The ancients studied life poetically and made friends with literature. Life is full of poetry, subtle and elegant expression. Now people express themselves more directly.
For example, when people express their love, they just say "I like you", "I love you" or "I love you"? You. Interestingly, the Japanese translation of I love you is not "I love you", but "The moonlight is really beautiful tonight". There is an old expression of love.
Now, if your girlfriend asks you, "Do you love me?" You answered "The moonlight is really beautiful tonight". I think your girlfriend will be devastated. Unless two people like it this way.
If you want to express "I don't love you", now you may just say "Let's break up", "We are not suitable", "We can't get along" and so on. How to express "I don't love you" in ancient poetry?
I'm in the same boat as you, and I'll go home when I get to the shore;
Help each other in the same boat with the one you love, and go their separate ways to the other side. The separation was so fast that even the handwriting on the bamboo slips didn't dry, which made people cry. The good things we have gone through together, even if we don't give up, if we don't get along, we will eventually go our separate ways.
"It is better to forget each other than to care about each other";
Allusions: From Zhuangzi's Master in the Inner Story and Zhuangzi's Tian Yun in the Outer Story. It means giving up emotional obsession and welcoming the world with a brand-new self. It is better to wander in the rivers and lakes than to be together. If you don't love, why bother to be together in pain? Twisted melons are not sweet.
"Husband and wife are birds in the same forest, and when disaster strikes, they fly separately";
No matter how deep the love between husband and wife is, life is like a bird in the forest, which will naturally leave at the end of life. From this perspective, this should also be the original intention of this sentence, because sages who advise people to be kind will never teach couples to leave their husbands or wives who share weal and woe, stick together in benevolence and righteousness, say "bye-bye" and then "fly separately" when disaster strikes.
There is also "Wen Jun has two meanings, so he wants to refuse"; "The world is safe and stable, and we must not live up to the Tathagata." ...
There are many such poems, and the above are my favorite. Have you found a poem in ancient poetry that you think can express your "I don't love you"? Welcome to share your message.