Source: Li Bai's Dream by Du Fu, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty.

Excerpt from the original:

When he went out, he scratched his head with white hair and regretted that he had failed his life.

Gao Che Li Fu filled the capital, and you were brilliant, and you were haggard.

Who can say that the principle of justice is not Qiren in old age, but innocent bondage?

Even if there is a good name handed down from generation to generation, it is difficult to make up for the sad loss.

Translation:

He scratched his white hair when he went out, regretting that he had failed his lifelong ambition.

Noble cars, beautiful clothes and dignitaries fill the capital, but your face is haggard.

Who can say that justice does not deceive others, and Lao Ji is innocent?

Even if you have a reputation that will last for a long time, it is difficult to make up for being ignored and sad.

Extended Information Creation Background: This poem was written by Du Fu when he was living in Qin Zhou in the autumn of the second year of Gan Yuan (759). After Li Bai and Du Fu broke up in Shimen, Yanzhou, Shandong Province in the autumn of Tianbao four years (745), they never met again, but they always missed each other deeply. In 757 AD (the second year of Zhide), Li Bai was involved in Lilin, the shogunate of Wang Yong, and was imprisoned in Xunyang (now Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province).

At the beginning of the first year of Gan Yuan (758), he was sentenced to Changliu Yelang (now Tongzi County, Guizhou Province). In February of the second year of Gan Yuan's exile in the Three Gorges, he was pardoned and returned to Jiangling. Du Fu now lives in Qin Zhou, which is very remote. He only heard that Li Bai was exiled, but he still cared about Li Bai and missed him from time to time, so he wrote these two poems.

About the author: Du Fu (7 12 ~ 770), with beautiful words, once tried to call himself a young man. Take Jinshi as an example. He used to be a foreign minister in the school department, so he was called Du Gongbu internationally. He is the greatest realistic poet in the Tang Dynasty, and is known as the "poet saint" after the Song Dynasty, and is also called "Du Li" with Li Bai. His poems boldly exposed the social contradictions at that time and expressed deep sympathy for the poor people.

Many excellent works show the historical process of the Tang Dynasty from prosperity to decline, which is called "the history of poetry". In art, he is good at using various forms of poetry, especially rhythmic poetry; Various styles, mainly depression; Refined language with high expressive force. There are more than 1400 poems, including Du Gongbu Collection.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Two Dreams of Li Bai