Song lyric · ci lyric in two stanzas, 116 characters宋词 · 词·双调，一百一十六字

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liú刘kè克zhuāng庄Liu Kezhuang · Song宋

To the Tune of He Xin Lang: The Dragon Boat Festival

shēn深yuàn院liú榴huā花tǔ吐

huà画lián帘kāi开

shū綀yī衣wán纨shàn扇

wǔ午fēng风qīng清shǔ暑

ér儿nǚ女fēn纷fēn纷kuā夸jié结shù束

xīn新yàng样chāi钗fú符ài艾hǔ虎

zǎo早yǐ已yǒu有

yóu游rén人guān观dù渡

lǎo老dà大féng逢chǎng场yōng慵zuò作xì戏

rèn任mò陌tóu头

nián年shào少zhēng争qí旗gǔ鼓

xī溪yǔ雨jí急

làng浪huā花wǔ舞

líng灵jūn均biāo标zhì致gāo高rú如xǔ许

yì忆shēng生píng平

jì既rèn纫lán兰pèi佩

gèng更huái怀jiāo椒xǔ糈

shuí谁xìn信sāo骚hún魂qiān千zǎi载hòu后

bō波dǐ底chuí垂xián涎jiǎo角shǔ黍

yòu又shuō说shì是

jiāo蛟chán馋lóng龙nù怒

bǎ把sì似ér而jīn今xǐng醒dào到liǎo了

liào料dāng当nián年

zuì醉sǐ死chā差wú无kǔ苦

liáo聊yí一xiào笑

diào吊qiān千gǔ古

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。

In the third line the corpus has a rare variant character for the first word; the common text has shū, a kind of coarse hemp cloth.

语料库第三句开头是一个罕见的异体字，通行本作“綀衣”，綀是一种粗麻布。

Line by line逐句翻译

深院榴花吐In the deep courtyard, pomegranate flowers open.深深的院子里，石榴花开了。
画帘开The painted curtain is rolled up;彩画的帘子卷起来，
綀衣纨扇I wear hemp clothes and wave a silk fan,穿着麻布衣服，摇着绢扇，
午风清暑and the noon breeze clears away the heat.中午的风吹走了暑气。
儿女纷纷夸结束The children show off their festival outfits:孩子们纷纷夸耀自己的打扮，
新样钗符艾虎new hairpin charms and little mugwort tigers.头上戴着新式的钗符和艾虎。
早已有Already many people早就有人
游人观渡have gone out to watch the dragon boats.出门去看赛龙舟了。
老大逢场慵作戏I am old now and too lazy to join the fun,我年纪大了，懒得去凑热闹，
任陌头so I leave it to就让路边
年少争旗鼓the young people by the road to race with flags and drums.那些年轻人举旗擂鼓去比赛吧。
溪雨急The rain falls hard on the stream,溪上的雨下得急，
浪花舞and the waves leap and dance.浪花翻飞起舞。
灵均标致高如许How lofty Qu Yuan's character was!屈原的品格多么高洁啊！
忆生平Think of his life:回想他的一生，
既纫兰佩he wore strings of orchids身上佩着串起来的兰草，
更怀椒糈and carried pepper and fine rice as offerings to the gods.怀里揣着祭神的花椒和精米。
谁信骚魂千载后Who would believe that his soul, a thousand years later,谁会相信他的魂灵千年以后，
波底垂涎角黍would drool under the waves for zongzi?会在水底馋人们投下的粽子？
又说是And people even say又说什么
蛟馋龙怒that greedy dragons steal them and the dragon king is angry.蛟龙贪吃、龙王发怒。
把似而今醒到了If he had stayed sober right up to now,假如他一直清醒到了今天，
料当年I suppose that back then想来当年
醉死差无苦dying drunk would have hurt him far less.他要是醉死，大概就没有这么多痛苦了。
聊一笑So I just give a laugh姑且笑一笑，
吊千古and mourn the poet of long ago.凭吊这位千古的诗人。

