there are tulips in Lanling and amber light in the jade bowl.
but it enables the host to get drunk, and I don't know where is the foreign land.
note
(1) lanling: place name.
(2) but make: as long as.
translation
The wine produced in Lanling has a strong fragrance of turmeric, and it looks like amber in a jade bowl. As long as the host enjoys drinking with me and gets drunk, I don't care if it's home or a foreign land!
Appreciation
It is a very common theme in ancient song creation to express the sorrow of parting and being a guest in another country. However, although this poem is entitled "Hakka", it expresses the author's other feelings. "Lanling wine tulip, jade bowl filled with amber light." Lan Ling, a place to visit, but when it is associated with fine wine, it sweeps away the depressing sadness in a foreign land and has a fascinating emotional color. The famous Lanling wine is made of herbs and turmeric, with a mellow fragrance, and it looks like amber in a crystal-clear and moist jade bowl. The poet's joy and excitement in the face of wine can be imagined.
"But make the host drunk, and I don't know where is the foreign land." These two poems can be said to be both in people's minds and unexpected. It is in people's mind, because it conforms to the natural trend of the previous description and emotional development; It's surprising because a topic like "A Traveler's Bank" seems to imply writing about guest worries. In Li Bai's works, it's a completely different expression. This makes the poem particularly intriguing. The poet is not unaware that he is in a foreign land, and of course he does not want to miss his hometown at all. However, these have been diluted in front of Lanling wine. A feeling of lingering, even being happy to get drunk in front of guests and friends, completely dominated him. From being a guest to being happy without knowing that he is a foreign country, it is precisely this poem that is different from the general travel.
Li Bai moved to East Shandong after his trip to Chang 'an in the early years of Tianbao. This poem was written in Lanling, Donglu, with Lanling as a "guest", which should have been written during the Kaiyuan period, that is, before entering Beijing. At this time, the society presents a prosperous scene of wealth and beauty, and people's mental state is generally high and exciting, while Li Bai values friendship, loves wine and loves to travel, and the scenery of the motherland is beautiful everywhere in his mind. This poem fully shows Li Bai's uninhibited personality and reflects the atmosphere of the times in the prosperous Tang Dynasty from one side.