No. 25 · Song lyric · ci to the tune Huan Xi Sha (Washing Silk in the Stream)第 25 首 · 宋词 · 词·浣溪沙

huàn浣xī溪shā沙·yóu游qí蕲shuǐ水qīng清quán泉sì寺

sū苏shì轼Su Shi · Song宋

Huan Xi Sha: Visiting Qingquan Temple at Qishui

shān山xià下lán兰yá芽duǎn短jìn浸xī溪

sōng松jiān间shā沙lù路jìng净wú无ní泥

xiāo萧xiāo萧mù暮yǔ雨zǐ子guī规tí啼

shuí谁dào道rén人shēng生wú无zài再shào少

mén门qián前liú流shuǐ水shàng尚néng能xī西

xiū休jiāng将bái白fà发chàng唱huáng黄jī鸡

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。

Line by line逐句翻译

山下兰芽短浸溪At the foot of the hill, short new shoots of orchid grass dip into the stream.山脚下，兰草刚长出的短短嫩芽泡在溪水里。
松间沙路净无泥The sandy path between the pines is clean, with no mud at all.松林中间的沙路干干净净，一点泥也没有。
萧萧暮雨子规啼In the evening a light rain patters down, and a cuckoo calls.傍晚下着潇潇细雨，杜鹃鸟在啼叫。
谁道人生无再少Who says a person can never be young again?谁说人老了就不能再回到年轻？
门前流水尚能西Look, the stream before the temple can still flow west!你看门前的溪水，还能向西流呢！
休将白发唱黄鸡Do not sing sad songs about the rooster calling time away just because your hair is white.不要因为头发白了，就唱那些感叹时光催人老的歌。

Words字词注释

兰芽lán yá: lán yá: the new shoots of orchid grass.兰芽：兰草刚长出的嫩芽。
浸jìn: jìn: to soak in water.浸：泡在水里。
萧萧xiāo xiāo: xiāo xiāo: the sound of falling rain.萧萧：形容雨声，也作“潇潇”。
子规zǐ guī: zǐ guī: the cuckoo. Its call is said to sound very sad.子规：杜鹃鸟。传说它的叫声很悲伤。
谁道shuí dào: shuí dào: who says.谁道：谁说。
无再少wú zài shào: wú zài shào: cannot be young again.无再少：不能再回到年少的时候。
尚能西shàng néng xī: shàng néng xī: can still flow west. Shàng means still. Most Chinese rivers flow east, so a west-flowing stream is rare.尚能西：还能向西流。尚，还。中国的河流大多向东流，所以西流很少见。
休将xiū jiāng: xiū jiāng: do not take.休将：不要把。
白发唱黄鸡bái fà chàng huáng jī: bái fà chàng huáng jī: singing, white-haired, about the yellow rooster. The poet Bai Juyi wrote that the yellow rooster crows to bring the dawn and the sun sets to end the day, so the years rush by. To sing this is to grieve over growing old.白发唱黄鸡：老了还唱“黄鸡催晓”那样的歌，感叹时光催人老。白居易的诗里有“黄鸡催晓丑时鸣，白日催年酉前没”，意思是黄鸡一叫就天亮，太阳一落就天黑，日子过得飞快。

How to read it读音

谁shuí: This character can be read shuí or shéi. Textbooks usually mark shuí.“谁”读 shuí 或 shéi 都可以，课本注音多用 shuí。
少shào: Here it means young, so it is read shào, not shǎo (few).“少”在这里是“年少、年轻”的意思，读 shào，不读 shǎo。

Background创作背景

This ci was written in the spring of 1082. Su Shi had been sent away in disgrace to Huangzhou after a court case over his poems. There he fell ill, so he went to Qishui (today's Xishui in Hubei) to see a famous doctor, Pang Anchang. When he got better, the two of them visited Qingquan Temple. Beside the temple ran the Lan Stream, which flowed west. Most rivers in China flow east, so the west-flowing stream moved Su Shi, and he wrote this ci. A short note before it says: visiting Qingquan Temple at Qishui; the temple stands by the Lan Stream, and the stream flows west.

这首词写于1082年（元丰五年）春天。那时苏轼因为“乌台诗案”被贬到黄州。他在黄州生了病，去蕲水（今湖北浠水）请名医庞安常治病。病好以后，两人一起游清泉寺。寺旁有一条兰溪，溪水向西流。一般的河都向东流，苏轼看到西流的溪水，很受触动，写下了这首词。原词前有小序：“游蕲水清泉寺，寺临兰溪，溪水西流。”

The poet作者

Su Shi (1037–1101), also called Dongpo, was a great Northern Song writer. He was a master of poems, ci, prose, calligraphy and painting. He was sent away from court many times, yet he always found joy in hard times. In Huangzhou his life was poor, but he wrote many cheerful, open-hearted works there, and this ci is one of them.

苏轼（1037—1101），号东坡居士，北宋大文学家，诗、词、文章、书法、绘画样样精通。他一生多次被贬，可总能在苦日子里找到乐趣。被贬黄州时，他生活清苦，却写出了许多乐观旷达的作品，这首词就是其中之一。

The mood意境

The first half paints a fresh little picture of spring. Tender orchid shoots soak in the stream. The sandy path in the pines is washed clean by rain. In the evening drizzle a cuckoo calls. The cuckoo's call usually makes people sad, but the second half suddenly turns around. Seeing the stream flow west, Su Shi says: who says we cannot be young again? Even water can flow backward! The last line cheers up himself and others: do not sigh just because your hair is white. These strong words come from a man who had just been ill and was living through bad times, and they show the sunshine in his heart.

上片写景，像一幅清新的春天小画：嫩嫩的兰芽泡在溪水里，松林里的沙路被雨洗得干干净净，傍晚细雨中传来杜鹃的叫声。杜鹃的叫声常让人伤感，可下片一下子转了方向。苏轼看到溪水向西流，就说：谁说人不能再年轻？水都能倒着流呢！最后一句劝自己也劝别人：别因为头发白了就唉声叹气。一个病刚好、日子不顺的人，说出这样有劲的话，让人感到他心里的阳光。