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Lines, Zhang Shuozhong
Wednesday, 7 December 2022 07:59Song of the Butterfly
Su Qin of stingy fate departed each kingdom in turn,
Pan Yue of many feelings cycled through lust and sorrow.
Tonight I roost in the fragrant grass beside the path—
Which summons thoughts of the underworld to sons of lords.
句
作者：张守中
薄命苏秦频去国，
多情潘岳旋兴悲。
今夜若栖芳草径，
为传幽意达王孙。
〈咏蝶〉
Su Qin was a political strategist of the Warring States period, leader of a clique who tried to create an alliance against Qin of the other six remaining states—lots of diplomatic journeys. Pan Yue was a famously good-looking poet of the Jin Dynasty—a reputed veteran of many love affairs. “Descendent of lords” is an honorific, not necessarily a literal. The last line can just as easily be read “Which summons hidden thoughts to the descendents of lords,” and the only reason I went with underworld is because it’s in a ghostly collection.
No idea how this is a ghost poem. Striking out wildly: there’s Zhuangzi’s famous dream of being a butterfly dreaming he was a human, but … eh? Cryptic fragment indeed.
---L.
Su Qin of stingy fate departed each kingdom in turn,
Pan Yue of many feelings cycled through lust and sorrow.
Tonight I roost in the fragrant grass beside the path—
Which summons thoughts of the underworld to sons of lords.
句
作者：张守中
薄命苏秦频去国，
多情潘岳旋兴悲。
今夜若栖芳草径，
为传幽意达王孙。
〈咏蝶〉
Su Qin was a political strategist of the Warring States period, leader of a clique who tried to create an alliance against Qin of the other six remaining states—lots of diplomatic journeys. Pan Yue was a famously good-looking poet of the Jin Dynasty—a reputed veteran of many love affairs. “Descendent of lords” is an honorific, not necessarily a literal. The last line can just as easily be read “Which summons hidden thoughts to the descendents of lords,” and the only reason I went with underworld is because it’s in a ghostly collection.
No idea how this is a ghost poem. Striking out wildly: there’s Zhuangzi’s famous dream of being a butterfly dreaming he was a human, but … eh? Cryptic fragment indeed.
---L.