Untitled last night's stars and wind
Tang Dynasty: Li Shangyin
The stars were bright last night, but there was a cool breeze at midnight. Our banquet is on the side of Hualou Temple and the east of the county.
Without Cai Feng's wings, it is impossible to be Qi Fei in fly with me; The heart is like a soul, and the feelings are the same.
Guessing and intrigue, wine warms the heart; This group of people came to the bet of drinking friends, and a win-lose red in candlelight.
Alas, it's time to call the roll in the morning when you hear the drums of the fifth watch; Riding to Lantai is like the wind in the wind.
Rhyme translation
Last night, the stars were shining, but there was a cool breeze blowing in the middle of the night;
Our banquet is located on the west side of the painting building and on the east side of Guitang.
Without Cai Feng's wings, you can't compare with Qi Fei;
The heart is like a soul, and the feelings are closely linked.
Guess and play with each other, and drink spring wine every other seat to warm your heart;
Let's make a toast in groups. The candles are red.
Alas, when you listen to the five drums, you should go to court;
Riding to Lantai is like Artemisia capillaris floating in the wind.
To annotate ...
1, Cailou, Guitang: They are all metaphors for rich people's houses.
2. Linxi: It is said that rhinoceros has miraculous effects, and there is a white line on the corner, which goes straight to both ends.
3. Hook delivery: also known as Tibetan hook. A game in ancient December was divided into two Cao to compare the outcome. After sending the hook to the other party, it is hidden in one person's hand, which makes people guess.
4. Divide Cao into several groups.
5. Shooting: There is something to guess under the cover. Dividing Cao and shooting Fu may not really mean it, but it is a metaphor for the excitement at the banquet.
6, drums: refers to more drums.
7, it should be an official: I am still at work.
8. Lantai: that is, the secretary province, which is in charge of book cheats. Li Shangyin used to be a secretary. Literally, this sentence means riding to Lantai immediately after attending the banquet, which is similar to the flying of grass, but it also implies self-injury and falling.
Appreciate:
The first couplet twists and turns about last night's party. "Last night's star, last night's wind" is time: the night is very low, the stars shine, and the cool wind blows gently. A night intoxicated by the spring breeze is full of tranquility and romantic warmth. The two "last night" in the sentence are self-righteous, reciprocating, and the tone is soothing, almost thrilling.
"The west of the studio and the east of Guixiangtang" is the location: the west of the exquisite painting building and the east of Guimutang. The poet didn't even write a clear place, but was set off by the surrounding environment. What happened in such a wonderful moment and charming environment, the poet just kept it in his heart alone, but we were involuntarily moved by the amorous feelings shown in the poem.
Zhuan Xu writes about today's lovesickness. The poet has separated from the right person. "Although my body doesn't have wings like Cai Feng" wrote the longing for love and the pain of lovesickness: I hate that I don't have wings like Cai Feng, and I can fly to my lover. "However, I feel the harmonious heartbeat of the sacred unicorn" describes the depth of mutual understanding: their hearts are as close as magical rhinoceros horns.
"Body without body" and "mind with body" are contradictory and wonderful unity of one outside and one inside, one sorrow and one joy. There is sweetness in pain, expectation in loneliness, and the combination of lovesickness and soul-to-soul comfort vividly depicts the complex and subtle mentality of a pair of lovers who love each other deeply but can't be together forever. This couplet has become a famous sentence through the ages.
The necklace couplet "across the spring-wine, while it warms me up, I'll remind you how to bet that shooting in a separate camp covered with wax lights is red" is the excitement written at the banquet. This should be a party attended by both poets and beautiful women. At the banquet, people played the game of hooking and shooting in groups every other seat, and there were flowers, lights and wine everywhere. Yesterday's laughter is still ringing in my ears, and today's banquet may continue, but there are no poets. The enthusiasm of the banquet set off the poet's loneliness, which was rather bleak. "The excitement is theirs, and I have nothing."
The author of "Until the drums beat, alas, call me to Beijing, I got on the horse and left like a cut grass" is helpless in the Jianghu: unfortunately, when I hear the drums announce the dawn, I will be an official, and I will go in and out of the secretary province like grass dancing in the wind. This sentence should explain the reason for leaving a beautiful woman, and at the same time reveal the boredom of any job, suggesting the feeling of being down and out in life.
The whole poem takes psychological activities as the starting point, and the poet's feelings are delicate and true, depicting an emotion that can be understood but cannot be expressed in words, which is confusing and fascinating.