No. 23 · Song lyric · ci lyric to the tune Lin Jiang Xian, in two stanzas第 23 首 · 宋词 · 词·临江仙（双调）

lín临jiāng江xiān仙·yè夜dēng登xiǎo小gé阁yì忆luò洛zhōng中jiù旧yóu游

chén陈yǔ与yì义Chen Yuyi · Song宋

To the Tune of Lin Jiang Xian: Climbing a Small Tower at Night, Remembering Old Outings in Luoyang

yì忆xī昔wǔ午qiáo桥qiáo桥shàng上yǐn饮

zuò坐zhōng中duō多shì是háo豪yīng英

cháng长gōu沟liú流yuè月qù去wú无shēng声

xìng杏huā花shū疏yǐng影lǐ里

chuī吹dí笛dào到tiān天míng明

èr二shí十yú余nián年rú如yí一mèng梦

cǐ此shēn身suī虽zài在kān堪jīng惊

xián闲dēng登xiǎo小gé阁kàn看xīn新qíng晴

gǔ古jīn今duō多shǎo少shì事

yú渔chàng唱qǐ起sān三gēng更

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 heading "Climbing a Small Tower at Night, Remembering Old Outings in Luoyang" is the title used in common editions. The corpus gives only the tune name. The corpus also writes the yú in line six with an old variant form left over from machine conversion. Common editions use the standard simplified form.

词题“夜登小阁忆洛中旧游”是通行本的题目，资料库里只有词牌“临江仙”。资料库“二十馀年”的“馀”是繁体转简体时留下的异体字，通行本写作“余”。

Line by line逐句翻译

忆昔午桥桥上饮I remember long ago, drinking on Noon Bridge in Luoyang.回想从前，在洛阳午桥上喝酒，
坐中多是豪英Most of those with us were bright, bold young men.在座的多是才华出众的朋友。
长沟流月去无声The moon in the long stream flowed away without a sound.月亮映在长长的河水里，静静地流走了。
杏花疏影里Among the thin shadows of the apricot blossoms,在杏花稀疏的影子里，
吹笛到天明we played the flute until dawn.我们吹着笛子，一直吹到天亮。
二十余年如一梦More than twenty years have passed like a dream.二十多年过去，就像一场梦，
此身虽在堪惊I am still alive, but thinking of it makes me shudder.我虽然还活着，想起来却心惊。
闲登小阁看新晴With time on my hands I climb the small tower to see the sky clear after rain.闲来登上小楼，看雨后新晴的景色。
古今多少事So many things from past to present,从古到今，有多少兴亡大事，
渔唱起三更all turned into the fishermen's songs at midnight.都化作了半夜里渔夫的歌声。

Words字词注释

忆昔yì xī: yì xī: thinking back to the old days.忆昔：回想从前。
午桥wǔ qiáo: wǔ qiáo: Noon Bridge, south of the city of Luoyang. The Tang minister Pei Du built a country house there, and it was a famous place for outings.午桥：桥名，在洛阳城南。唐代宰相裴度在这里建过别墅，是有名的游玩地方。
坐中zuò zhōng: zuò zhōng: among those sitting there.坐中：在座的人里。
豪英háo yīng: háo yīng: gifted, high-spirited people.豪英：才华出众、意气风发的人。
长沟流月去无声cháng gōu liú yuè qù wú shēng: cháng gōu: a long stream. The moon shines in the water and flows away with it without a sound. It also hints that time slips away quietly.长沟：长长的河。这句是说月亮倒映在河里，跟着流水悄悄流走了，也暗指时光悄悄过去。
疏影shū yǐng: shū yǐng: thin, scattered shadows, here the shadows of apricot branches.疏影：稀稀落落的影子。这里指杏花枝条的影子。
如一梦rú yí mèng: rú yí mèng: like a dream.如一梦：好像做了一场梦。
堪惊kān jīng: kān jīng: it makes one shudder. He has lived through so much war that just being alive is startling.堪惊：让人心惊。经历了那么多战乱，还能活着，想想都后怕。
小阁xiǎo gé: xiǎo gé: a small tower room.小阁：小楼。
新晴xīn qíng: xīn qíng: the sky just clearing after rain.新晴：雨后刚刚放晴。
古今多少事gǔ jīn duō shǎo shì: gǔ jīn duō shǎo shì: so many great events, rise and fall, from past to present.古今多少事：从古到今多少兴亡大事。
渔唱yú chàng: yú chàng: the songs fishermen sing.渔唱：打鱼人唱的歌。
三更sān gēng: sān gēng: midnight.三更：半夜。

How to read it读音

堪kān: Kān means can bear. Here it means "it really makes one".“堪”读 kān，意思是“能够、经得起”，这里是“真让人”的意思。
更gēng: In sān gēng it is read gēng, not gèng.“三更”的“更”读 gēng，不读 gèng。

Background创作背景

As a young man Chen Yuyi lived in Luoyang and often went out with friends around Noon Bridge. Later the Jin army took the Northern Song capital, the north fell into chaos, and he fled south, suffering much on the way. The lyric is usually dated to around 1135–1136, when he was living in Qingdun, a town in Huzhou, Zhejiang. One night, after rain had cleared, he climbed a small tower and remembered his days in Luoyang more than twenty years before.

陈与义年轻时住在洛阳，常和朋友在午桥一带游玩。后来金兵攻破北宋都城，北方大乱，他一路向南逃难，经历了很多苦难。一般认为这首词作于南宋绍兴五年至六年（1135—1136年）前后，当时他住在浙江湖州的青墩镇。一个雨后放晴的夜晚，他登上小楼，想起了二十多年前在洛阳的日子。

The poet作者

Chen Yuyi (1090–1139), also called Qufei, was from Luoyang. He was a poet who lived as the Northern Song ended and the Southern Song began. He learned from Du Fu, and after his country was broken his writing grew deeper and sadder. He left only a few lyrics, but this one is very famous for its fresh and natural style.

陈与义（1090—1139），字去非，号简斋，洛阳人，两宋之交的诗人。他的诗学杜甫，经历了国家破碎以后，作品变得深沉。他留下的词不多，但这首《临江仙》非常有名，写得清新自然。

The mood意境

The first stanza is a lovely picture from memory. Friends drink together on a bridge. The moon floats in the stream and drifts away silently. In the shadows of apricot blossoms someone plays the flute until dawn. "The moon in the long stream flowed away without a sound" is very clever: what flows away is moonlight, and also those happy years. The second stanza comes back to now. Twenty years have passed like a dream. The country is broken, the friends are scattered, and just being alive is a shock. He climbs the tower to see the clear sky after rain. At the end he does not speak of grief. He only says that all the events of history have become fishermen's songs at midnight. This light touch makes the feeling even heavier.

上片是一幅美好的回忆画：桥上喝酒，朋友满座；月亮映在河里静静流走；杏花影子里，有人吹笛，一直吹到天亮。“长沟流月去无声”写得很妙，流走的是月光，也是那段好时光。下片回到眼前：二十多年像一场梦，国家破了，朋友散了，自己能活下来都觉得心惊。他登楼看雨后的晴空，最后不说悲伤，只说古今多少事，都变成了半夜渔夫的歌声。这样淡淡一笔，反而让人更觉得沉重。