Tang poem · five-character old-style poem唐诗 · 五言古诗
lǐ李bái白Li Bai · Tang唐
Midnight Songs of Wu: Spring
qín秦dì地luó罗fū敷nǚ女
cǎi采sāng桑lǜ绿shuǐ水biān边
sù素shǒu手qīng青tiáo条shàng上
hóng红zhuāng妆bái白rì日xiān鲜
cán蚕jī饥qiè妾yù欲qù去
wǔ五mǎ马mò莫liú留lián连
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。
The Midnight Song was a folk tune from the Wu region in the south. Legend says a woman named Ziye of the Jin dynasty made it. Later people wrote Midnight Songs for the four seasons. Li Bai wrote four too, and this is the first, the spring song. Its story comes from the Han folk song "Mulberry by the Road": lovely Luofu picks mulberry leaves by the road, a prefect takes a liking to her, and she turns him down. No one knows exactly when Li Bai wrote this poem.
《子夜歌》是南方吴地流行的民歌曲调，传说是晋代一位叫子夜的女子创作的。后来有人按春夏秋冬写成《子夜四时歌》。李白也写了四首，这是第一首春歌。诗里的故事来自汉乐府《陌上桑》：美丽的罗敷在路边采桑，太守看上了她，被她拒绝。这首诗具体写于什么时候，现在已经说不清了。
Li Bai (701–762) was a great Tang poet, often called the Immortal of Poetry. He loved folk songs and old Yuefu tunes, and often wrote new poems under old titles. His language flows naturally. Like this poem, his lines read as lightly as a song.
李白（701—762），唐代大诗人，被人称为“诗仙”。他很喜欢学习民歌和乐府老曲子，常常借旧题目写新诗。他的语言自然流畅，像这首诗一样，读起来像唱歌一样明快。
The first four lines are like a bright spring picture. Green water, green mulberry branches, a pair of white hands, and red clothes that dazzle in the sun. Green, white and red make the scene glow. In the last two lines the girl speaks: "My silkworms are hungry, I must go. Please do not waste your time here." Her words are polite, but her meaning is firm. Calmly, she uses her work as a reason and turns the official away with ease. In just thirty characters we meet a girl who is lovely, hard-working and sure of her own mind.
前四句像一幅明亮的春天图画：绿水边，绿桑枝，一双白白的手，一身红红的衣裳，在阳光下特别耀眼。颜色有绿、白、青、红，十分鲜艳。后两句姑娘开口说话：“蚕饿了，我得走了，您别在这儿耽误工夫。”话说得很客气，意思却很坚决。她不慌不忙，用干活做借口，轻轻松松拒绝了大官。短短三十个字，写出了一个又美丽、又勤劳、又有主见的姑娘。