What does "the feathers of the ephemera make the clothes bright" mean?

Mayflies have thin and bright wings, just like beautiful clothes.

From: Mayfly Cao Feng, Guo Feng. The author is unknown, except that the creation time is Zhou Dynasty.

Mayflies' feathers are neatly dressed. Sighing that life is short and my heart is full of sadness, how will I arrange the end of my life? Mayfly flapped its wings in the air, showing off its colorful clothes. Sigh, my heart is full of melancholy, where will my life live?

Soft Mayflies just emerged from the ground, gently dancing white Marvin's clothes. Sighing that his life is short, I am full of melancholy. Where can I find my life?

Interpretation: The faint ephemera is flying in the air, and the beautiful coat is brightly colored. Sighing that life is short, my heart is full of sadness. How will I arrange my destination in life?

The little Mayfly is flying in the air, showing off its gorgeous clothes. Sighing that life is short, my heart is full of melancholy. Where will my life end?

Young Mayflies just came out of the ground, gently waving white linen clothes. Sigh that life is short and full of melancholy. Where can I find my home in life?

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Creation background

As for the background of this poem, Preface to Mao Poetry thinks that it satirizes Cao's luxury, and later generations have both approval and disapproval. It's a bit like neither fish nor fowl to satirize the monarch's luxury with ephemera. But judging from the content of the poem, it conveys the emotions of the aristocratic class, so there should be no doubt.

From the specific background of Cao Guo, on the one hand, it has many lakes, which are suitable for the survival of ephemera; on the other hand, its national strength is weak and it is under the threat of a big country, so the literati here may be more worried and sad about life.

Zhu's Biography of Song Poetry. This poem covers those who have a good time and forget to take care of them for a long time, so they are stabbed by ephemera as a contrast. Word: Mayflies' wings are as lovely as clothes. But it is fleeting and can't last long, so I have a lingering fear and want it in my ear. The preface thinks it will stab its monarch, perhaps. And there is no test. "