Tang poems and Song Ci

菊花 黄巢 待到秋来九月八 [1] ， 我花 [2] 开后百花杀。 冲天香阵 [3] 透长安， 满城尽带黄金甲 [4] 。 注释： [1] 九月八：九月九日是重阳节，古代有赏菊、喝菊花酒的风俗。 [2] 我花：这里指菊花。 [3] 香阵：这里指菊花的芬芳。 [4] 黄金甲：这里指菊花的形状与颜色像黄金制的盔甲。 The Chrysanthemum Huang Chao When autumn comes, the Mountain-climbing Day is nigh; My flower blows when other blooms come to an end. In battle array its fragrance rises sky-high, The capital with its golden armor will blend. The poet speaks as if he were the lord of chrysanthemums in golden armor. The Mountain-climbing Day is the ninth day of the ninth moon according to lunar calendar.

题菊花 黄巢 飒飒西风 [1] 满院栽， 蕊寒香冷蝶难来。 他年我若为青帝 [2] ， 报与桃花一处开。 注释： [1] 西风：这里指秋风，因为古人用四个方向来比说四个季节：东为春，南为夏，西为秋，北为冬。 [2] 青帝：古代指司春之神。 To the Chrisanthemum Huang Chao In soughing western wind you blossom far and nigh; Your fragrance is too cold to invite butterfly. Some day if I as Lord of Spring come into power, I’d order you to bloom together with peach flower. The poet was the leader of peasant uprising by the end of the Tang Dynasty. 《题菊花》是唐末农民起义领袖黄巢创作的一首诗，载于《全唐诗》卷七百三十三。此诗采用比兴手法，托物言志，抒发了作者力图主宰社会的豪迈思想。其不同凡响之处在于它展开了充满浪漫主义激情的大胆想象：一旦自己成为青帝（春神）就要让菊花与桃花在大好春光中开放，让菊花也同样享受到蕊暖香浓蜂蝶绕丛的欢乐。这种对不公正“天道”的大胆否定和对理想中的美好世界的热烈憧憬，集中地反映出诗人超越封建文人价值观念的远见卓识和勇于掌握、改变自身命运的雄伟胆略。 A poem entitled “To the Chrisanthemum” is a poem written by Huang Chao, the leader of the peasant rebellion at the end of the Tang Dynasty, and it is published in Volume 733 of The Complete Tang Poems. The poem uses the technique of simile to express the author’s ambition to dominate society. The poem is unusual in that it has a bold im...