Chapter 630: A Very Familiar Joke
It is more troublesome to compare this, because the culture is different, it is not easy to compare, no matter how well Tang poetry is written, people will not disagree with this form.
Li You can only convince them with the familiar literary form of the Great Cannibals.
Mr. Slender had a deep study of Arabic poetry, and he first talked about the camel bell poems of the obscurantist period of Arabic literature.
Before the establishment of the Great Food Empire, Arabic literature was born in the period of obscurantism, when society was in the stage of primitive communal system, and the various clans and tribes lived a nomadic life. Literature has its origins in folk oral literature, with poetry and prose first. Oral literature is mostly the shouting and singing of camels as they are driven, and they are chanted to the beat of the camel's hooves, forming a poetic rhythm. Called the camel bell poem.
The camel bell poems are very life-oriented, the rhyme is simple, and the chant is catchy.
Mr. Thin is not a simple character, he is also very sensational, he is the first to recite a camel bell poem about the ancient samurai conquest, Adnan and the others also recited it together. The big cannibal loves to be excited, and some people even dance to the rhythm of the poem.
The atmosphere was very lively, and Li You and the others were left to dry.
Mr. Fat was very amused, and he said, "General Cyrus is very good at poetry, so please ask him to recite a poem of his own composition." "It's a good opportunity to make a fuss, and he doesn't want to let it go.
Pei Dilan was already eager to try, he was modest, stood up and chanted: "Thousands of miles of yellow sand, camel bells, travelers traveling west on a moonlit night......"
His poems are really good.
Li You took the lead in applauding and said: "Okay, General Cyrus is very literate." He clapped his hands.
"Papapa", Baihu and the others didn't understand, and they didn't know whether it was good or bad, and when they saw the prince applauding, they also clapped their hands together.
"Huh?" The big cannibal didn't know the form of applause, and was a little stunned for a while.
When they saw Li You and the others cheering and smiling on their faces, they knew that it was good intentions, they followed and tried it, and found that it was really cool, and they also applauded together.
Since then, the form of applause has spread in the Great Food Empire.
Pei Dilan was very proud, said a few words modestly, and sat back in his place.
Pei Dilan was brilliant, and Mr. Thin, who was his literary master, was very proud, and he asked, "His Royal Highness King Qi, how is the poetry of our big food?" ”
"It's good, the big cannibal is full of creative passion, it's amazing." Li You praised sincerely.
Mr. Thin didn't know if he didn't know how to pretend to understand, so he asked: "Please ask His Royal Highness King Qi to comment, what is good about the poetry of big food?" ”
Anyone who hears a foreigner's evaluation of their country's culture will be very concerned, let alone the evaluation of a prince from a big country.
The big cannibals all looked at Li You with a blank look at what he had to say.
"The literature of the Great Food Empire is one of the oldest and most accomplished in the world. She is an important part of Oriental literature and an important frame of reference for comparative literature between the East and the West......"
Li You spoke eloquently and gave a sincere and lofty evaluation of the big food culture.
The big cannibals, including Pei Dilan, are very proud, and they also have some good feelings for Li You.
Then, Li You talked about the poetry of big food.
He talked about the founder of traditional Arabic poetry, um al-Qais (c. 497~545), the knightly poet Antara, Ben Sheddad (525~615), and the nomadic poet Taaba Tashera (?). ~c. 450), Chanfarah (?) ~525), the poetess Han Sha (575~664), who wrote mourning poems, and other poems, and talked about their masterpieces.
At this time, the big cannibal's good impression of Li You really came up, and he really admired his knowledge.
Pei Dilan also admired Li You very much, but he was still a little unconvinced, and he said: "His Royal Highness King Qi, can you compose a poem in the form of our Great Food Poem?" ”
Li You said modestly: "I just appreciate the poetry of Da Shi, but I'm afraid I can't write poetry." ”
Mr. Fat also felt that Li You was a foreigner, and it was definitely not good to use the poetry style of Da Shi to compose poems, so he hurriedly cooperated with Pei Dilan and said: "It's okay, you can just make a poem to try, it's not good, and you can also ask General Cyrus to give you some guidance." ”
Adnan felt that Mr. Fat was a bit of a strong man, and he now had a good impression of Li You and didn't want him to make a fool of himself. However, he couldn't say anything in front of Pei Dilan, and his face was a little ugly.
Aqimu felt that this was a good opportunity to please His Royal Highness the Prince, so he followed Mr. Fat and said: "Yes, His Royal Highness King Qi, General Cyrus is a famous poet of our Great Food Empire, you can make a poem and let him help you comment on it." ”
Li You smiled: "Then I will be ugly." ”
There were many famous poets in the later period of the Great Food Empire, such as Tiri Maha Ben Hakim, Kumet Al Sadi (679~734) and so on. Akhtayl (640~c. 708), Pessar Benbourd (714~784), Abu Nuis (762~814), Abu Atahiyya (748~825), etc.
Li You thought that these poets were too close to the present and too political, so he chose them
A poem by the famous Arab poet Qais, a thousand years later.
"Long night!
When do you bring the dawn?
But the morning light still gives me pain.
It gallops forward and retreats,
Like a boulder in a torrent falling from a mountain.
The saddle on the wide back was jerked over,
Like pebbles bursting out of a waterfall in the rain.
The lean body is boiling with youthful vitality,
The hiss that pierced the sky was like a pot of boiling water.
The horsemen galloping side by side are already exhausted,
Iron hooves hold up dust on the bumpy road.
Only my divine steed can break through the journey with ease......"
This poem by Qaiss is one of the most accomplished literary works in Arabic literature.
In one word: wonderful.
The big cannibal was a little dumbfounded, he really couldn't imagine that this Tang Dynasty prince from the East could write such a shocking poem.
After a brief silence, everyone cheered.
"Okay."
"Whoa, whoa", the big cannibal is now learning and using, and begins to applaud while applauding.
Pei Dilan, Mr. Fat, and Mr. Thin were all a little embarrassed and fell silent.
Pei Dilan looked at Li You, her emotions were very complicated, envy, jealousy and hatred at the same time.
At the moment when the banquet hall was lively, in the courtyard where Pei Dilan was staying not far away, the slave with the eastern face was anxious, he already knew that Li You and the others had come to the general's mansion to attend the banquet, but he couldn't leave this courtyard.
In the banquet hall, which is only a few tens of meters away, there are his dearest relatives in the world, but this short distance is a short distance for him, and he looks helplessly in the direction of the banquet hall, tears flowing.
At this time, someone shouted from behind, "What are you doing there, why don't you go and feed the animals?" ”
"Here we are." He agreed, pretended to lift his shoes, squatted on the ground, quickly wiped away his tears without being known, and turned and walked towards the barn.