"Chinese Valentine's Day" is a work by Li He, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. The original text is:

Chinese Valentine's Day

Biepu is dark today, and it is sad at night with the curtains.

The magpie's poem threads the moon, and the flowers enter the exposure building.

There is a golden mirror in the sky, and a jade hook in the world.

Qiantang Su Xiaoxiao is even more worthy of autumn.

Translation:

The Milky Way is looming on the Chinese Valentine's Day, and I feel sad in the middle of the night when I am alone in my tent.

The black magpie leaves and threads the moon, and the fireflies fly into the clothes-drying building.

When the two stars of Ox and Woman come together and separate, lovers in this world look at the Jade Hook.

I don’t see Su Xiaoxiao from Qiantang, I am alone for another autumn.

Extended information

Creative background:

Zhu Ziqing's "Li He Chronicle" mentions this poem, but does not specify the year of its creation. Judging from the content, this five-rhyme poem should be a lyrical work in which the poet misses the woman he loves because of the Chinese Valentine's Day. According to the poet's other work "Annoyed Gong", the day they fell in love was the Chinese Valentine's Day of the previous year.

The whole poem is distinguished by the novelty of conception, the depth of lyricism and the neatness and consistency of language. It is somewhat different from the common surprises, beauty, beauty and strangeness of Li He's poems.

His choice of words and sentences are all common expressions in life. His lyricism is implicit but not revealing, and the taste is revealed more and more. In particular, the wonderfulness of the composition is truly impressive. The whole poem is written from midnight to dawn, and the meeting of the cow and the girl is used to reflect his own loneliness. The harmony between heaven and earth creates sorrow, which fully demonstrates the author's extraordinary skill. Li Jian's Commentary on the Collection of Li Changji says: "Changgu doesn't pay much attention to the rules and regulations, but there are also things that are well-organized, which must be carefully searched and interpreted." This poem is a good example.