Translation:
At the age of ten, I was able to improvise poetry. Most of the candles at the party were lit and the ashes in the wick cooled down. The farewell party drew to a close, and all the people present touched the feelings of parting. In the distance, on the Danshan Road, beautiful tung flowers are everywhere. From time to time, the crisp and mellow songs of the little phoenix come from among the flowers, and it is more pleasant to listen to the call of the old phoenix.
Appreciate:
This poem uses a long title to explain why it was written. Donglang is the nickname of Han Wo, a poet in the late Tang Dynasty. His father Han Zhan was afraid of it, Li Shangyin's good friend and brother-in-law. In the late autumn of the fifth year of Dazhong (85 1), Li Shangyin left Beijing for Zizhou (located in Santai, Sichuan), entered the Liu Zhongying shogunate, and our time was in Dongchuan. Han Wo was only ten years old, and he was able to improvise poetry at a farewell dinner. His talent was shocking. Ten years later, Li Shangyin returned to Chang 'an, re-recited the poems written by Han Wo, recalled the past, and wrote two four-line songs. This is the first one.
Most of the candles at the party were lit and the ashes in the wick were cooled. The use of "cold ashes and candles" means that the farewell party is coming to an end, and the people at the table feel the feeling of parting. It was in this bleak atmosphere that ten-year-old Dong Lang triggered poetry and quickly wrote a farewell poem. These are the first two sentences of this article that describe the scene of that year. The explanation of "Farewell Banquet" is brief, focusing on Dong Lang's poems for the needs of the theme.
My notes are finished. Let's read the comments. How can we not fall into general cliches? The poet compares Dong Lang's father and son to a phoenix by metaphor, and uses "Little Phoenix is brighter than Old Phoenix" to express "Looking at You", translating abstract truth into concrete images. This is not vivid enough, and the poet thinks that the legendary phoenix was born in Danshan, and it loves to inhabit the phoenix tree. After the gallop of imagination, such a fascinating picture has been formed: on the distant Danshan Road, beautiful tung flowers cover the ground, and from time to time, there are crisp and round calls from chicks among the flowers, and it is more pleasant to listen to the call of the old phoenix. What a poetic portrayal! After reading this picture, don't Dong Lang's outstanding youth and handsome poems come to mind?
Dissolving vivid association and imagination and turning facts into virtual situations and pictures is another form of expression of Li Shangyin's poems. A poem that was originally easy to write in an ordinary way has been handed down all the time with the famous sentence "Chickens are bright", which is inseparable from the poet's true feelings for the younger generation.