The Original and Translation of Cowherd Star

Jumping Cowherd Star is a five-character poem written by literati in Han Dynasty, and it is one of the nineteen ancient poems. This poem, based on the myth that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl are blocked by the Milky Way and can't meet each other, expresses the feelings of women's parting and lovesickness, and writes the sadness that husband and wife on earth can't reunite. Original text of Far Morning Altar

Distant Altair, Jiao Jiao Hehan girl.

Skillful hands, make a loom.

There is no chapter all day, and tears are pouring down.

What's the difference between a clear river and a shallow one?

Between water and water, there are no words.

Translation of the Distant Altair

Distant and bright Altair, bright and distant Vega.

The weaver girl is waving her long white hands, and the loom keeps ringing.

Because of lovesickness, she couldn't weave any patterns all day, and tears scattered all over the floor like rain.

They are not far from each other only by the clear and shallow Milky Way.

Across the clear and shallow banks of the Milky Way, staring at each other in silence.

Notes on the distant Altair

Article (ti? O) Article: Far. Altair: One of the three stars in Hegu, opposite Vega across the Milky Way, commonly known as Altair, is the main star of Tianying constellation, in the east of the Milky Way.

Jiao Jiao: Bright appearance. Hehan female: refers to Vega, the main star of Lyra, located in the west of the Milky Way, across the river from Altair. Hehan, Yinhe.

Slender: A slender shape. 擢 (Zhu? ): draw, draw, close to the extended meaning. Sue: White.

Za (zh？ Zagreb: onomatopoeia, weaving sound. Make: fiddle with. 杼 (zh? ): Shuttle on loom.

Chapter: refers to the warp and weft texture on the fabric, here refers to the whole fabric. This sentence is based on the meaning of the Book of Songs, saying that the weaver girl can't weave all day. The original intention of the Book of Songs is that the weaver girl has a false name and can't weave. What is said here is that the weaver girl has no intention of weaving because of lovesickness.

Snuff: tears. Zero: down.

Shallow: shallow.

Out of phase: separate from each other. Come on, let's go. How much: How far can it be?

Yingying: The water is clear and crystal clear. When it comes to describing the Weaver Girl, the six ministers in Selected Works note: Yingying is beautiful in appearance. Yishui: refers to the Milky Way. Kim: Interval.

Pulse (M) Pulse: The way you look at each other affectionately. Express love silently with eyes or actions.

Appreciation of The Distant Altair

This poem describes a couple in the sky, Petunia and Weaver Girl, but the perspective is on the ground, which is to observe their parting pain from the perspective of a third party.

At the beginning, the words "Altair" and "Jiaotoe Hehan Female" were written from two places, saying that Altair was far away and the Weaver Girl was Jiao Jiao. Titiao and Jiao Jiao have different views. The morning glory is also bright, and the weaver girl is far away. They are all so far away and so bright. However, it is easy for people to associate the distant Petunia with the wanderers in another country, and it is also easy for people to associate the Weaver Girl in Jiao Jiao with the beauty of women. So, it seems that they are not interchangeable. If it is intertextuality, if it is replaced by a beautiful morning glory and a distant river girl, the interest will be reduced by more than half. The subtlety of poetic language can be seen here. The purpose of calling Weaver Girl Hehan Girl is to make up three syllables and avoid using the word Weaver Girl. The former sentence always uses Altair, and the latter sentence refers to Vega, which is neither rhyming nor monotonous. Hehan women are more energetic. Hehan woman means a woman on the edge of the galaxy, which is more easily associated with a real woman, but ignores that she is a star. It can be seen that different writing methods have different artistic effects. In a word, the arrangement of the ten words "Altair" and "Han woman of Jiao Jiao River" can be said to be the most ingenious arrangement and the most muddy effect.

Skillful hands, make a loom. On the one hand, the words "I can't weave chapters all day and cry like rain" are written that although she knits all day, she can't weave a horse because she is sad. Delicate hands are delicate hands. In order to play chess with the next sentence, the original sentence structure in the poem has been changed. The poet used a word here. Xiao Ya Scam in The Book of Songs: When a woman is born, a tile carries it. This word means to play, to play. Although the weaver girl stretched out her plain hand, she was not interested in knitting. She just fondled the loom and burst into tears. All day long, there is not a chapter in The Book of Songs Xiaoya Dadong: there are seven weavers all day long. Even if the weaver girl is busy, she can't knit a stripe well.

The last four sentences are the poet's lament: What's the difference between He Han's simplicity and simplicity? Between water and water, there are no words. The milky way between Petunia and Weaver Girl is clear and shallow, and Petunia and Weaver Girl are not far apart. Although only separated by water, they can't talk to each other. Yingying is interpreted as describing the shallowness of water, or not describing water, and the pulse of the next sentence is describing the weaver girl. Notes of Six Ministers in Selected Works: Yingying is beautiful. Many people think that Yingying must describe water when she puts it in front of water. But the original intention of surplus is overflow. If we describe water, we should also describe its fullness, not its shallowness. Interpreting Yingying as shallow is influenced by the above-mentioned simplicity and shallowness, not Yingying's original intention. In the anthology, Yingying appeared in addition to this poem, and Yingying's upstairs daughter played the role of a window, which was also seen in Nineteen Ancient Poems. Shan Li Note: Guangya said:? Win, Rong Ye. ? Surplus and victory are the same, and the old saying goes. This is to describe the beauty of women's manners, so the five ministers' notes are extended to Li Duan. In addition, Han Yuefu's On Mulberry: "Ying Ying is in the hotel, and Ran Ran is in the hotel. It also describes people's behavior. Since the Weaver Girl is called the Hehan Girl, the beauty of her appearance is reflected between Hehan, which means "Ying Ying is a river". Pulse condition, note: Er Ya? Pulse, look at each other? . Guo Pu said? Does pulse mean looking at each other? . Nothing means that although Hehan is shallow, Weaver Girl and Petunia can only look at each other in silence.

This poem is full of emotion and touching. The whole poem uses things as metaphors to describe people, with exquisite ideas. The poem is mainly about the Weaver Girl and Penny. It is very clever from the perspective of the Weaver Girl. From no chapter to weave, to tears, and then to silence, it fully shows the bitterness of parting. The description of the weaver girl in the poem is very delicate, and the details are in place, such as those delicate hands that cry like rain. Meanwhile, Zaza's loom is a dynamic description. In this way, the characters emerge from such descriptions.

There are ten sentences in this poem, six of which use overlapping words, that is, all the way and all the way. These reduplicated words make the syllables of this poem harmonious, concise and beautiful, full of interest, and naturally and appropriately express physical properties and feelings. Especially the last two sentences, if the image of a young woman full of sadness appears on paper, it is a rare meaningful and muddy sentence.