Tang poem · five-character regulated verse唐诗 · 五言律诗

chú除yè夜yǒu有huái怀

cuī崔tú涂Cui Tu · Tang唐

Thoughts on New Year's Eve

tiáo迢dì递sān三bā巴lù路

jī羁wēi危wàn万lǐ里shēn身

luàn乱shān山cán残xuě雪yè夜

gū孤zhú烛yì异xiāng乡rén人

jiàn渐yǔ与gǔ骨ròu肉yuǎn远

zhuǎn转yú于tóng僮pú仆qīn亲

nǎ那kān堪zhèng正piāo飘bó泊

míng明rì日suì岁huá华xīn新

Underlined words have notes: tap one. The Pinyin button below shows or hides all pinyin. 一 and 不 are marked with the tone you actually say.字下有虚线的，点开有注释。下方的“拼音”按钮可以显示或隐藏全部拼音。“一”“不”标的是实际读出来的变调。

The source text lists this poem under Meng Haoran, with a slightly different title and a few different words: "lonely lamp" for "lonely candle", "slaves and servants" for "servant boys", and "the coming day" for "tomorrow". The common Three Hundred Tang Poems gives it to Cui Tu, titled "Thoughts on New Year's Eve", with "candle", "servant boys" and "tomorrow". We follow that common text.

底本把这首诗归在孟浩然名下，题作《岁除夜有怀》，文字也有几处不同：“孤灯异乡人”“转于奴仆亲”“来日岁华新”。通行的《唐诗三百首》署名崔涂，题作《除夜有怀》，作“孤烛”“僮仆”“明日”，这里用通行本。

Line by line逐句翻译

迢递三巴路On the long, far road through the Three Ba,走在三巴遥远漫长的路上，
羁危万里身I am ten thousand miles from home, in danger.我远离家乡万里，处境艰难。
乱山残雪夜In the tangled hills, on a night of melting snow,乱山之中，残雪未化的夜晚，
孤烛异乡人one lonely candle lights me, a stranger here.一支孤烛，照着我这个外乡人。
渐与骨肉远Farther and farther I go from my family,离亲人越来越远，
转于僮仆亲and instead I grow close to my servants.反倒和身边的仆人越来越亲近。
那堪正飘泊How can I bear it, drifting like this,哪里受得了，正在四处漂泊，
明日岁华新when tomorrow a new year begins?明天就又是新的一年了。

Words字词注释

迢递tiáo dì: tiáo dì: far and long, said of a road.迢递：形容路又远又长。
三巴sān bā: sān bā: the Three Ba, an old name for three regions in today's eastern Sichuan and Chongqing.三巴：巴郡、巴东、巴西三个地方的合称，在今天的四川东部和重庆一带。
羁危jī wēi: jī wēi: living far from home in danger. Jī means to stay away from home.羁危：在外漂泊，处境艰险。羁，寄居在外。
乱山luàn shān: luàn shān: hills piled up in every direction.乱山：高低不齐、杂乱的群山。
孤烛gū zhú: gū zhú: a single, lonely candle.孤烛：一支孤零零的蜡烛。
异乡人yì xiāng rén: yì xiāng rén: a stranger in a land not his own.异乡人：在别人家乡做客的人，外乡人。
骨肉gǔ ròu: gǔ ròu: flesh and bone, meaning close family.骨肉：亲人，父母兄弟等家人。
转于zhuǎn yú: zhuǎn yú: instead, on the contrary, with ...转于：反而和……。
僮仆tóng pú: tóng pú: servants, the boy and the man who travel with him.僮仆：仆人，跟着他的书童和家仆。
那堪nǎ kān: nǎ kān: how can one bear it.那堪：哪里受得了。
飘泊piāo bó: piāo bó: to drift from place to place, like a leaf on water.飘泊：像水上的浮萍一样四处流浪。
岁华suì huá: suì huá: the years, time of life.岁华：年华，岁月。

How to read it读音

那nǎ: Here nǎ means "how", asking a question that expects no answer, so it is read nǎ.“那堪”的“那”同“哪”，表示反问，读 nǎ。

Background创作背景

New Year's Eve is the last night of the year. The poet was drifting along mountain roads in the Three Ba region and could not get home for the new year, so he wrote this poem. It also goes by another title, "Thoughts on New Year's Eve on the Road in the Ba Mountains". Sources differ on the author. The Complete Tang Poems lists it under both Meng Haoran and Cui Tu. The common Three Hundred Tang Poems gives it to Cui Tu, and most people take it as his.

除夜就是除夕，一年的最后一个晚上。诗人在三巴一带的山路上漂泊，过年也回不了家，就写下了这首诗。这首诗另一个题目是《巴山道中除夜书怀》。作者有不同说法：《全唐诗》在孟浩然和崔涂名下都收了它，通行的《唐诗三百首》署名崔涂，一般也认为是崔涂所作。

The poet作者

Cui Tu was a poet of the late Tang. We do not know when he was born or died. He passed the imperial exam, but spent most of his life drifting far from home, through Sichuan, Hunan and many other places. His poems often tell of loneliness on the road and longing for home, and this is one of the best known.

崔涂，晚唐诗人，生卒年不详。他考中过进士，但一生大多在外漂泊，到过巴蜀、湘楚等很多地方。他的诗多写旅途的孤独和想家的心情，这首诗就是代表。

The mood意境

New Year should be a time with family, but the poet is alone in faraway hills. The first two lines say how far the road is and how far he is from home. Lines three and four paint a picture. It is night. Around him are tangled hills and leftover snow. Inside there is only one candle and one stranger. Hills, old snow and a lonely candle together feel cold and sad. Lines five and six ring very true. The longer he is away, the more distant his family feels, and the closer he grows to his servants. Only someone who has drifted a long time would know this. At the end he says that tomorrow is a new year. Another year has gone, and he is still on the road, so the sorrow grows heavier.

过年本该和家人团聚，诗人却一个人在远方的山里。头两句先说路远、人远，第三、四句画出一幅画：夜里，四周是乱山和残雪，屋里只有一支蜡烛和一个外乡人。“乱山”“残雪”“孤烛”放在一起，冷清得让人心酸。第五、六句写得很真：离家越久，和家人越生疏，反倒和身边的仆人亲了起来。这是长期漂泊的人才会有的体会。最后说明天又是新年，一年又过去了，自己还在漂泊，这份愁就更重了。