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Liu Zongyuan Poem: Rocky Hills Viewed Together with Abbot Haochu – 柳宗 元《与浩初上人同看山寄京华亲故》

与浩初上人 [1] 同看山寄京华 [2] 亲故 柳宗元 海畔 [3] 尖山似剑铓 [4] , 秋来处处割愁肠。 若为 [5] 化得身千亿, 散上峰头望故乡。 注释: [1] 上人:和尚的尊称。 [2] 京华:京城。 [3] 海畔:畔,边。柳州在南方,距海较近,故称海畔。 [4] 剑铓:剑锋,剑的顶部尖锐部分。 [5] 若为:怎能。 Rocky Hills Viewed Together with Abbot Haochu Liu Zongyuan The seaside rocky hills look sharp like sword or dart; They thrust out when autumn comes to cut and break my heart. If I could be transformed into rocks, I would stand Atop a thousand peaks to watch for my homeland. The poet wishes to be transformed into a rock to watch for his homeland far away. 《与浩初上人同看山寄京华亲故》是唐代文学家柳宗元的诗作。此诗表现了作者对故乡的深切思念之情,同时也表达了作者被贬谪的愤慨不平之意。前两句以剑喻山峰,谓其割人愁肠,“割”字照应上句“剑铓”的比喻,突出作者愁苦之深;后两句由峭拔似剑铓的群峰进一步产生出一个奇特的幻想,期望身化千亿,散上诸峰以望故乡。全诗因景生情,融情入景,想象奇特,比喻新颖,作者谪居的愁苦与望乡的悲哀在短短二十八字里表达得深挚感人,具有很强的艺术感染力。 The poem “Rocky Hills Viewed Together with Abbot Haochu” is a poem written by the Tang Dynasty writer Liu Zongyuan. The poem expresses the author’s deep longing for his hometown, and at the same time expresses his indignation and injustice at being...

Liu Zongyuan Poem: Farewell to My Younger Brother – 柳宗元《别舍弟宗一》

别舍弟宗一 [1] 柳宗元 零落残魂 [2] 倍黯然 [3] , 双垂别泪越江 [4] 边。 一身去国六千里, 万死 [5] 投荒 [6] 十二年。 桂岭 [7] 瘴 [8] 来云似墨, 洞庭 [9] 春尽水如天。 欲知此后相思梦, 长在荆门 [10] 郢 [11] 树烟。 注释: [1] 舍弟宗一:指诗人的堂弟柳宗一。 [2] 残魂:残余的魂魄。 [3] 黯(àn)然:心情沮丧的样子。 [4] 越江:粤江。这里指代柳江。 [5] 万死:经历了无数的艰难和磨砺。 [6] 投荒:指被贬到边远地区。 [7] 桂岭:在今广西贺县东北。这里指柳州一带的山岭。 [8] 瘴:瘴气。 [9] 洞庭:洞庭湖,是柳宗一去江陵的必经之地。 [10] 荆门:荆门山,今在湖北省宜都县西北。 [11] 郢(yǐnɡ):春秋时期楚国的都城,在今湖北省江陵市西北,这也是柳宗一必经之地。 Farewell to My Younger Brother Liu Zongyuan Lonely, I feel more gloomy when I part with you; Standing by riverside, we shed tears of adieu. I am banished from home thousands of miles away; Not dead for twelve long years, in the west land I stay. Miasmic clouds darken the southern mountains high; When spring ends on East lake, water blends with the sky. From now on I would think of you and you of me; I’d haunt in dreams our native land from tree to tree. The poet reveals his homesickness while parting with his younger brother. 《别舍弟宗一》是唐代文学家柳宗元的诗作。此诗是作者送别堂弟柳宗一而作,为伤别并自伤之作,既表现了兄弟之间的骨肉之情,同时还抒发了作者因参加“永贞革新”而被贬窜南荒的愤懑...