What do you mean by two orioles singing green willows and two rows of egrets flying into the sky?

Sitting by the window, I can see that Xiling is covered with snow all year round, and Wu Donglai's ship is moored in front of the door thousands of miles away.

Source: Juejuetang: Du Fu

Original text:

Jueju

Author du fu? the Tang Dynasty

"Two orioles sing green willows, and egrets cover the sky."

My window framed the snow-covered western hills. My door often says "goodbye" to ships sailing eastward.

Translation? ：

Two orioles sang tactfully among the green willows, and a group of neat egrets went straight into the blue sky.

Sitting by the window, you can see the snow accumulated all the year round on Xiling Mountain, and ships from Dongwu, thousands of miles away, are parked in front of the door.

Extended data:

The poem describes the scene of early spring, four sentences and four scenes, which are integrated into a vibrant picture. In the cheerful and bright scene, the poet entrusted with the loss of time, loneliness and boredom;

Creative background:

The poem was written in the spring of 764, the second year of Guangde, Tang Daizong. In the first year of Baoying, Tang Suzong (762), Chengdu Yin entered the DPRK, and turmoil occurred in Shu. Du Fu once avoided Zizhou (treating Santai in Sichuan).

In the second year, the Anshi Rebellion was put down. A year later, Yanwu returned to Chengdu and went to Shu again. Du Fu learned the news of this old friend and followed him back to Chengdu Caotang.

At this time, Du Fu's mood was particularly comfortable. Faced with a vibrant scene, he couldn't help writing this group of impromptu poems. Du Yi of Wang Siyuan in the late Ming Dynasty said that this group of poems was "built after living in the thatched cottage, and it is planned to spend the rest of my life here, but I said so".