Showing posts with label Relationship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Relationship. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Poetry of relationship #2 When would I get a letter from you?


(Title)
yī jiǎn méi
一 剪 梅

           (Author) lǐ qīng zhào
                    ----李 清 照

hóng ǒu xiāng cán yù diàn qiū, qīng jiě luó cháng, dú shàng lán zhōu。
红 藕 香 残 玉 簟 秋,轻 解 罗 裳,独 上 兰 舟。

yún zhōng shuí jì jǐn shū laí,yàn zì huí shí,yuè mǎn xī lóu。
云 中 谁 寄 锦 书 来?雁 字 回 时,月 满 西 楼。

huā zì piāo líng shuǐ zì liú, yī zhǒng xiāng sī, liǎng chù xián chóu。
花 自 飘 零 水 自 流,一 种 相 思,两 处 闲 愁。

cǐ qíng wú jì kě xiāo chú, cái xià méi tóu, qùe shàng xīn tóu。
此 情 无 计 可 消 除,才 下 眉 头,却 上 心 头。


(Translation)
Please feel free to let me know in the comments if there's any other words you don't understand!
红藕: red lotus
香残: wither
玉簟秋: beautiful bamboo mat is cold, meaning autumn is coming
罗裳: clothes
兰舟: boats made of a special kind of wood
云: clouds
锦书: letters
雁: wild goose
回: heading back
月: the moon
飘零: fading and falling
水: stream
相思: missing someone
无计: have no method
消除: eliminate
眉头: brows
心头: heart 


(Appreciation)
The red locus was withering away. The cold bamboo mat reminded me that autumn was coming. I took off my clothes and boarded the boat by myself. I looked at the clouds in the sky and was wondering who would send me a letter. It's the season that wild goose would travel back to the south. The moonlight was so bright and was shining onto the buildings.

Flowers were fading and falling. I was missing my husband a lot! I cannot stop missing him! Even if I managed to forgot about it for a little bit, the feeling would come back to me immediately.



Sunday, March 19, 2017

Poetry of life #5 Miss you, take care!




(Title)
wú tí
无 题

    (Author) lǐ shāng yǐn
             ----李 商 隐
xiāng jiàn shí nán bié yì nán,dōng fēng wú lì bǎi huā cán。
相 见 时 难 别 亦 难, 东 风 无 力百 花 残。

chūn cán dào sǐ sī fāng jìn,là jù chéng huī lèi shǐ gān。
春 蚕 到 死 丝 方 尽,蜡炬 成 灰 泪 始 干。


xiǎo jìng dàn chóu yún bìn gǎi,yè yín yīng jué yuè guāng hán。
晓 镜 但 愁 云 鬓 改,夜 吟 应 觉 月 光 寒。

péng shān cǐ qù wú duō lù,qīng niǎo yīn qín wèi tàn kàn
蓬 山 此 去 无 多 路, 青 鸟 殷 勤 为 探 看。


(Translation)
无题: no specific title                                                  
相见: meet up
难: hard                                                                      
别: leave
东风: wind blown from the east, also wind in the spring
残: wither                                                                    
春蚕: spring silkworms
死: die                                                                         
丝: silk
尽: use up                                                                   
蜡炬: candles
灰: ash                                                                        
泪: tears of the candles
干: dry up                                                                    
晓: morning
镜: mirrors                                                                   
愁: worry about
云鬓: woman's hair                                                     
改: change
夜吟: read poems at night                                          
月光: moonlight
寒: cold                                                                         
蓬山: mysterious mountain on the sea, referring to author's lover's house here
路: road                                                                      
青鸟: legendary birds who pass messages between two lovers
殷勤: strong relationship                                            
探看: visit


(Appreciation)
Line by line because the first two lines of this poem have special meanings!!!!

It's hard to find you, but it's even harder to leave you! The spring wind which brought the warmth to the land was not very strong this year, so the flowers started to wither away! (## Special meaning! The author used wind to compare to himself, meaning that the author had no choice but to leave, so his lover was very sad! ##)

Spring silkworms would not stop making silk until they died! The tears of the candles would not dry up until the candles burned up! (##Special meaning! The author actually used silkworms and candles to compare to himself, meaning that his love for his lover would not end until he died ##)

I could image you looking into the mirror and worry about getting old. I could also imagine myself reading poem on cold nights under the moonlight!

From now on, it will be impossible for me to come visit you! Hope the legendary birds could visit you from time to time and deliver my love for you!