The Song of Qing Ping - One of the Songs
[Author] Li Bai
[Full text] Clouds think of clothes, flowers think of face, spring breeze brushes the threshold and dew is thick.
If I had not met you at the top of the jade mountain, I would have met you under the moon at Yao Tai.
Interpretation The clouds are her garments, the flowers are her face; the spring breeze brushes the railing, and the dewdrops moisten the flowers to make them more colorful.
Translation
One of the words in the Qingping Tune
The Xia is her garment, and the flowers are her face; the spring breeze blows over the railings, and the dewdrops moisten the flowers to make them more colorful.
Such a heavenly beauty, if not seen at the head of Qunyu Mountain, must only be met under the moon of Yao Tai!
Composition Background
This poem was written by Li Bai when he was serving the Hanlin in Chang'an. On a spring day in 743 (the second year of Tianbao) or 744 (the third year of Tianbao), Emperor Tang Xuanzong and Concubine Yang were viewing peonies in the palace at the Sinking Fragrance Pavilion, and the actresses were preparing to perform songs and dances to cheer them up. However, Emperor Tang Xuanzong said, "To enjoy the famous flowers and to treat the concubine, how can I use the old music lyrics?" Because of the urgent call Hanlin to the imperial edict Li Bai into the palace to write new music. Li Bai was ordered to enter the palace, that is, in the gold flower paper made these three poems.