English translation of spring poems

It's another spring, and a hundred flowers are blooming, which makes people want to sing a poem. I have compiled a series of poems related to spring and translated them into English, which not only restored the artistic conception in the poems, but also rhymed in English. Let's have a look.

First song

Meng Haoran in the spring dawn

Spring Morning

Sleeping sickness in spring unconsciously broke the morning, and the chirping of birds disturbed my sleep.

This spring morning, I lay in bed until the birds cried.

How many flowers fall after a stormy night.

Poetry appreciation

The poem "Spring Dawn" seems bland at first reading, but after repeated reading, I feel that there is a world in the poem. Its artistic charm lies not in gorgeous rhetoric and fantastic artistic techniques, but in its charm. The style of the whole poem is as simple and natural as running water, but it is profound and unique. For thousands of years, people have read it and discussed it, as if there were inexhaustible artistic treasures in this short four-line poem.

Nature without rhythm is superficial; If there are no ups and downs, it is flat. "Spring Dawn" has both beautiful charm and ups and downs of writing, so the poem is mellow and eternal. The poet wanted to express his love for spring, but he didn't say it all or fully. The windward door is half open, which makes readers ponder and guess, showing hidden twists and turns everywhere.

"Love is hidden outside the words, and the appearance is in front of you." (Quoted from Zhang Jie's Poems of the Old Cold Hall) When the poet wrote his feelings, he chose the emotional fragments at the moment of waking up in the morning to describe them. This fragment is the beginning and embryonic stage of the poet's ideological activities, and it is the most productive moment that can make people imagine his emotional development. The poet seized the moment, but did not unfold it. He just confides in his readers and leads them to his emotional trajectory, leaving it alone. The rest will be enriched and supplemented by readers along the direction of the poet's thinking. When writing about scenery, he only chose the spring side. Spring has charming colors and intoxicating fragrance, and poets don't write about it. He just started writing from the perspective of hearing, and wrote sound of spring: birds are singing everywhere, and it's raining. Birds are euphemistic, sweet and beautiful. Add the word "everywhere", chirp, one after another, and the distance should be matched, which makes people feel at the end of their tether.

Spring breeze and spring rain poured down one after another, but on a quiet spring night, the rustling sound also made people want to see the dreamlike artistic conception of misty clouds and the new look of flowers after rain. With only a few strokes, I wrote a prosperous spring with good weather and strange rain. These are just what the poet heard indoors. However, these bursts of spring sounds evoke boundless spring scenery, leading readers to the vast nature outside the house, allowing readers to imagine the brilliant spring outside and appreciate the flowers of the birds. Spring is full and unstoppable. You see, isn't it just breaking through the walls of the house, showing it in front of your eyes and lingering in your ears? This is to use the sound of spring to render the beautiful scene of outdoor spring. These scenes are lively. It describes the poet's feelings and shows the poet's inner joy and love for nature.

Bai Juyi's second poem Peach Blossom in Dalin Temple

Peach blossoms in Dalin Temple

In the world of April, the flowers have withered, and the peach blossoms in the ancient temples have just bloomed.

Flowers fall in late spring, but what about peach blossoms? Fully mature? On this hillside.

I want to find a place where my life is dying, but I don't know that it has been moved here.

Me? oft？ Regret that spring has gone without leaving a trace; I don't know what it will be like. Decorate? This place.

key word

Mature; Mature; mature

Old? often

Decorate? Five? Decoration; decorate

Poetry appreciation

This poem is a famous masterpiece. In the description of the scenery, there is a deep Zen.

"In April, the world is beautiful everywhere, and the peach blossoms in the mountain temple." When the poet climbed the mountain, it was already Xia Meng, and it was the time when spring returned to the earth and the wheat straw fell. However, in these ancient temples, because of the high mountains and deep depths, the phenology is naturally different from that of the flat land. In Dalin Temple, the poet met an unexpected spring scene, a peach blossom, which is beginning to bloom enthusiastically.

"I hate that spring is nowhere to be found and I don't know where to go." Seeing the scene before him, the poet felt a lot. I was disappointed at the hasty departure of spring, but I didn't know that spring was boundless, so I moved my heart! When this unexpected gorgeous spring scenery comes into view, what a surprise and happiness people feel!

The wheatgrass in the world, that is, our reputation, status and money, withered in the blink of an eye. The scenery in the world is gone as soon as it blows. The Buddhist wheatgrass, however, travels through time and space, full of color and lasting forever. This kind of Buddhism is a life full of spiritual awakening. Buddhism has been circulating for more than 2500 years. Today, countless people all over the world are still looking for spiritual edification and sustenance in the wisdom of Buddhism and Zen.

