Tu Fu
Translated by Kenneth Rexroth
Q: Why did you spell out this poem?
A: That poem was written when I passed by the Jade Flower castle, in the Chinese Province of Shanxi, a long time ago. At that time, the Jade Flower Palace was only a ruin, abandoned by the royalty. By looking at at the desolate scene of a past glory, I suddenly felt the inspiration for a poem public lecture about the briefness of the things and the imperceptibility of the future. (Line 18-20) This poem illustrates well the illusion of wealthiness and power as none of these survives time. Also, the poem has the marrow of imperceptibility of future, meaning that no one can p vehementict what can go across to him/her (line 20). Wealth/pwr/beauty can guarantee impulse pleasures but we can never know whether the prosperity leave alone last.
I think that question is important because it shows us the master(prenominal) themes of the poem. Its only through understanding the purpose of the poem that we argon able to go into it and analyze it well.
Jade Flower Palace
Tu Fu, translated by Kenneth Rexroth
The stream swirls. The wind moans in
The pines. Gray rats scurry over
Broken tiles. What prince, long ago,
Built this palace, standing in
5 Ruins beside the cliffs? There are
Green ghost fires in the black rooms.
The shattered pavements are all
Washed away.
ecstasy thousand organ
Pipes whistle and roar. The storm
10 Scatters the red autumn leaves.
His dancing girls are yellow dust.
Their painted cheeks realize crumbled
Away. His gold chariots
And courtiers are gone. Only
15 A fossa horse is left of his
Glory. I sit on the snitch and
Start a poem, but the pathos of
It overcomes me. The future
Slips imperceptibly away.
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