"I want to know why my Jinse has fifty strings, each with a youthful interval. Zhuangzi daydreaming, a saint, was bewitched by butterflies, and cuckoo crowed in the imperial spring. Mermaids shed pearl-like tears on the moon-green sea, and the blue fields breathed their jade to the sun. A moment that should last forever has come and gone before I know it. " This poem is particularly in line with my aesthetic appreciation of words at that time. In my opinion, it is simply a beautiful word. The expression of various images is also the kind I like, but it is such a sad and moving emotion. In addition, it shows that I miss my dead wife in the poem, which makes me feel that the poet is affectionate.
Why are the strings of that gorgeous harp fifty? This string is the time I spent with you, and that string is where your fingers touched. I heard that there were butterflies in ancient Zhuang Zhou's dreams. I don't know who was in whose dreams. I just wish I was in your dream. It is said that the cuckoo called blood this spring was turned by the emperor. I just hope you still have something in this world. There was a cold bright moon on the sea, and the tears in Jiao Ren's eyes turned into pearls. Lantian produces jade, and white smoke seems to rise in the jade under the sunlight. Maybe my feelings for you can only be silent when I recall the past, or I already knew where to put my heart?
In fact, I have always felt that poetry has always been inferior to words in expressing feelings, because it is seriously restricted by genre and is not easy to express freely. But this poem makes me feel the same way. Although I have never experienced such an unforgettable emotional experience, what this poem expresses can always make people deeply moved. In high school, the Chinese teacher also spoke highly of Li Shangyin and often asked him to recite his poems for us. Two untitled poems are even more familiar.
In my mind, there is another poem that is also amazing, and that is Yuan Zhen's "Leaving Thoughts". The two sentences, "Once the sea is difficult to water, it will always be amber", are not inferior to Li Shangyin's "Jinse" in the least, and coincidentally, the two poems have the same theme, both expressing feelings and thoughts for the lost lover. I think the last two sentences are more affectionate when I take down the whole poem. Although the private life after Yuan Zhen is not as pure as he said, at least the loyalty to the lover expressed in this poem is a timeless word.