Two orioles sing a poem of crisp willow spring.

Dynasty: Tang Dynasty Author: Du Fu

"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.

This quatrain is a scene, but it is integrated, and it is the poet's inner state of mind that plays a connecting role. On the surface, it presents a vibrant picture, but in the cheerful and bright scene, it entrusts the poet with the loss of time, loneliness and boredom, and even writes the poet's complicated mood when there is a glimmer of hope. Beyond that kind of hope, it is more the poet's sadness about disappointment and indifference to whether hope can be realized. It is the theme of this poem to pin the poet's complicated feelings on the fresh and brisk scenery.

Creation background

In 755 AD, the "An Shi Rebellion" broke out, and Du Fu once fled to Zizhou. In the second year, the rebellion was put down and Du Fu returned to Chengdu Caotang. At that time, he was in a good mood Faced with the vitality of this school, he couldn't help writing this poem.