The poems describing sleep include:
1. Song Lu You's "Inscription on the Wall of Laoxue'an": The common people are happy and have no sorrow, but they are old and withered and sleep less.
Translation: In a peaceful world, people are happy and have no worries, but I am so old that I can’t sleep.
2. "Song of Thatched Cottage Broken by the Autumn Wind" by Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty: I have had little sleep since I have lost my temper, so how can I sleep well after a long night of getting wet?
Translation: Since the Anshi Rebellion, I have been sleepless There was very little time, the night was long, the house was leaky and the bed was wet, how could we wait till dawn?
3. "Ten Poems on Insomnia" written by Fang Hui of the Song Dynasty: On a cold and snowy night, I am sleeping in front of a dark lamp. Always thinking too much often leads to less sleep.
Translation: On a cold snowy night, I lay on the pillow in front of a dim lamp. I never sleep well because I think too much.
4. Pre-Qin · "Guan Ju": If you don't get what you want, stay awake and think about it. Leisurely leisurely, tossing and turning.
Translation: I pursue but cannot get her, so I miss her day and night. The long thoughts make me toss and turn and make it difficult to fall asleep.
5. Song Dynasty Fan Zhongyan's "Fisherman's Proud Autumn Thoughts": When a man is sleepless, the general's hair turns white and his husband sheds tears.
Translation: It was late at night, and the soldiers could not sleep peacefully: the general's beard and hair turned white because of the military affairs; the soldiers guarded the border for a long time and shed sad tears.
Extended information:
Poets of all ages attached great importance to sleep and often wrote about it in their poems. Bai Juyi's poem of the Tang Dynasty goes: "Eating vegetables in the morning and evening, sleeping in the middle of the day, that's all for a day. It has been like this for three years." It expresses the author's yearning for a simple life, a life of poverty and happiness.
Indeed, in life, as long as you eat well and sleep well, what else is there to be dissatisfied about?