Tang poem · five-character regulated verse唐诗 · 五言律诗

chūn春rì日yì忆lǐ李bái白

dù杜fǔ甫Du Fu · Tang唐

Thinking of Li Bai on a Spring Day

bái白yě也shī诗wú无dí敌

piāo飘rán然sī思bù不qún群

qīng清xīn新yǔ庾kāi开fǔ府

jùn俊yì逸bào鲍cān参jūn军

wèi渭běi北chūn春tiān天shù树

jiāng江dōng东rì日mù暮yún云

hé何shí时yì一zūn尊jiǔ酒

chóng重yǔ与xì细lùn论wén文

Underlined words have notes: tap one. The Pinyin button below shows or hides all pinyin. 一 and 不 are marked with the tone you actually say.字下有虚线的，点开有注释。下方的“拼音”按钮可以显示或隐藏全部拼音。“一”“不”标的是实际读出来的变调。

Line by line逐句翻译

白也诗无敌Li Bai, ah, his poems have no equal.李白呀，他的诗天下无敌，
飘然思不群Free and soaring, his ideas stand apart from everyone's.潇洒自由，想法和别人都不一样。
清新庾开府His verse is fresh like that of Yu Xin,他的诗像庾信那样清新，
俊逸鲍参军and brilliant and bold like that of Bao Zhao.又像鲍照那样俊逸奔放。
渭北春天树North of the Wei River, I look at the spring trees.我在渭水北边，看着春天的树；
江东日暮云East of the Yangtze, you watch the clouds at dusk.你在江东，望着傍晚的云。
何时一尊酒When can we share a cup of wine again,什么时候我们能再一起喝一杯酒，
重与细论文and sit down once more to talk about poetry in detail?重新坐下来，细细地谈论诗文呢？

Words字词注释

白也bái yě: bái yě: Li Bai, ah. Yě after a name adds a pause and a sense of praise.白也：李白呀。“也”放在名字后面，表示停顿和感叹。
无敌wú dí: wú dí: no one can match him.无敌：没有人比得上。
飘然piāo rán: piāo rán: light, free and unbound.飘然：轻快洒脱、自由自在的样子。
思不群sī bù qún: sī bù qún: his ideas are unlike anyone else's.思不群：想法与众不同。不群，不和一般人一样。
清新qīng xīn: qīng xīn: fresh and clean, never dull.清新：清爽新鲜，不俗气。
庾开府yǔ kāi fǔ: yǔ kāi fǔ: Yu Xin, a poet of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, called by his high title kāi fǔ.庾开府：南北朝时的诗人庾信，他在北周做过“开府”这个高官，所以这样叫他。
俊逸jùn yì: jùn yì: brilliant and free-spirited.俊逸：才气出众，潇洒奔放。
鲍参军bào cān jūn: bào cān jūn: Bao Zhao, a poet of the Liu Song dynasty, who held the post of cān jūn, a military adviser.鲍参军：南朝宋的诗人鲍照，做过“参军”这个官。
渭北wèi běi: wèi běi: north of the Wei River, around Chang'an, where Du Fu was.渭北：渭水北边，指长安一带，是杜甫当时在的地方。
江东jiāng dōng: jiāng dōng: the lands east of the lower Yangtze, where Li Bai was.江东：长江下游的东南一带，是李白当时在的地方。
尊zūn: zūn: an ancient wine cup.尊：同“樽”，古代的酒杯。
细论文xì lùn wén: xì lùn wén: to talk about poetry in detail.细论文：仔细地谈论诗文。

How to read it读音

思sī: Here it is a noun, meaning the flow of ideas. Today it is read sī. In old times the noun was read in the falling tone, close to sì.这里“思”是名词，指才思、想法，现在读 sī。古代作名词时读去声，近似 sì。
重chóng: Here it means once again, read chóng.“重”是再一次的意思，读 chóng。

Background创作背景

Du Fu and Li Bai met in 744, traveled together and became good friends. In 745 they parted in Shandong and never met again. Du Fu then went to Chang'an, and Li Bai went to the lands east of the Yangtze. This poem is usually thought to have been written in Chang'an, around the spring of 746 or 747, when Du Fu was missing Li Bai.

杜甫和李白在744年相识，一起游玩过，成了好朋友。745年两人在山东分别，以后再也没有见面。后来杜甫到了长安，李白去了江东一带。一般认为这首诗是杜甫在长安时写的，大约在746年或747年的春天，他想念李白，写下了这首诗。

The poet作者

Du Fu (712–770) was a great Tang poet called the Sage of Poetry. He was eleven years younger than Li Bai and admired him deeply, writing more than ten poems about him in his life. Together the two are called Li-Du, the two brightest stars of Tang poetry.

杜甫（712—770），唐代大诗人，被称为“诗圣”。他比李白小十一岁，非常敬佩李白，一生写过十几首怀念李白的诗。两个人一起被叫作“李杜”，是唐诗里最亮的两颗星。

The mood意境

The first four lines are all praise for Li Bai. His poems are the best in the land, his ideas unlike anyone's, fresh and free, like two great poets of the past rolled into one. Praise this open shows how much Du Fu admired him. Lines five and six are the most famous. One friend looks at spring trees north of the Wei; the other watches dusk clouds east of the Yangtze. They are far apart, yet they seem to miss each other at the same moment. Later, "spring trees and evening clouds" became a saying for missing a faraway friend. The last two lines hope to meet again, drink together and talk about poems. The words are simple, but the feeling runs deep.

前四句全在夸李白：他的诗天下第一，想法与众不同，又清新又潇洒，像古代两位名家合在一起。夸得这么痛快，可见杜甫有多佩服他。第五、六句最有名：一个看着渭北春天的树，一个望着江东傍晚的云，两个人隔得很远，却好像在同时想念对方。后来人们用“春树暮云”来比喻想念远方的朋友。最后两句盼着再见面，能一起喝酒谈诗，淡淡的话里有很深的情。