beginning of spring
Tang Du Fu
In the spring, the lettuce was cooked in a spring dish, and suddenly I remembered when the plum blossoms were in Beijing.
set out the white jade in the high door, and pass the vegetables to the hands to send the green silk.
Du Ling's long-distance visitors are deeply saddened by those eyes in Wuxia Hanjiang River.
I don't know my destination, so I'm calling for a poem.
Notes to words
(1) Spring Festival: It is a custom in the Tang Dynasty that beginning of spring eclipses spring cakes and lettuce, which is called spring festival.
(2) Beijing refers to Chang 'an and Luoyang.
(3) Gaomen: refers to the family of nobles.
(4) biography: classics.
(5) those eyes: they are not right.
[6] A distant visitor from Duling: The poet calls himself. Duling refers to Du County in the southeast of Chang 'an, where Emperor Xuandi of Han Dynasty built his mausoleum, so it is called Duling. Du Fu's distant ancestor Du Yu was from Jingzhao, and Du Fu himself once lived in Shaoling near Duling, so he often called himself a distant visitor and a wild old man in Shaoling.
⑺ return to the fixed place: if you want to return to Beijing, there is no fixed place.
Vernacular Translation
Today in beginning of spring, I suddenly think of the peaceful years between Kaiyuan and Tianbao. At that time, Luoyang in Tokyo and Chang 'an in Beijing were at their peak.
Every time in beginning of spring and Plutocratic family, shredded leek is put in a white jade plate and fed to each other by hands, so as to celebrate the festival.
Now that I am living in a different place, I can't bear to face the Wuxia Hanjiang River in front of me! The prosperity of the past and the decline of today have made me a distant visitor from Duling in grief.
my god! Where on earth is my home? Let's just ask my son to find paper to write this poem in order to dispel his worries.
Author's brief introduction
Du Fu (712-77), with beautiful words, was called Shaoling Yelao, known as "Du Gongbu" and "Du Shaoling" in the world, Han nationality, a native of Gongxian County, Henan Province (now gongyi city, Henan Province), a great realistic poet in the Tang Dynasty. Du Fu was honored as a "poet saint" by the world, and his poems were called "history of poetry". Du Fu and Li Bai are called "Li Du" together, and in order to distinguish them from the other two poets, Li Shangyin and Du Mu, namely "Little Li Du", Du Fu and Li Bai are also called "Great Li Du". He is concerned about the country and the people, and his personality is noble. About 1,4 of his poems have been preserved, and his poetic skills are exquisite, which is highly respected in China's classical poems and has far-reaching influence. He lived in Chengdu from 759 to 766, and was commemorated by Du Fu's Caotang in later generations.