Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Brocaded Se (a 25 string musical intrument), Li shang yin (錦瑟 李商隱)

Brocaded Se no ends fifty strings
one string one pillar thinking about prosperous years
Zhuang Sheng in the morning dream becomes a butterfly
Wang emperor having spring heart turns to a cuckoo
broad sea moon light pearls have tears
blue field sun shine jades generate smoke
this feeling can last into memories
just at the moment already lost in mind

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"Most of us have the moment that totally lost in mind (blown away), and the feeling last long until it becomes a part of memory, this is a splendid poem that succeed in describing such a moment."


Original Chinese:
 
錦瑟   李商隱

锦瑟無端五十弦,一弦一柱思華年
莊生曉夢迷蝴蝶,望帝春心托杜鵑
滄海月明珠有淚,藍田日暖玉生煙
此情可待成追憶,只是當時已惘然






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