The translation and appreciation of the pastoral translation in spring are as follows:
The original text
Spring doves are singing on the house, and apricot blossoms are white on the edge of the village. Hold an axe to cut far and wide, and the lotus hoe the spring vein.
when I return to Yan, I know my old nest, and the old people look at the new calendar. When you are in a hurry, you will not be royal, and you will travel far away.
Translation
The dove birds on the roof in spring can't stop singing, and the white apricot flowers on the edge of the village have blossomed. Take an axe to cut off the branches that rise upward, and carry a hoe to find the spring water. The swallows flying back know the old nest, which is already old. I open the new year almanac. Facing the sudden inability to drink, I feel infinite melancholy for the pedestrians in the distance.
Appreciation
The short poem shows Wang Wei's carefree seclusion.
The idyllic village scenery described by the poet is full of spring. The doves singing on the roof are full of spring vitality; Blossoming apricot blossoms dot the path beside the village. In the beautiful spring, people are busy with farming, some are pruning trees in the countryside, and some are looking for water. Plain and beautiful rural life, quietly passing away in the busy day by day.
The five and six sentences in the poem are written in a contrasting way, which is quite meaningful. Swallows who come back in spring can still recognize last year's nest, but last year's people have already used this year's new calendar. There is a sense of "things are wrong" here. What the "old man" reveals is not only last year's calendar, but also the past personnel. What people today need to face is a different situation from the past.
therefore, the conclusion of the poem falls into a state of melancholy. Although the poet feels relaxed and comfortable in the countryside, he still inevitably feels melancholy when he thinks of people far away.
Wang Wei's seclusion is both official and secluded. Talented people often hope to be useful. But things change, and sometimes things are not satisfactory. The life of being an official has to produce many variables with the change of political situation, which is completely far from the earthly life and is not the ideal life expected by talented people. For this reason, Wang Wei reveals his melancholy feeling from time to time when describing the quiet pastoral life.