Let's take a look at the original text first:
Three Five Seven Words
Li Bai [Tang Dynasty]
The autumn wind is clear, the autumn moon is bright,
The fallen leaves gather and disperse, and Western jackdaw's habitat is surprised again.
when will lovesickness meet? Friends looking forward to meet, but do not know where, this time, such night, acacia dream difficult.
if you enter my lovesick door, you will know that I am lovesick and bitter.
the lovesickness looks like a memory, but the lovesickness is infinite.
if I had known it was such a stumbling block, why not know each other at the beginning?
Then look at the translation:
The autumn wind is a little cold, and the autumn moon is bright and thorough.
The fallen leaves gathered and were blown away, and Western jackdaw's sleep was awakened.
I miss each other, but I don't know when we met.
at this moment, I can't bear to feel sorry for myself in this autumn night.
Note:
huán Scattering of fallen leaves: Write the scene of falling leaves gathering and scattering in the wind.
Western jackdaw: "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Kind birds are called Western jackdaw by northerners, especially in winter."
bàn: to stumble, involve, and care about.
Creation background:
According to Anqi's Annotations on Chronology of Complete Works of Li Bai, this poem was published in Tang Suzong to Deyuan (756). Some people think that this poem was written by Zheng Shiyi before Li Bai, but there are many opponents. Yan Yu's Poems on Canglang says, "There are 357 words." Note from the cloud: "From three words to seven words, Zheng Shiyi of Sui Dynasty has this poem." Guo Shaoyu explained, "Cang Lang's so-called Zheng Shiyi has 357 statements, and I don't know what they are based on. The case "The Poet's Jade Scrap" does not have the following sentences: "Autumn wind is clear", so it is based on "Jade Scrap". The autumn wind is clear, see Li Taibai Collection, and consider it as Li Zuo. " However, the academic circles have different views on the creative opportunity of Li Bai's poem "Three Five Seven Words". Poem Alcohol in Tang and Song Dynasties, selected by Emperor Qianlong in Qing Dynasty, thought that this poem expressed "the poet's yearning for his old friend", and he thought about it endlessly, pretending to be this poem and interpreting it as Li Bai's homesick work. If we put this poem into all Li Bai's works, make a comprehensive macro-investigation, and look at the problems from the perspectives of the relationship between Li Bai's works, the internal laws and general characteristics of Li Bai's poems, then we will find that Li Bai's poem was originally a romantic work, and its main purpose was to look far in the boudoir.
Appreciation:
This poem was written in the late autumn night. The poet saw the bright moon hanging high in the sky and Western jackdaw perched on a tree with fallen leaves. Perhaps at this time, the poet was missing an old lover. This situation made the poet sad and helpless. This is a typical sad autumn work. Autumn wind, autumn moon, fallen leaves and Western jackdaw set off a sad atmosphere, and the poet's fantastic imagination and perfect portrayal of his own heart make the whole poem sad and moving.
"The autumn wind is clear, the autumn moon is bright, the fallen leaves gather and disperse, and Western jackdaw is surprised again." ?
it's late at night, when the wind clears and the moon speaks for itself. I can't bear the autumn depression, and the leaves fall and gather together. I have a souvenir in my heart, but I can't help it. Lonely crows live on their own, whether it is too dark at night or too quiet in the wind, and they are frightened. ? Autumn wind. Autumn moon. Falling leaves. Western jackdaw. They are all sad images, and they are personified. At present, the autumn is completely drawn, and the depression is quietly floating between the lines. Close your eyes and concentrate, there are heartbroken people standing under the branches, with lonely backs and infinite worries, which adds a bit of depression to the autumn atmosphere. Suddenly, I looked into the distance, sighing that autumn was blooming, and Western jackdaw lived alone. Thinking about a love affair, how can it be unforgettable, and the meaning of poetry will be bleak. If you really complain about acacia, every word is cold and bitter. ?
"It's embarrassing to know when lovesickness will meet."
in those old days, you and I used to get together and know each other and fall in love. I can't find it again, but I will never see you again. At this moment, in this autumn night, I can't bear to relive that old story, which makes me feel sorry. ? At the time of writing, Xiao Suo's image of autumn played up this helpless state of mind, and after reading this, it made people feel more sad. In the past, the woman who once loved her deeply, but now it's goodbye forever. Suffering from the world separates people. More bitter, I miss you deeply, but I don't know if you miss me a little. The night is as cool as autumn, and it's difficult because of lovesickness in the chest, and the feeling is also difficult. Here, the poet makes a perfect inner portrayal, which makes the poem sad and moving. Distressed and sorrowful, you can feel the endless lovesickness from the words, and you can feel the pain and helplessness of lovesickness from the singing.
This poem is only titled "Three Five Seven Words" and does not talk about the theme of the poem. It can be seen that the poet's creative intention is to emphasize the formal characteristics of the work, that is, as long as he meets the stylistic requirements of two sentences, three words, two sentences and five words, two sentences and seven words, he can become a poem. It can be said that the poem title already contains a clear connotation of poetic form.
However, this poem by Li Bai can't be regarded as a creative work, because in the early Tang Dynasty, Yi Jing, a monk, wrote a poem "In the Western Countries, Huai Wang Shecheng", which was named "13579 Words" because of its stylistic characteristics. Li Bai's "Three Five Seven Words" is only a variant of "One Word at the beginning and Nine Words at the end, which is" Three Five Seven Words ". Wang Kunwu demonstrated that Yijing's poems were "works of singing harmony" in "The Art of Liquor Order in Tang Dynasty". Li Bai's "Three Five Seven Words" may also be a "chorus poem" between him and other poets. "Three-five-seven words" is a restriction on remuneration and poetry format, which is a "general topic", and people can decide a corresponding poem topic according to what they have written when they are writing.
Even if this poem is not a creative work, it is Li Bai who finally established the "335577" format as a unique genre and even became a fashionable poetic style. This is not only because he learned from and summarized many people's experience in using the three-five-seven-sentence pattern, but also because of his practical experience in using this format flexibly in his own lyrics creation, so his three-five-seven-word pattern can show the artistic charm of "mourning sounds to promote festivals, sadness is like complicated strings" (Volume 8 of Poetry Alcohol in Tang and Song Dynasties).
About the author:
Li Bai (71-762), whose word is too white, is also called "violet layman" and "fallen immortal", a great romantic poet in the Tang Dynasty, was praised as "poetic immortal" by later generations, and was also called "Li Du" with Du Fu, in order to distinguish himself from the other two poets, Li Shangyin and Du Mu, that is, "Little Li Du". According to the Book of the New Tang Dynasty, Li Bai was the ninth grandson of Emperor Xing Sheng (King Liang Wuzhao Li Gui), and he was the same clan as the kings of Li Tang. He is cheerful and generous, loves to drink and write poems, and likes to make friends. Li Bai was deeply influenced by Huang Lao's thoughts of arranging villages, such as Li Taibai Ji, which was handed down from generation to generation. Most of his poems were written when he was drunk, and his representative works included Looking at Lushan Waterfall, it is hard to go, Difficult Road to Shu, Going into Wine, and Early Making Baidicheng.