Can you help me figure out what this means?
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My friend has left the west where the Yellow Crane towers; For River Town green with willows and red with flowers. His lessening sail is lost in the boundless blue sky; Where I see but the endless River rolling by.:'(
Tang poetry: The Yellow Crane Tower bid farewell to Meng Haoran, an old friend from Guangling, and left the Yellow Crane Tower in the west. Fireworks descended on Yangzhou in March. ； The shadow of the lone sail in the distance is gone in the blue sky, and only the Yangtze River can be seen flowing in the sky. I feel like it tastes weird after translation... (I feel like I was tricked by the original poster. I feel like the original poster knows the meaning and is just fooling us. This is originally the English translation of Tang poetry...) This post was last edited by Toxic and Dangerous at 2009-3-9 20:34 ]
My friend has left the Yellow Crane Tower in the west; the river and the willow town with green and red flowers. His reduced sail is lost in the boundless blue sky; if I see but the endless rolling of the river.
:lol Literal translation and free translation cannot translate the unique charm of Chinese.
Poetry always lacks charm when translated~~!
The English translation is very jerky and completely loses the charm and artistic conception of Tang poetry!
It just feels like there’s a lack of poetic imagination, it’s too straightforward, haha
Moreover, it has a lot to do with history, cultural background, and even geography. How many foreigners can understand the meaning of the poem when it is translated into a foreign language?
It’s rare for poetry to be able to translate its artistic conception, so I didn’t realize it was a Tang poem: L I admire you.
When I saw the Yellow Crane Tower, I thought of Tang poetry. I was deceived by the original poster.:$
It’s not always absolute! For example, Petofi's "Life is precious, but love is even more valuable." For the sake of freedom, both can be thrown away. ”, the translation is very good! :lol