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gǎn感huáng皇ēn恩·lán兰zhǐ芷mǎn满tīng汀zhōu洲

hè贺zhù铸He Zhu · Song宋

Gratitude for Imperial Grace: Orchids Fill the Islet

lán兰zhǐ芷mǎn满tīng汀zhōu洲

yóu游sī丝héng横lù路

luó罗wà袜chén尘shēng生bù步

yíng迎gù顾

zhěng整huán鬟pín颦dài黛

mò脉mò脉liǎng两qíng情nán难yǔ语

xì细fēng风chuī吹liǔ柳xù絮

rén人nán南dù渡

huí回shǒu首jiù旧yóu游

shān山wú无chóng重shù数

huā花dǐ底shēn深zhū朱hù户

hé何chù处

bàn半huáng黄méi梅zǐ子

xiàng向wǎn晚yì一lián帘shū疏yǔ雨

duàn断hún魂fēn分fù付yǔ与

chūn春jiāng将qù去

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 titles it "Ren Nan Du" (Someone Crosses South), a new name He Zhu gave the tune from a line in this lyric; the tune's usual name is Ganhuang'en. In the first two lines the source has "fragrant islet" and "wandering thoughts". Common editions such as Three Hundred Song Lyrics have "islet by the water" and "floating threads of gossamer". The common text is used here.

原始资料题作“人南渡·感皇恩”。“人南渡”是贺铸根据这首词里的句子给词牌另起的名字，词牌本名是《感皇恩》。第一、二句原始资料作“兰芷满芳洲，游思横路”，通行本（如《宋词三百首》）多作“兰芷满汀洲，游丝横路”，这里从通行本。

Line by line逐句翻译

兰芷满汀洲Orchids and angelica cover the little islet by the water.兰草和白芷长满了水边的小洲，
游丝横路Floating threads of gossamer stretch across the road.飘飞的游丝横在路上。
罗袜尘生步She walks lightly in silk stockings, raising a little dust.她穿着丝袜轻轻走来，脚下扬起细尘，
迎顾We meet face to face, and she glances back.迎面相遇，回头看了一眼。
整鬟颦黛She tidies her hair and knits her brows a little.她整一整头发，微微皱起眉头，
脉脉两情难语We gaze at each other in silence; the feeling between us cannot be spoken.两人默默对望，心里的情意却说不出口。
细风吹柳絮A soft wind blows the willow fluff,细细的风吹着柳絮，
人南渡and she crosses the river and goes south.她渡过江水，往南边去了。
回首旧游I look back at the places we once went,回头看以前一起去过的地方，
山无重数and see mountains beyond counting.只见山一重又一重，数也数不清。
花底深朱户That red door deep among the flowers:花丛深处那扇红门，
何处where is it now?如今在哪里呢？
半黄梅子The plums are half yellow.梅子已经半黄，
向晚一帘疏雨Toward evening a thin rain falls like a hanging curtain.傍晚下起稀稀的雨，像挂了一帘子。
断魂分付与My broken heart I hand over我这颗伤透的心，只好交给
春将去to the spring, which is about to leave.就要离开的春天带走吧。

