Bai Juyi Poems: Reading Yuan Zhen’s Poems on a Boat – 白居易《舟中读元九诗》
舟中读元九诗 把君诗卷灯前读, 诗尽灯残天未明。 眼痛灭灯犹暗坐, 逆风吹浪打船声。 白居易被贬江州,离开长安,南下襄阳,然后坐船东去九江。他在船上伴着荧荧的灯火,读着元稹的诗卷,想着共同的遭遇,不免兴起同是天涯沦落人之感。满腔汹涌澎湃的感情,使他无法安枕;江上翻腾起伏的狂风巨浪,仿佛在为他的心情伴奏。诗中用了三个“灯”字:灯前、灯残、灭灯,灯光由高而低,风浪却由低而高,更从正反两面衬托出诗人悲愤不平的心情。 Reading Yuan Zhen’s Poems on a Boat I read your book of poetry by the lamplight, And finish it when oil burns low at dead of night. Eyes sore, I blow the light out and sit in the dark; The waves brought up by adverse wind beat on the […]
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