There are some clouds in the sky,
There was a little breeze blowing on the ground.
yes!
The breeze blew my hair,
Teach me how not to want her?
Moonlight loves the ocean,
The ocean is in love with the moonlight.
Such honey is also like a silver night.
Flowers falling on the surface of the water flow slowly,
The underwater fish swim slowly.
Swallow, what do you say?
Dead trees sway in the cold wind,
Wildfires burn in the twilight.
There are still some remnants of the Western Heavens,
The poem was composed by Liu Bannong in 1920 while studying at the University of London. Due to its harmonious phonology and fluent language, the poem was composed into a song by the famous linguist Zhao Yuanren in 1926 and was widely sung. Liu Bannong pioneered the use of the word "she" in this poem, which was widely praised.
A young man asked Zhao Yuanren to introduce him to Liu Bannong. One day, Liu Bannong went to Zhao's house for tea, and the young man was also present, and Zhao Yuanren immediately introduced: "This is the lyricist of "Teach Me How Not to Want Her." The young man shouted in surprise: "It turns out that he is an old man!" The crowd laughed. Later, Liu Bannong returned home and wrote a poem to remember it.
Teach me how not to want her,
Please come in the door for a cup of tea,
It turned out to be such an old man,
Teach me how to think of him again!