No. 65 · Tang poem · five-character regulated verse第 65 首 · 唐诗 · 五言律诗

fù赋dé得gǔ古yuán原cǎo草sòng送bié别

bái白jū居yì易Bai Juyi · Tang唐

Grass on the Ancient Plain: A Farewell

lí离lí离yuán原shàng上cǎo草

yí一suì岁yì一kū枯róng荣

yě野huǒ火shāo烧bú不jìn尽

chūn春fēng风chuī吹yòu又shēng生

yuǎn远fāng芳qīn侵gǔ古dào道

qíng晴cuì翠jiē接huāng荒chéng城

yòu又sòng送wáng王sūn孙qù去

qī萋qī萋mǎn满bié别qíng情

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

离离原上草How thick the grass grows on the plain;原野上的草长得多么茂盛，
一岁一枯荣each year it withers, and each year it thrives again.每年枯萎一次，又茂盛一次。
野火烧不尽Wildfire cannot burn it all away;野火怎么烧也烧不光，
春风吹又生when the spring wind blows, it grows back once more.春风一吹，它又长出来了。
远芳侵古道Far-reaching grass creeps over the ancient road;远处的芳草长满了古老的道路，
晴翠接荒城its sunlit green runs all the way to the ruined town.阳光下的绿色一直连到荒凉的旧城。
又送王孙去Once again I see a friend off here,今天我又在这里送朋友远行，
萋萋满别情and the lush grass seems full of the sorrow of parting.茂盛的青草里也好像满是离别的情意。

Words字词注释

离离lí lí: lí lí: growing thick and lush.离离：草长得很茂盛的样子。
原yuán: yuán: the open plain.原：原野，宽阔平坦的野地。
一岁一枯荣yí suì yì kū róng: yī suì yī kū róng: each year it withers once and flourishes once. Suì is a year, kū is to wither, róng is to flourish.一岁一枯荣：一年里枯一次，又茂盛一次。岁，年；枯，枯萎；荣，茂盛。
烧不尽shāo bú jìn: shāo bù jìn: cannot be burned away completely.烧不尽：烧不完，烧不光。
远芳yuǎn fāng: yuǎn fāng: fragrant grass stretching far away.远芳：远处的芳草，一直伸展到远方的青草。
侵古道qīn gǔ dào: qīn gǔ dào: the grass spreads over the old road. Qīn means to creep over.侵古道：青草长满了古老的道路。侵，侵占、蔓延。
晴翠qíng cuì: qíng cuì: the bright green of grass in sunshine.晴翠：阳光下青翠的草色。
荒城huāng chéng: huāng chéng: an empty, ruined town.荒城：荒凉的旧城。
王孙wáng sūn: wáng sūn: once meaning sons of noble families; here, the friend who is leaving.王孙：本来指贵族子弟，这里指要远行的朋友。
萋萋qī qī: qī qī: lush and thick, said of grass.萋萋：草长得茂盛的样子。
满别情mǎn bié qíng: mǎn bié qíng: full of the sadness of parting.满别情：满怀离别的情意。

Background创作背景

When old poets wrote on a set topic, they often put fùdé, "written on the given theme", before the title. Bai Juyi wrote this as a young man for practice. The topic was grass on an ancient plain, and it also had to be a farewell. One account says he was sixteen. Legend says he took the poem to Chang'an to show the famous poet Gu Kuang. Gu joked about his name, which sounds like "living easily": rice is dear in Chang'an, living here is not easy. Then he read the lines about wildfire and spring wind, and changed his tune: anyone who can write lines like these will find it easy to live here.

古人按指定的题目作诗，常在题目前加上“赋得”两个字。这首诗是白居易少年时的习作，题目是“古原草”，又要写送别。一说是他十六岁时写的。传说他带着这首诗到长安拜见名诗人顾况。顾况拿他的名字开玩笑，说“长安米贵，居大不易”；读到“野火烧不尽，春风吹又生”，又改口说，能写出这样的句子，住在长安也不难。

The poet作者

Bai Juyi (772–846), courtesy name Letian, also called the Lay Buddhist of Fragrant Hill, was a great Tang poet. He believed poems should be easy for ordinary people to understand. Legend says he read his poems to an old woman and changed any line she could not follow. His poems are plain and clear, and they spread far and wide.

白居易（772—846），字乐天，号香山居士，唐代大诗人。他主张诗要写得让普通人都能听懂，传说他写完诗会念给老婆婆听，听不懂就改。他的诗平易好懂，流传很广。

The mood意境

The first four lines are among the very first lines many children learn by heart. Grass looks weak, yet every year it withers and turns green again. Wildfire burns it to ash, but when the spring wind blows, it springs up again. Its stubborn life is truly inspiring. The last four lines turn to the farewell. The grass grows on into the distance, covering the old road and reaching the ruined town. The friend will soon go far away along that road. The grass that fills the land is like the sadness that fills the poet's heart. Writing about grass is writing about people, and the scene carries the feeling.

这首诗的前四句是很多小朋友背的第一首诗之一。小草看起来很弱，可是它年年枯了又绿；野火把它烧成灰，春风一吹，它又冒出来了。这份顽强的生命力，让人很受鼓舞。后四句回到送别：青草一直长到远方，铺满古道，连着荒城，朋友就要沿着这条路走远了。满地的青草，就像诗人心里满满的不舍。写草就是写人，写景也是写情。