Yang Shen

柳 [明]杨慎 垂杨垂柳管[1]芳年[2]， 飞絮飞花媚远天[3]。 金距斗鸡[4]寒食后， 玉蛾[5]翻雪暖风前。 别离江上还河上， 抛掷[6]桥边与路边。 游子魂销青塞[7]月， 美人肠断翠楼烟。 注释： [1]管：负责，这里指杨柳最先抽芽，迎来春天。 [2]芳年：美好的春天。 [3]媚远天：将春天点缀得更加妩媚。 [4]金距斗鸡：这里指柳树刚冒出的嫩黄色新芽，就像人们在斗鸡时套在鸡脚上的距刺。 [5]玉蛾：这里比喻一团一团的柳絮。 [6]抛掷：丢弃、弃置。 [7]青塞：边塞、边地。 The Willow Yang Shen[1] The weeping willow tree o'er fragrant spring holds sway; Its yellow sprout looks like gold claw on Cold Food Day.[2] Flower-like willow down enchants the boundless sky; It flies like snow or moth of jade in warm wind high. It weeps on seeing people part on river wide; Its broken twigs are cast by the bridge or roadside. My heart breaks 'neath the moon on willowless frontier; Severed by willow screen, my love sheds tear on tear. 注释： [1]The poet won the first honor in imperial exam of 1511, and was banished to Yunnan for over thirty years. [2]On Cold Food Day Chinese people used to take cold meals and visit their ancestral graveyard. "Willow" is a seven-character regulated verse written by Yang Shen, a poet in the Ming Dynasty. The first couplet of this poem describes how the willow turns green early in the spring, ahead of the wind; the second couplet uses seasonal scenery related to the willow to continue to exaggerate the posture and appearance of the willow in spring; the third couplet takes a…