"A long love brings long memories, but a short love brings endless memories." It comes from Li Bai's "Three Five Seven Words/Autumn Wind Ci", which means: Eternal lovesickness and eternal memories, but short-lived lovesickness is endless. .
Three Five Seven Words/Autumn Wind Ci
The author Li Bai lived in the Tang Dynasty?
The autumn wind is clear, the autumn moon is bright,
The fallen leaves gather and disperse , the jackdaw roosts and is startled again.
When will we know each other when we miss each other? It’s embarrassing to be here this night!
Enter my lovesickness door and know that my lovesickness is painful.
The long-term lovesickness means long-lasting memories, but the short-term lovesickness means endless love.
I had known that it would be such a stumbling block to people's hearts. How could I have done it? Don't know each other at first.
Translation
The autumn wind is clear and the autumn moon is bright.
The fallen leaves in the wind sometimes gather and sometimes disperse, and the jackdaws are already roosting, but are startled by the bright moon.
My friend is looking forward to seeing each other again, but I don’t know when, at this time, at this night, lovesickness dreams are hard to come by.
Entering the door of lovesickness, knowing the pain of lovesickness,
Eternal lovesickness is eternal memories, short-lived lovesickness is endless,
I had known lovesickness earlier. It's better not to get to know each other in the first place if they are so entangled in my heart.
Extended information
1. Appreciation
This poem is a typical sad autumn work. It was written on a moonlit night in late autumn. The poet looked at the bright moon hanging high in the sky. , looking at the jackdaws perched on the trees that had lost all their leaves, I couldn't help but feel sad, and every bit of the past was replayed in my mind.
This situation cannot help but make the poet sad and helpless. This inseparable feeling lingers in my heart, and that period of emotion and longing made the poet regret their original acquaintance. In the poem, the autumn wind, autumn moon, fallen leaves, and jackdaws create a sad atmosphere. Coupled with the poet's wonderful imagination and the perfect portrayal of his own heart, the whole poem appears sad and moving.
This poem is also titled "Three Five Seven Words", which contains a clear poetic form and connotation. However, Li Bai's poem cannot be regarded as a creative work, because in the early Tang Dynasty, the monk Yijing wrote a poem "In the Western Kingdom of Huaiwangshecheng". This poem is called "One Three Five Seven Nine Words" because of its stylistic characteristics.
Li Bai's poem is just a variation of "One Three Five Seven Nine Words". The "One Word" at the beginning and the "Nine Words" at the end are omitted, which is "Three Five Seven Words". Wang Kunwu argued in "The Art of Drinking in the Tang Dynasty" that Yijing's poems are "works of harmony".
This poem by Li Bai may also be a "harmonious poem" between him and other poets. "Three, five or seven words" are restrictions on the remuneration and the format of the poem. This is a "general title". When creating specific works, people can assign a corresponding poem title based on the content they write.
2. Overview of the author
Li Bai (701-762), also known as Taibai, also known as Qinglian Jushi. He is the most unique and greatest romantic poet after Qu Yuan. He is known as the "Immortal of Poetry" and is also known as "Li Du" together with Du Fu.
His poems are mainly lyrical, showing his arrogant spirit of contempt for the powerful, expressing sympathy for the suffering of the people, and being good at describing natural scenery and expressing his love for the mountains and rivers of the motherland. The poetic style is majestic and unrestrained, the imagination is rich, the language flows naturally, and the rhythm is harmonious and changeable, forming its unique magnificent colors, reaching the pinnacle of poetry art in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
There are more than a thousand poems and articles in existence, including 30 volumes of "Collection of Li Taibai".
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Autumn Wind Ci