Nalan Shengdeng's Words Are Very Moving: A Dream or Reality? Life is Like a Dream
People say life is like a dream, in just a few decades, it's like a dream. Every time I recall my childhood, it feels like yesterday, but that yesterday has long vanished in a blink of an eye. People are afraid to grow up. As soon as they mature and experience countless storms, they become filled with sorrow. This is actually life, and we have no choice. Although I often recall the past years, it's just a memory, far away from me. Whether it's love or childhood companions, most have lost contact, leaving only full memories.
I am a very sad person. Whenever I'm lonely, I go to read poetry, and only then does my heart become calm. And I most admire the poets like Lan Shi De. Especially his love poems, each one is full of sorrow, probably because he loved so deeply and unwillingly faced it. He always recalls the past, hoping everything can be done again. In fact, a rational person understands that the past is the past, and it cannot be returned to how it was before; but writers are different, they are always sensitive and constantly recall the past, especially the love that remains in their hearts.
Lan Shi De's love poems are sincere and deep, often easily produced. But reading them is full of emotion, especially after his wife Lu Shi passed away, he wrote countless memorial poems to express his remembrance of her, the most special one is this poem 'Red Jujube Seed·Wind Shimmers Lightly.' It's special because though it's a little obscure, every sentence is deep and creates a dreamlike feeling.
'Red Jujube Seed·Wind Shimmers Lightly'
Qing Dynasty: Lan Shi De
Wind shimmers lightly, rain falls softly. It's no wonder spring is filled with sorrow. The past seems to blur, I can't remember if it was a dream or a real experience. Even now, if you are in my dream, it's separated by a curtain.
Lan Shi De's life was full of sorrow, though he came from a prominent family, his father was a powerful official during the Kangxi Dynasty, and he was even a bodyguard, he shouldn't have been so sad or troubled. But because he loved deeply, his love was scarred, so his love poems are all moving and sincere. In this poem 'Red Jujube Seed·Wind Shimmers Lightly,' he couldn't distinguish between dream and reality, which shows his sadness and his entanglement in love, making the poem very sad, which resonates with us.
If you have had love experience, reading such poems will definitely move you. Lan Shi De has put his anguish for his wife into a delicate penmanship, creating a beautiful and melancholic atmosphere. It's about the wind and rain, which are very touching.
The overall meaning of the poem is: a gentle breeze and light rain. Every drop of rain adds to the sorrow of spring. The past gradually becomes blurred in my memory, I don't know if it was a dream or a real experience. Even now, if you're in my dream, it's separated by a curtain. These few sentences seem ordinary, but each one is touching, which is exactly what 'life is like a dream' says. Lan Shi De has incorporated the helplessness of life and the remembrance of the past into the poem, making it very sad.
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