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A FAREWELL TO SECRETARY SHUYUN AT THE XIETIAO VILLA IN XUANZHOU
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A FAREWELL TO SECRETARY SHUYUN AT THE XIETIAO VILLA IN XUANZHOU
 ---Li Bai


Since yesterday had to throw me and bolt,
Today has hurt my heart even more.
The autumn wildgeese have a long wind for escort
As I face them from this villa, drinking my wine.
The bones of great writers are your brushes, in the School of Heaven,
And I am a Lesser Xie growing up by your side.
We both are exalted to distant thought,
Aspiring to the sky and the bright moon.
But since water still flows, though we cut it with our swords,
And sorrows return, though we drown them with wine,
Since the world can in no way answer our craving,
I will loosen my hair tomorrow and take to a fishingboat.

七言古诗    宣州谢朓楼饯别校书叔云
---李白


弃我去者,昨日之日不可留;
乱我心者, 今日之日多烦忧。
长风万里送秋雁, 对此可以酣高楼。
蓬莱文章建安骨, 中间小谢又清发,
俱怀逸兴壮思飞, 欲上青天览明月。
抽刀断水水更流, 举杯销愁愁更愁。
人生在世不称意, 明朝散发弄扁舟。
 
【诗文解释】
  弃我而去的昨天已不可挽留,扰乱我心绪的今天使我极为烦忧。万里长风吹送南归的鸿雁,面对此景,正可以登上高楼开怀畅饮。你的文章就像蓬莱宫中储藏的仙文一样高深渊博,同时还兼具建安文学的风骨。而我的诗风,也像谢朓那样清新秀丽、飘逸豪放。我们都满怀豪情逸兴,飞跃的神思像要腾空而上高高的青天,去摘取那皎洁的明月。然而每当想起人生的际遇,就忧从中来。好像抽出宝刀去砍流水一样,水不但没有被斩断,反而流得更猛了。我举起酒杯痛饮,本想借酒排遣烦忧,结果反倒愁上加愁。啊!人生在世竟然如此不称心如意,还不如明天就披散了头发,乘一只小舟在江湖之上自在地漂流。
【词语解释】

高楼:即题“谢朓楼”,南齐诗人谢朓官宣城(即宣州,今属安徽)太守时所建。
蓬莱:指秘书省。李白族叔李云官秘书校书郎。
清发:清新秀丽。
逸兴:超逸的意兴。
散发:不戴冠簪子。指散漫无拘束。
扁舟:小船。弄扁舟,指归隐江湖。
【诗文赏析】

  身在浊世,烦恼剪不断理还乱。当诗人的理想与黑暗的现实产生矛盾之时却又无法发泄。可贵的是作者虽然精神上承受着苦闷的重压,但却并未因此放弃对理想的追求。全诗灌注了慷慨豪迈的情怀,正如在悲怆的乐曲中奏出了高昂乐观的音调。
  诗中蕴含了强烈的思想感情,如奔腾的江河瞬息万变,波澜迭起,和艺术结构的腾挪跌宕、跳跃发展完美结合。

 

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