As a Zen Buddhist, when I read this poem, I was also deeply moved. Each of our lives, like a wheat straw on the earth, will return to dust sooner or later. However, if our dharma, body and wisdom can be passed on to our disciples, then the scene of Buddhism will be eternal, and it will attract all beings with its eternal scenery.

Du Fu's Excerpt from the Third Delighting in Rain on a Spring Night.

Delighting in Rain on a Spring Night (excerpt)

Good rain knows the season, when spring comes.

Good rain knows its correct time; When spring comes, it will fall.

Sneak into the night with the wind, moisten things silently.

With the wind, it slips away quietly at night; Silent, it moistens everything.

key word

Loom; Loom. (esp) approaching in horror; Stand out from the crowd; Approaching loom

Soaked to the skin; Soaked; Soak; Saturated (in solution); (color) deep; concentrated

Poetry appreciation

At the beginning of the poem, Du Fu praised the spring rain as "good rain". Why is it "good rain"? Because crops need rain very much in spring. As the agricultural proverb says, "Spring rain is as expensive as oil." It just reflects the preciousness of spring rain. Because Chengdu is located in Sichuan Basin, a land of abundance, it has a mild climate and abundant rainfall. Although it often rains at night in spring, it is sunny the next day. This is just as the poet described in another poem: "It often rains at night in Shu, and the river sill has cleared up." (Water Threshold of Two Hearts) When rain is needed, it falls. It is "knowing the season", so "when spring happens". This "timely rain" necessary for the growth of all things is really a rare good rain! These two poems are anthropomorphic descriptions. Du Fu often regards ruthlessness as sentient beings and ignorance as knowledge. Here, the spring rain is regarded as conscious, so it can fall as needed. The words "knowing" and "being" in the poem are very vivid, and the poet's love for rain is vividly on the paper.

Then, the third and fourth sentences not only describe the dynamics of the spring rain, but also convey its god of moistening things. Because it rains well at night, the poet focuses on describing the rain scene from the perspective of "listening". The rain was good but not sudden, and gradually disappeared with the night. It is silent, silent and unnoticed, so it is called "sneaking into the night". This quiet rain is, of course, Mao Mao rain that moistens everything. Silence shows its precious spirit just right. The words "latent" and "refined" are used accurately and appropriately here. The former reveals that the wind is very small, while the latter shows that the rain is very small. This is just as Qiu said: "The dive, the fineness and the pulse are continuous, which is the closest opportunity to nature." (Detailed Interpretation of Du Fu's Poems, Volume 10)

The fifth and sixth sentences further describe the rainy night scenery from the perspective of "vision". "Wild trail" refers to the path between fields and refers to the ground; "Cloud" refers to the sky. Because it rains at night, the clouds are dense, the stars are hidden, the moonlight is dark, and the sky and the ground are black, indicating that it is raining heavily. In a dark world, only the boat by the river emits a ray of light, which is particularly bright. This is an extremely vivid night scene in the rain. The poet uses the words "ju" and "independence" here to highlight this scene. In this scene, the poet's own sense of surprise is also included.

The last two sentences are about Xiao Jing after the rain. That was the next day. It's raining at dawn, and the whole city of Chengdu is full of dazzling flowers, which are too heavy to lift its head. It's dazzling and refreshing. At this point, the poet's love for rain reached a climax, so the poem "Flowers on Jinguan City" rushed out, which was really "exquisite, especially in the second half." Wang Siyuan said, "The word' heavy' is wonderful, and others can't get down." ("Du Yi" Volume 4)

This poem is delicate and touching. The plot of the poem ranges from general narration to image description, from hearing to seeing, from that night to the next morning, and the structure is rigorous. Watch your words. The scenery of Rainy Night, which is quite difficult to write, is dazzling and makes people read between the lines. Breathe the breath of spring. Although the title of this poem is Delighting in Rain on a Spring Night, the whole poem is full of joy, but it is always full of joy. Obviously, the poet's feelings are not out of impulse, but have their realistic basis. According to historical records, the year before he wrote this poem, there was a serious famine in the area around Gyeonggi. "Rice fights to 7,000 yuan, and people eat each other" (Zi Tang). Therefore, when Du Fu heard the sound of rain, he felt infinite joy, which just reflected the poet's lofty thoughts and feelings of caring for people's sufferings.

The fourth song

In memory of Bai Juyi in Jiangnan

Dreamed of the south bank

Jiangnan is good,

Beautiful south bank,

The scenery used to be familiar.

My favorite scene.

At sunrise, the red flowers in the river win the fire.

At sunrise, the flowers by the river are redder than the fire.

This river is as green as blue in spring.

In spring, the green waves are as blue as sapphire.

How can we make people not miss Jiangnan?