Words字词注释

榴花吐liú huā tǔ: liú huā tǔ: the pomegranate flowers open. They bloom around the Dragon Boat Festival.榴花吐：石榴花开了。端午前后正是石榴花开的时候。
画帘huà lián: huà lián: a painted curtain.画帘：有彩画的帘子。
綀衣shū yī: shū yī: clothes of coarse hemp cloth, cool to wear in summer.綀衣：粗麻布做的衣服，夏天穿着凉快。
纨扇wán shàn: wán shàn: a round fan of fine silk.纨扇：用细绢做的团扇。
清暑qīng shǔ: qīng shǔ: to clear away the summer heat.清暑：驱散暑热，让人觉得清凉。
结束jié shù: jié shù: here it means one's dress and outfit, not the ending.结束：这里是打扮、装束的意思。
钗符chāi fú: chāi fú: a charm fixed to a hairpin, worn at the festival to keep evil away.钗符：插在发钗上的符，端午节用来避邪。
艾虎ài hǔ: ài hǔ: a little tiger made of mugwort, worn at the festival to keep evil away.艾虎：用艾草做成的小老虎，端午节戴在身上避邪。
观渡guān dù: guān dù: to watch the dragon boat races.观渡：看赛龙舟。
老大lǎo dà: lǎo dà: grown old.老大：年纪大了。
逢场féng chǎng: féng chǎng zuò xì: to join in the fun when the chance comes. Yōng means too lazy to.逢场作戏：碰到热闹的场合就凑凑热闹。慵，懒得。
任rèn: rèn: to let, to leave it to.任：随便，听凭。
陌头mò tóu: mò tóu: the roadside.陌头：路边。
争旗鼓zhēng qí gǔ: zhēng qí gǔ: to compete with flags and drums, that is, to race dragon boats.争旗鼓：举着旗、敲着鼓比赛，指赛龙舟。
灵均líng jūn: líng jūn: a name of Qu Yuan. He was a great poet of the state of Chu, more than two thousand years ago. Legend says he drowned himself in a river on the fifth day of the fifth month, and the festival remembers him.灵均：屈原的字。屈原是战国时楚国的大诗人，传说他在五月初五投江而死，端午节就是纪念他。
标致biāo zhì: biāo zhì: bearing and character.标致：风度、品格。
如许rú xǔ: rú xǔ: so, like this.如许：这样，如此。
纫兰佩rèn lán pèi: rèn lán pèi: to string orchids together and wear them. Qu Yuan wrote this in his poem Li Sao, to show his pure character.纫兰佩：把兰草串起来佩戴在身上。屈原在《离骚》里这样写，比喻自己品德高洁。
椒糈jiāo xǔ: jiāo xǔ: pepper and fine rice, used as offerings to the gods. Li Sao mentions carrying them.椒糈：花椒和精米，是祭神用的东西。《离骚》里有“怀椒糈而要之”。
骚魂sāo hún: sāo hún: the soul of Qu Yuan, who wrote Li Sao.骚魂：屈原的魂。屈原写过《离骚》，所以这样称呼他。
垂涎chuí xián: chuí xián: to drool, to long to eat.垂涎：流口水，想吃。
角黍jiǎo shǔ: jiǎo shǔ: zongzi, rice dumplings.角黍：粽子。
蛟馋龙怒jiāo chán lóng nù: jiāo chán lóng nù: legend says the rice thrown into the river for Qu Yuan was eaten by greedy dragons, so people wrapped it in leaves and tied it with coloured thread to keep the dragons away.蛟馋龙怒：传说投到江里祭屈原的米被蛟龙抢吃了，所以要用叶子包好、用彩线扎紧，蛟龙才不敢吃。
把似bǎ sì: bǎ sì: if, suppose.把似：假如，倘若。
醒到了xǐng dào liǎo: xǐng dào liǎo: to stay sober to the very end. Qu Yuan said that everyone else was drunk and he alone was sober.醒到了：一直清醒到最后。屈原说过“众人皆醉我独醒”。
料liào: liào: to guess, to suppose.料：料想。
差无苦chā wú kǔ: chā wú kǔ: there would have been almost no pain.差无苦：大概就没有痛苦了。
聊liáo: liáo: for now, just.聊：姑且，暂且。
吊千古diào qiān gǔ: diào qiān gǔ: to mourn the man of a thousand years ago.吊千古：凭吊千年前的古人。吊，悼念。

