The first line of February is: gracefully curling up more than thirteen.

This poem is from the Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu's Two Songs of Farewell (one of them), the full text of which reads: gracefully curling up more than thirteen, cardamom tops in early February. The spring breeze of ten miles of Yangzhou Road, rolled on the pearl curtain is not as good as.

Notes:

1, graceful curls: describes the woman's physical demeanor light and beautiful.

2, more than thirteen: refers to the age.

3, cardamom: according to the "Materia Medica", cardamom flowers are born between the leaves, the South to take its not yet wide open, known as the tire flower, often used as a metaphor for young girls.

4, not as good as: not as good as.

Translation:

The beautiful posture and demeanor of the thirteen years of age, like a cardamom flower budding in early February. In the ten-mile-long street of Yangzhou City in the spring breeze, none of the girls who rolled up their pearl curtains to sell their wares could compare with her.

Appreciation:

Two Songs for Farewell (One) was written by the Tang poet Du Mu in honor of a confidante, and from the other poem of the same title ("Many Sentiments, but Like No Sentiment"), the feelings for each other are quite deep. However, while the other poem emphasized "farewell," this one celebrates the beauty of the other, causing a feeling of farewell.

Du Mu's poem starts from his lover to the flower, from the flower to the downtown of the spring city, from the downtown to the beauty, and finally to the lover.

Du Mu wrote this poem from his lover to the flower, from the flower to the downtown of the spring city, from the downtown to the beauty, and finally to the lover. Don't use the word "you (Jun, Qing)" to express your love; don't use the word "woman" to praise someone; don't even use the word "flower" or "beauty"; don't use the word "beauty" to express your love. The word "beauty" is not even a word "flower", "beauty", "not a word" but "all the flow". The language is ethereal and subtle, and you have a personality.