Mid-Autumn Poetry: A Journey to the Gulangyue

Gulangyu trip

-Tang Dynasty: Li Bai

When I was young, I didn't know the bright moon in the sky, so I called it Bai Yupan.

I suspect it is Yao's platform, flying in the sky.

Is the fairy in the moon hanging her feet?

Why do laurel trees become round in January?

The white rabbit is not an old panacea. Can you tell me who eats it?

Toads eat the full moon, the moon, the moon is so dark, I don't know.

After Yi shot down nine suns, the paradise on earth was clear and peaceful.

The moon has been lost, and there is nothing to see except to walk away. Worry, how can I bear the pain, sadness breaks my heart.

2. Translation

When I was a child, I didn't know the moon, so I called it a white jade plate. (incoming call: called. White jade plate: refers to a crystal clear white plate. )

Some people also suspect that it is the fairy mirror of Yaotai, flying above Qingyun in the night sky. (doubt: doubt. Yaotai: the legendary place where immortals live. )

Are immortals hanging their feet in the middle of the month? Why do osmanthus trees grow round in the middle of the month? (doubt: doubt. Yaotai: the legendary place where immortals live. )

Who is the fairy medicine smashed by the white rabbit? (question: ask. Words: auxiliary words have no practical meaning. With whom: a "who and". )

Toad ate the full moon badly, and the moon became dark. (Toad: The moon is often called "toad" in ancient poems. But the toad in this poem means something else. Round shadow: refers to the moon)

After Yi shot nine suns, heaven and earth survived. (Yi: The hero who shot down nine suns in ancient China mythology. Heaven and Man: Heaven and Earth. )

The moon is confused and there is nothing to see. Let's fly away. (Yin essence: refers to the moon. Confused: lost in confusion. Gone and gone: far away, farther and farther away. )

I was so worried that I couldn't bear to go away. Sadness makes me deeply grieved. (sad: sad and sad. )