The ancient poem of Caiwei is as follows:

Original text: In the past, I was in the past, and the willows were in the past. Now I come to think of it, the rain and snow are falling. The road is late, and I am thirsty and hungry. My heart is sad, and no one knows my sorrow!

Translation: When I was on the march, the willows blew in the wind; now, on my way back, snow is falling. The roads are muddy and difficult to walk on, and I am thirsty and hungry. My heart is full of sadness. Who can understand my grief?

Note: 1, the past: once upon a time, the text pointed out that when the expedition.

2, to: when the army.

3, carry on: tone auxiliary.

4, yi yi: describes the branches of the tree is soft, swaying with the wind.

5. think: an auxiliary of tone, used at the end of a sentence, with no real meaning.

6, rain and snow: snow. Rain, here used as a verb.

7, Fay: the way snowflakes fly.

8, late: sluggishness.

Appreciation:

"Caiwei" is one of the Xiao Ya of the Classic of Poetry. Annotators through the ages have given different accounts of the date of its writing. However, according to its content and other historical records, it is more likely that it was written during the reign of King Xuan of Zhou. During the Zhou Dynasty, the long-snout tribe (later known as Xiong Nu) in the north was already very strong and often invaded the Central Plains, bringing a lot of disasters to the lives of the people in the north at that time.

There are many records in history of the Zhou Emperor sending troops to guard the borders and ordering soldiers to defeat the long-snout tribe. Judging from the content of Caiwei, it was written when the generals were returning from their military service. The poem sings of the hard life of the soldiers and their longing to return home.

The poem is divided into six chapters, the first three chapters of the superposition, to pick Wei rising to write Wei by the work and soft and just, and the soldiers far away from home, never return, homesickness, worry!