I have to admire it.

key word

Sapphire? Sapphire; Royal blue; sky blue

Appreciation of Poetry Pan —— Recalling Jiangnan, including Suzhou and Hangzhou, and writing about spring scenery. The whole word is five sentences. When I opened my mouth, I praised "Jiangnan is good!" It is because of "good" that we should "remember". The phrase "I used to be familiar with the scenery" shows that the "good" scenery in Jiangnan is not what people say, but what I personally felt and experienced in those years, thus leaving an unforgettable memory in my own aesthetic consciousness. It not only implements the word "good", but also clarifies the word "memory". Next, he wrote down the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River in two words: "At sunrise, the river flowers win the fire, and in spring, the river is blue." Sunrise and Spring is Coming are intertextual. Spring is full of flowers and very red; The red sun is brighter and redder. Here, the brightness of the color is improved because of the same hue baking and dyeing. The water by the river is green, and the red sun shines all over the river bank, making the green waves more sparkling. The author associates "flower" with "sun" in order to dye the same color; And "flower" and "river" are connected together, in order to set off different colors. The river is red, and the river is green. The two are background to each other. So the red one is redder, "Red is better than fire"; Green is greener, "green as blue".

Du Fu writes landscapes and is good at coloring. In the bright spring, we began to draw pigments, rivers, flames and blue leaves from the first day, and combined them alternately with baking, dyeing and contrast, assisted by appropriate metaphors, thus forming a broad picture. Not only colorful, dazzling; Moreover, it is rich in layers and resistant to association. The word "Yi" in the title and the word "Lao Zenglan (ān)" in the title also show that this word has a more important level: setting off the spring scenery in the south of the Yangtze River and setting off the spring scenery in the north.

The whole poem describes the "deja vu" spring scenery in Jiangnan with nostalgia. At this time, the author is in Luoyang. Compared with Jiangnan, the spring in Luoyang comes later. Jiangnan, the rising sun, flowers in the river win the fire, Luoyang is "cold and lazy", only the wicker on Wang Wei's levee shows a little spring. Bloom is later than Jiangnan, and the water is different. Luoyang has Luoshui and Yishui, not far from the Yellow River. But even if spring comes, the water can't be as green as the spring water in the south of the Yangtze River. Therefore, the author tried his best to recall the spring scenery in Jiangnan, and sincerely praised "Jiangnan is good". After writing down the beautiful scenery he once knew with flowers, he could not help but close the whole poem with the feeling of "I can't forget Jiangnan". This collection of works not only supports the Luoyang-born author's infinite admiration and nostalgia for the spring scenery in the south of the Yangtze River, but also creates a long-lasting charm.

The fifth song "Jiangnan Spring" Du Mu

Spring on the south bank

Jiangnan, the sound of green and red flowers, the waterside village in the foothills.

Orioles sing for miles among red flowers and green trees; Beside the hills and streams, the banner of the hotel fluttered in the breeze.

More than 480 ancient temples were left in the Southern Dynasties, and countless pagodas were shrouded in wind and rain.

Four hundred and eighty magnificent temples still exist; Southern dynasties in fog and rain.

Poetry appreciation

The first sentence is "thousands of miles of warblers sing green and reflect red". At the beginning of the poem, the poet opened his eyes and imagined the whole land of Jiangnan from the spring scenery in front of him. Thousands of miles south of the Yangtze River, singing and dancing everywhere, pink and green, a scene full of spring.

The second sentence is "Mountain Guo Wine Flag Wind". "Mountain Country" Mountain City. Refers to a city built at the foot of a mountain. "Wine flag" refers to the cover hanging outside the ancient hotel. The meaning of this sentence is that in the village near the water and on the battlements near the mountains, there are wine flags fluttering in the wind everywhere.

The third sentence, "480 halls in the Southern Dynasties", refers to the four dynasties of Song, Qi, Liang and Chen after the Eastern Jin Dynasty and before the Sui Dynasty, all of which were based in Jiankang (now Nanjing, Jiangsu Province), which was called the Southern Dynasties in history. "Four hundred and eighty temples" describes many Buddhist temples.

The fourth sentence is "How many towers are misty and rainy". "misty rain" is a drizzle. Countless towers are shrouded in wind, smoke and rain. Here, the poet did not use "temple", but changed it to "balcony", not only to avoid repetition of words, but also to adapt to such an environment as "misty rain".

Du Mu is especially good at depicting beautiful and moving pictures with just four sentences and twenty-eight characters, presenting profound and beautiful artistic conception, expressing implicit and profound feelings, and giving people the enjoyment of beauty and the enlightenment of thinking. "Jiangnan Spring" reflects that the aesthetics in China's poems and paintings are beyond time and space, indifferent and free and easy, with the thought of "epiphany" of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and more poetic feelings of nostalgia, seclusion and freehand brushwork.