Untitled
李商隐
相见时难别亦难
东风无力百花残
春蚕到死丝方尽
蜡炬成灰泪始干
xiāng jiàn shí nán bié yì nán
dōng fēng wú lì bǎi huā cán
chūn cán dào sǐ sī fāng jìn
là jù chéng huī lèi shǐ gān
Meeting is hard, parting harder; east wind fails, flowers wither. Spring silkworms spin till death; candles turn to ash before tears dry.
Love as silk and candle—devotion until the end.
李商隐《无题》：相见时难——以隐约写深情；典故密，心却直。可与《锦瑟》并读：都是说不尽的「此情」。无题，有时是唯一准确的题。今日：有些关系不必标题，标题反而会说错。
Li Shangyin’s Untitled: hard to meet—deep feeling in occluded speech; allusions dense, heart direct. Pair with Brocade Zither: the unsayable “this feeling.” Today: some bonds need no title; a title would misname them.
爱不是消耗炫耀；像蚕与蜡，是持续给出直到燃尽——也要提醒自我边界。
Devotion can be beautiful—and needs boundaries so it does not only mean self-erasure.
Read first, then practice — fill in lines and write a character.
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