"I've been looking for her for a thousand years, but when I look back, she's in the lights!" The most accurate explanation?

I searched for her a thousand times in the crowd, and when I turned back violently, I inadvertently found her where the lights were scattered.

From "The Case of the Green Jade" (青玉案-元夕), a work by Xin Qiji (辛弃疾), a Song Dynasty lyricist. Xin Qiji (1140-1207) was a lyricist of the Southern Song Dynasty. He was known as "Su Xin" together with Su Shi and "Jinan Er'an" together with Li Qingzhao.

The original text is as follows:

The east wind releases thousands of flowers at night, and even blows down the stars like rain. BMW carving car full of road fragrance.

The sound of phoenix xiao is moving, the light of the jade pot is turning, and the fish and dragons are dancing all night long. The moth and snow willow gold strands, laughing and smiling dark fragrance to go.

Searching for him for a thousand degrees, but when I look back, he is in the place where the lights go out.

The translation is as follows:

Like the east wind blowing away a thousand trees of flowers, and blowing the fireworks one after another, falling like rain. Luxurious carriages fill the road with fragrance.

The melodious sound of the phoenix cock echoes in all directions, the jade pot-like bright moon gradually slants in the west, and a night of fish and dragon lanterns fly and laugh noisily. The beauties all wore bright ornaments on their heads, and walked with the crowd with smiling faces and fragrant bodies.

I was looking for her in the crowd a thousand times, and turned around, but inadvertently found her in the light of the scattered place.

Expanded Information:

This song was written in the first or second year of Chunxi of the Southern Song Dynasty (1174). At that time, the strong enemy oppression, the country is declining, but the ruling class of the Southern Song Dynasty does not think of recovery, and the left side of the Yangtze River, indulging in songs and dances and enjoyment, in order to whitewash the peace.

Insight into the situation of Xin Qiji, want to make up for the dome of the sky, but hated no way to ask for help. He was full of passion, grief, resentment, interwoven into this picture of the Yuanxie seeking.

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