Words字词注释

兰芷lán zhǐ: lán zhǐ: orchids and angelica, two sweet-smelling plants.兰芷：兰草和白芷，两种香草。
汀洲tīng zhōu: tīng zhōu: a small flat patch of land in or beside the water.汀洲：水中或水边的小块平地。
游丝yóu sī: yóu sī: fine threads floating in the spring air, spun by tiny insects.游丝：春天飘在空中的细丝，是虫子吐的丝。
横路héng lù: héng lù: stretched across the road.横路：横挡在路上。
罗袜尘生步luó wà chén shēng bù: luó wà chén shēng bù: as her silk stockings step along, a little dust rises. It borrows a line from Cao Zhi's "Goddess of the Luo River", and shows her walking lightly, like a fairy.罗袜尘生步：丝袜走过，脚下扬起细尘。化用曹植《洛神赋》“凌波微步，罗袜生尘”，形容女子走路轻盈，像仙女一样。
迎顾yíng gù: yíng gù: they meet face to face, and she turns to glance at him.迎顾：迎面相遇，回头看了一眼。
整鬟zhěng huán: zhěng huán: to tidy her coiled-up hair.整鬟：整理盘起来的头发。
颦黛pín dài: pín dài: to knit her painted brows. Pín means to frown; dài is the dark paint for eyebrows, here the brows themselves.颦黛：皱起画过的眉毛。颦，皱眉；黛，画眉用的青黑色颜料，这里指眉毛。
脉脉mò mò: mò mò: gazing silently, full of feeling.脉脉：含着情意，默默地看着。
难语nán yǔ: nán yǔ: hard to put into words.难语：说不出口。
柳絮liǔ xù: liǔ xù: willow seeds with white fluff, which float around like snow in spring.柳絮：柳树的种子，带着白色绒毛，春天像雪一样飘飞。
南渡nán dù: nán dù: to cross the water and go south.南渡：渡过江水到南边去。
旧游jiù yóu: jiù yóu: the places where they once went together.旧游：以前一起游玩过的地方。
山无重数shān wú chóng shù: shān wú chóng shù: mountain after mountain, too many to count.山无重数：山一重又一重，数也数不清。
朱户zhū hù: zhū hù: a red-painted door, meaning the house where she lives.朱户：红漆的大门，指她住的地方。
梅子méi zǐ: méi zǐ: plums, which turn yellow in early summer.梅子：梅树结的果子，初夏变黄。
向晚xiàng wǎn: xiàng wǎn: toward evening.向晚：傍晚。
一帘yì lián: yī lián: like a whole curtain hanging down.一帘：像挂了一幅帘子那样。
断魂duàn hún: duàn hún: heartbroken, as if the soul were torn apart.断魂：极度伤心，好像魂都要散了。
分付fēn fù: fēn fù: to hand over, to entrust.分付：交给，托付。

How to read it读音

脉mò: In mò mò (gazing with feeling) the character is read mò, not mài.“脉脉”表示含情相望，读 mò，不读 mài。
重chóng: Here it means layer upon layer, so it is read chóng.这里是“一层又一层”的意思，读 chóng。
处chù: Here it is a noun, "place", so it is read chù.这里是名词“地方”，读 chù。

Background创作背景

We do not know when this lyric was written. It tells of a chance meeting in spring. On a road by the water, among sweet-smelling plants, the poet meets a beautiful woman. They look at each other but never speak, and she crosses the river and goes south. Later he comes back to the same places but cannot find her. He sees only half-yellow plums and rain like a curtain. Who the woman was is not recorded.

这首词的写作时间不清楚。词里写的是一段春天里的偶遇：在开满香草的水边路上，词人遇见一位美丽的女子，两人对望一眼，却没能说上话，她就渡江往南去了。后来词人回到旧地，找不到她，只看见梅子半黄、细雨如帘。这位女子是谁，并没有记载。

The poet作者

He Zhu (1052–1125) was a song lyric poet of the Northern Song. He was tall with a dark face, and people nicknamed him "Ghost-head He", yet his lyrics are very delicate. He often renamed tunes after lines in his own lyrics, so this one is also called "Ren Nan Du". His most famous lyric, to the tune Qingyu'an, also ends with rain when the plums turn yellow, much like this one.

贺铸（1052—1125），字方回，北宋词人。他长得高大，脸色青黑，外号“贺鬼头”，词却写得非常细腻。他常常用词里的句子给词牌另起新名字，这首词又叫《人南渡》。他最有名的《青玉案》里也写到“梅子黄时雨”，和这首词的结尾很像。

The mood意境

The first half is like a slow-motion film. Sweet plants by the water, threads drifting in the air, a woman walking lightly. She glances back, tidies her hair, knits her brows. Neither says a word. The wind blows the willow fluff, and she crosses the river and is gone. The second half comes long after. Looking back, he sees only endless mountains. The red door hidden among the flowers can no longer be found. It ends with a scene: half-yellow plums, thin evening rain like a curtain, and spring about to leave. She has gone, and spring is going too, so he hands all his sadness to the spring to carry away. Not one line says "I miss her", yet every picture is full of missing.

上半首像一段慢镜头：水边香草，空中游丝，女子轻轻走来，回头一看，整理头发，皱一皱眉。两人什么也没说，风吹柳絮，她就渡江走了。下半首是很久以后：回头看，只有数不清的山；那扇藏在花里的红门，已经找不到了。最后用景物收尾：梅子半黄，傍晚的细雨像一幅帘子，春天也要走了。人走了，春天也走了，词人只好把满心的难过交给春天带走。整首词没有一句直接说“我很想她”，可每一个画面都是想念。