't just have the ordinary taste in your heart. ——Five Dynasties: Li Yu's "Happy Meeting·Speechless Heading to the West Tower Alone"
Translation: The constant cutting and unclear reasoning, which makes people feel confused and numb, are exactly the pain of country subjugation. . The lingering sorrow lingered in my heart, but it was another kind of indescribable pain.