Poetry describing dusk

1. [Tang Dynasty] Rong Yu's "Farewell"

Excerpt from the original text:

Holding an apricot branch in my hand, I have never been separated.

After closing the door at dusk, I know my loneliness.

Interpretation:

Holding the branches and leaves of apricot blossoms in my hands, I have never experienced separation. After closing the door at dusk, only you know your loneliness.

2. [Tang Dynasty] Zhang Hu's "Inscribed on Haiyannan Pavilion"

Excerpts from the original text:

The mandrill talks in the dark night, and the sea swallow returns at dusk.

Interpretation:

The ghosts in the mountains are talking when the night is dark, and the petrels return to their nests at dusk.

3. [Qing Dynasty] Cao Xueqin's "Ode to Buried Flowers"

Excerpt from the original text:

The cuckoo is speechless. It is dusk, and the hoe returns to cover the heavy door.

Interpretation:

The cuckoo weeps all its blood and tears in silence, and the miserable dusk is falling. Carrying the flower hoe, I endured the pain and went back, closing the deep door of my boudoir.

4. [Song Dynasty] "Bu Suanzi Ode to the Plum Blossoms" by Lu You

Excerpts from the original text:

It is already dusk and I am sad alone, with more wind and rain. ?

Interpretation:

Twilight falls, and the plum blossoms are helpless. They are sad enough, but they are destroyed by wind and rain.

5. [Tang Dynasty] Yu Hu's "Gift to the King"

Excerpts from the original text:

Only after dusk, the sound of chimes was heard in the stream.

Interpretation:

Only after dusk can the sound of chimes be heard from the river.