Sword-dancing poem

This poem describes Gong Sundaniang's dance.

Source: "Watching Gong Sundaniang's Disciples Dance Sword" Tang Du Fu

Selected paragraph:

A few years ago, there was a beautiful Gongsun who danced her dagger from all directions.

The audience is like a mountain lost between them, and the world moves back and forth with her movements.

It's like shooting for nine days, as fast as an angel in front of the dragon's wings.

She began to be like a thunderbolt, venting its anger and ending the shining calm like rivers and seas.

Translation:

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful woman named Gong Sundaniang. Whenever she dances a sword, it will cause a sensation.

There were many people watching, and their faces changed color because of fear. The world is also infected by her dance, ups and downs.

The light of the sword is dazzling, like Houyi shooting for nine days, and the dance is vigorous and agile, like a dragon flying up.

When dancing, the sword is like thunder, which makes people hold their breath. When dancing, it is very calm, like the waves of the river and the sea.

Extended data:

Although Du Fu and Gong Sundaniang are not old friends, Du Fu once watched her performance as a child and witnessed the grand occasion at that time. Therefore, when Du Fu watched the performance of Sun's disciple Li Niangzi, who was not in full bloom, he recalled her dancing posture when she danced the sword and her youth.

Therefore, this poem reflects the different experiences of Gong Sundaniang and his disciples, and at the same time makes people feel more about Du Fu's feelings about perishable years, his own aging and unfulfilled ambitions, and integrates into the consciousness of the rise and fall of the country.

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