The clouds want to be clothed and the flowers want to look like flowers, the spring breeze brushes the threshold and the dew is thick.
If it were not for the Jade Mountain, I would have met under the moon at Yao Tai.
This poem was written by Li Bai (李白).
Translation:
The clouds want to be her clothes, and the flowers want to adorn her face; the spring breeze blows the balustrade, and the dewdrops moisten the flowers to make them more colorful.
Such a heavenly beauty, if not seen in the group of jade mountain, it must be only under the moon in the Yao Tai, can meet!
Notes:
Qing Ping Tune: a song tune, "Ping Tune, Qing Tune, Cer Tune" are the remains of the sound of the Zhou room.
Threshold: the railing.
Hua: flower.
Qunyu Mountain: a mythological mountain where the Queen Mother of the West lived.
Yautai: the place where the fairies live in legend.
Author Introduction:
Li Bai (February 8, 701 - December 762) was a great romantic poet of the Tang Dynasty, known as Taibai (太白), and his name was Green Lotus Dweller (青莲居士), and also known as "Banished Immortal Man (谪仙人)". He was a great Romantic poet of the Tang Dynasty, and was regarded as the "Poetry Immortal" by later generations. He was known as "Li Du" together with Du Fu, and in order to distinguish himself from the other two poets, Li Shangyin and Du Mu, who were known as "Little Li Du", Du Fu and Li Bai were collectively known as "Big Li Du". He was a bright and generous man who loved to drink and compose poems, and enjoyed making friends. Li Bai has "Li Taibai Collection", the poems are mostly written when he is drunk, and his masterpieces include "Looking at Mount Lu Waterfalls", "Hard to travel", "Hard to travel on the Road to Shu", "Will enter the wine", "Liang Fu Yin", "Early Hair of Baidicheng", etc. Li Bai made lyrics and fugues in Song Dynasty, and he was also known as "Big Li Du". Li Bai's lyrics and fugues, Song people have been biographies (such as Wen Ying "Xiangshan Wild Records" volume), in terms of its pioneering significance and artistic achievement, "Li Bai words" enjoys a very high status.
Background:
Li Bai wrote this poem when he was a scholar in Chang'an. On one occasion, Emperor Minghuang of Tang and Yang Guifei were viewing peonies at the Shenxiang Pavilion, and Li Bai was ordered to compose this poem.
Appreciation:
The first line sets off the beauty of your consort's face with clouds and flowers; the second line writes that the flowers are moisturized by the spring breeze and dew, just like a consort being favored by the king; the third line compares your consort with a fairy; the fourth line compares your consort with Chang'e. This repeated comparison creates a beautiful image of your consort. This repeated comparison creates the image of a beauty as gorgeous as a peony. However, the poet used clouds, flowers, dew, jade mountains, Yao Tai, moonlight, a colorful light words, praised the fullness of the Princess, but does not show.