Now people can't see the ancient moon, but now the moon has shone on the ancients. The ancients and present people passed by like running water, and so did the moon seen by * *.
This is a poem by Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, Drinking Poison to Quench Thirst.
The original text is as follows:
When does the bright moon rise in the sky? I stopped my glass and asked now.
The moon will never reach the moon, but it is very close to the people.
Green smoke as bright as a mirror is flying in the palace, emitting cold light.
I only see the clouds rising from the sea every night, and who knows the clouds in the morning?
The moon is on the white rabbit's back, autumn and spring, and who is the neighbor of Chang's lonely life?
Now people are not seen in Gu Yue, but in this month they took the ancients.
The ancients said, if people are running water, they look at the bright moon.
Just look at the glass and sing loudly, and the moonlight can grow in a golden cup.
The translation is as follows:
When will you appear on the bright moon in the blue sky? I stop my cup now and ask some questions.
People can't land on the moon, but the moon is very close to people.
As bright as a mirror, it soared to the palace, and the clouds were cold.
You can only see it rising from the sea at night. Who knew it disappeared in the clouds in the morning?
In the month, the white rabbit pounded medicine from autumn to spring. Who did Chang 'e live with?
Now people can't see the ancient moon, and now the moon shines on ancient people.
The ancients and present people passed by like running water, and so did the moon seen by * *.
I just hope that when I sing to the glass, the moonlight can shine in the golden cup for a long time.
works appreciation
The poem "Quench thirst by drinking poison" is the author's wonderful self-image, and the elegant and romantic Shen Feng can only be found by immortals. The remarks under the topic are very funny, and it is very interesting for friends to ask others to look at the moon without asking themselves.
For the world, the existence of the bright moon is always a fascinating cosmic mystery. The question "When will the moon in the blue sky come" has great longing and confusion for the miracle in infinite time and space. The question comes first, and then the modality of human desire is written in detail. This modality can be seen from the action of "stopping the glass" of wine. It makes people feel that the sudden question is a little drunk and poetic.
The whole poem is full of unrestrained feelings, fluent and natural language, and full of intricate and round beauty. Poets write from wine to the moon and return to wine from the moon. He repeatedly compared the bright moon with life in a lyrical way like flowing clouds, and expressed his deep thinking about the universe and life philosophy in his subjective feelings of time and space. His conception inherited Qu Yuan's Tian Wen, and inspired Su Shi's When Is the Bright Moon, which is both reasonable and full of strong artistic appeal.