Source: Tang Juyi's Pipa Trip
Selected paragraph:
Her first guitar note made me sigh. Now, after listening to her story, I feel even sadder. We were all unhappy until the end of the day, when we met. We understand. What is the relationship between acquaintances? ! A year ago, I left the capital and came here. Now I am a sick Jiujiang exile.
Translation:
Listening to the cry of pipa, I have shook my head and sighed; It makes me sad to hear her talk again. We are all sad people who have fallen to the end of the world; Why do you ask if you have seen it before when you meet today? Since I left the bustling capital Chang 'an last year; He was relegated to Xunyang River and often fell ill.
Extended data:
Pipa Trip is a long poem with 6 16 characters, which depicts a pipa female image reduced to the ends of the earth and reflects the tragic fate of female artists in feudal society. The author's resentment and sadness at being demoted are also well expressed. This is a narrative poem, but it is lyrical, and narrative and lyricism are well combined.
The description of pipa performance in the poem is particularly prominent. Through vivid metaphor and description of the listener's reaction, the voice that can't be heard from the text seems to linger in the ear. This is Bai Juyi's masterpiece, which has a great influence. Many anthologies of Tang poetry have their place. Ma Zhiyuan's zaju Tears in the Yuan Dynasty and Gu Dadian's legendary The Story of the Blue Shirt in the Ming Dynasty were all adapted from this poem.