Poetry about the sorrow of the country’s demise

1. "Spring Hope"

Tang Dynasty: Du Fu

The country is broken by mountains and rivers, and the city has deep spring vegetation.

I am moved to tears by the flowers in my heart, and I am frightened by the hatred of other birds.

The war rages on for three months, and a letter from home is worth ten thousand gold.

The white-headed scratches are shorter, and the lust is overwhelming.

Translation: Chang'an fell, the country was shattered, and only the mountains and rivers remained; spring has come, and the sparsely populated Chang'an city is lush with vegetation. Feeling sentimental about state affairs, I can't help but burst into tears, and the chirping of birds frightens my heart, which only adds to the sorrow and hatred of separation. The continuous war has continued until now. Letters from home are rare, and one letter is worth ten thousand taels of gold. Wrapped in sadness, I scratched my head and thought. My white hair became shorter and shorter, and I couldn't even insert the hairpin.

2. "Two poems about the feeling of coming out of the fence gate to welcome the coolness at dawn on an autumn night·Part 2"

Thirty thousand miles of river east enters the sea, and five thousand mountains reach the sky.

The remaining people shed tears in the dust and looked south to the king's division for another year.

Translation: The 30,000-mile-long Yellow River flows eastward into the sea, and the 5,000-foot-high Huashan Mountain towers into the sky and reaches the blue sky. The people of the Central Plains had shed all their tears under the oppression of the Hu people. They had been looking forward to Wang's Northern Expedition for year after year.

3. "Shi'er"

Song Dynasty: Lu You

After death, I know that everything is in vain, but I am not as sad as Jiuzhou.

Wang Shibei set the Central Plains Day, and he never forgot to tell Nai Weng about family sacrifices.

Translation: I originally knew that when I died, everything in the world would have nothing to do with me; but the only thing that made me sad was that I could not see the reunification of the motherland with my own eyes. Therefore, when the day comes when the Song Dynasty army regains the lost land in the Central Plains, you hold a family ceremony and don’t forget to tell your father the good news!

4. "Bodhisattva Man·Book on the Ostomy Wall of Jiangxi"

Song Dynasty: Xin Qiji?

How many pedestrians shed tears in the clear river water under Yugu Terrace? Looking northwest to Chang'an, one can see countless mountains.

The green mountains cannot cover it, and it will flow eastward after all. When Jiang was feeling sad at night, he heard partridges deep in the mountains.

Translation: The water in the Ganjiang River under Yugu Terrace contains the tears of many passers-by. I looked up at Chang'an in the northwest, but unfortunately I could only see countless green mountains. But how can the green hills block the river? The river will still flow eastward after all. As the sun set, I was filled with melancholy when I heard the cry of partridges coming from the deep mountains.

5. "Mooring in Qinhuai"

Tang Dynasty: Du Mu

The smoke cage is cold, the moon is caged in the sand, and the Qinhuai River is close to the restaurant at night.

Shang girls don’t know the hatred for the country’s subjugation, but they still sing the flowers in the backyard across the river.

Translation: The blurred moonlight and light smoke cover the cold water and white sand. At night, the boat is anchored at a restaurant on the shore of Qinhuai River. The singing girls don't understand what the hatred of the country's subjugation is, and they are still singing about Yushu and Backyard Flowers across the river.