How to read it读音

綀shū: This word means clothes of coarse hemp cloth. The first character is read shū.綀衣，粗麻布做的衣服。“綀”读 shū。
载zǎi: Qiān zǎi means a thousand years. When the character means year, it is read zǎi.千载，一千年。“载”表示年时读 zǎi。
角jiǎo: Jiǎo shǔ is an old name for zongzi, the pointed rice dumplings, so the character is read jiǎo.角黍，粽子，因为有尖角而得名。“角”读 jiǎo。
了liǎo: Here the character means to the very end, so it is read liǎo.醒到了，一直醒着到最后。“了”是完结的意思，读 liǎo。
差chā: Here the character means roughly, more or less, and is read chā. Some read it chà.差无苦，大概没有痛苦了。“差”是稍微、大致的意思，读 chā；也有人读 chà。

Background创作背景

The Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. People make zongzi, race dragon boats and hang mugwort, and legend says this is all to remember Qu Yuan. In this ci, Liu Kezhuang first describes the lively customs of the day, then turns to Qu Yuan, and jokes about the folk idea that Qu Yuan waits under the water for zongzi. He calls himself old, so it was written later in his life, but the exact year is not known.

端午节在农历五月初五，人们包粽子、赛龙舟、挂艾草，传说是为了纪念屈原。刘克庄这首词先写端午热闹的风俗，再写屈原，还对“屈原在水底等着吃粽子”这类民间说法开了个玩笑。词里自称“老大”，可见是年纪较大时写的，具体年份不详。

The poet作者

Liu Kezhuang (1187–1269), also called Houcun, came from Putian in Fujian. He was a major poet and ci writer of the late Southern Song. He was honest and dared to speak the truth, and lost his posts several times because of it. His ci follow Xin Qiji; he liked to argue a point in a ci, in words that are witty yet bitter. This ci is a good example.

刘克庄（1187—1269），号后村，福建莆田人，南宋后期的大诗人、词人。他为人正直，敢说真话，几次因此被罢官。他的词学辛弃疾，喜欢在词里发议论，语言风趣又带着辛酸，这首端午词就是一个例子。

The mood意境

The first stanza is like a painting of festival customs: red pomegranate flowers, a curtain rolled up, children comparing their hairpin charms and mugwort tigers, everyone off to watch the dragon boats. But the poet says he is too old to join in. He only watches the hard rain on the stream and the leaping waves, so a little loneliness shows through the noise. The second stanza turns to Qu Yuan. He wore orchids and had a pure heart, yet later people say his soul drools for zongzi under the water and fears the dragons will steal them. The poet feels this belittles Qu Yuan. At the end he thinks: Qu Yuan suffered so much because he saw too clearly; had he died drunk, he would have suffered less. It sounds like a joke, but it is full of sympathy for honest people who suffer in the world, and hides the poet's own bitterness too.

上阕像一幅端午风俗画：石榴花红，帘子卷起，孩子们戴着钗符艾虎互相比美，人们都去看龙舟。词人却说自己老了，懒得凑热闹，只看到溪上急雨和翻飞的浪花，热闹里透出一点冷清。下阕写屈原。他身佩兰草，心地高洁，可后人却说他的魂在水底馋粽子，还怕被蛟龙抢了去，词人觉得这太小看屈原了。最后他想：屈原就是因为太清醒才这么痛苦，要是当年醉死，反倒少受些苦。这话听起来是玩笑，其实满是对正直的人在世上受苦的同情，也藏着词人自己的不平。