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mù木lán兰huā花·qiū秋qiān千yuàn院luò落chóng重lián帘mù暮

yàn晏jǐ几dào道Yan Jidao · Song宋

Magnolia Blossoms: Dusk Behind Layered Curtains in the Swing Courtyard

qiū秋qiān千yuàn院luò落chóng重lián帘mù暮

cǎi彩bǐ笔xián闲lái来tí题xiù绣hù户

qiáng墙tóu头dān丹xìng杏yǔ雨yú余huā花

mén门wài外lǜ绿yáng杨fēng风hòu后xù絮

zhāo朝yún云xìn信duàn断zhī知hé何chù处

yīng应zuò作xiāng襄wáng王chūn春mèng梦qù去

zǐ紫liú骝rèn认de得jiù旧yóu游zōng踪

sī嘶guò过huà画qiáo桥dōng东pàn畔lù路

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 corpus writes "after the rain" with a variant form of the character yú; here the usual form is used.

语料作“雨馀花”，“馀”是“余”的另一种写法，这里按通行写法作“雨余花”。

Line by line逐句翻译

秋千院落重帘暮In the courtyard with the swing, layer upon layer of curtains hang down as dusk falls.挂着秋千的院子里，一层层帘子垂下，天色已晚。
彩笔闲来题绣户Back then, in idle moments, I would write poems on her lovely door.当年我闲来无事，就提着彩笔在她门上题诗。
墙头丹杏雨余花On top of the wall, the red apricot has only a few blossoms left after the rain,墙头的红杏，经过一场雨只剩下零落的花，
门外绿杨风后絮and outside the gate the green willow scatters fluff in the wind.门外的绿柳，被风吹得柳絮乱飞。
朝云信断知何处She, like the morning clouds, has sent no word, and I don't know where she is.像朝云一样的她，断了音信，不知去了哪里，
应作襄王春梦去It must have gone like King Xiang's spring dream, never to return.大概就像楚襄王的春梦一样，一去不回了。
紫骝认得旧游踪My red-brown horse still knows the old way,我的紫骝马还认得从前常走的路，
嘶过画桥东畔路and neighs as it crosses the road east of the painted bridge.嘶叫着走过画桥东边的那条路。

Words字词注释

院落yuàn luò: yuàn luò: a courtyard.院落：院子。
重帘chóng lián: chóng lián: layer upon layer of curtains.重帘：一层又一层的帘子。
彩笔cǎi bǐ: cǎi bǐ: a fine brush; it also means a talent for writing poems.彩笔：精美的笔，也指写诗作文的才华。
闲来xián lái: xián lái: in idle moments.闲来：闲着没事的时候。
题绣户tí xiù hù: tí xiù hù: writing lines of poetry on her lovely door. A xiù hù is a carved, painted door, meaning the place where a young woman lives.题绣户：在她华美的门窗上题写诗句。绣户，雕花彩饰的门，指女子的住处。
丹杏dān xìng: dān xìng: red apricot blossoms.丹杏：红色的杏花。
雨余花yǔ yú huā: yǔ yú huā: the flowers left after the rain.雨余花：雨后剩下来的花。
风后絮fēng hòu xù: fēng hòu xù: willow fluff drifting after the wind.风后絮：风吹过后飘飞的柳絮。
朝云zhāo yún: zhāo yún: morning clouds. Legend says the goddess of Mount Wu was cloud in the morning and rain at night; here it means the woman he once loved.朝云：早晨的云。传说巫山神女“早上是云，晚上是雨”，这里指他爱过的那位女子。
信断xìn duàn: xìn duàn: no more letters or news.信断：音信断了，没有消息。
襄王春梦xiāng wáng chūn mèng: xiāng wáng chūn mèng: legend says King Xiang of Chu dreamed of the goddess of Mount Wu, and when he woke she was gone. Here it means that love was like a dream, now over.襄王春梦：传说楚襄王梦见巫山神女，醒来她就不见了。这里比喻那段感情像一场梦，已经过去了。
紫骝zǐ liú: zǐ liú: a fine horse with a reddish-purple coat.紫骝：一种毛色紫红的好马。
旧游踪jiù yóu zōng: jiù yóu zōng: the tracks of old visits.旧游踪：以前常去那里留下的踪迹。
嘶sī: sī: a horse's neigh.嘶：马叫。
画桥huà qiáo: huà qiáo: a beautifully decorated bridge.画桥：雕饰得很漂亮的桥。

How to read it读音

重chóng: In chóng lián, layer upon layer of curtains, it is read chóng.重帘：一层又一层的帘子，“重”读 chóng。
朝zhāo: In zhāo yún, morning clouds, it is read zhāo.朝云：早晨的云，读 zhāo。

Background创作背景

We do not know when this lyric was written. From its words, Yan Jidao passes again by the place where he used to meet a woman. He remembers writing poems on her door. Now no one knows where she has gone, and only his horse still knows the old road. Yan Jidao wrote many lyrics remembering past loves, and this is one of them.

这首词写的时间不清楚。从词意看，是晏几道重新经过从前和一位女子相会的地方，想起当年在她门上题诗的日子，如今人已不知去向，只有马还认得旧路。晏几道写过很多回忆旧日恋情的词，这是其中的一首。

The poet作者

Yan Jidao (about 1038 – about 1110), also called Xiaoshan, was a younger son of the chief minister Yan Shu, and a Northern Song lyric poet. He was born rich, but the family later declined, and he held only small posts. He was proud and would not flatter the powerful. His lyrics are mostly about parting, longing and missing past happy days, with deep, sincere feeling. He and his father are called the Two Yans.

晏几道（约1038—约1110），字叔原，号小山，是宰相晏殊的小儿子，北宋词人。他出身富贵，后来家道中落，一生只做过小官。他性格清高，不肯巴结权贵，词多写离别、相思和对旧日欢乐的怀念，感情真挚深切，人们把他和父亲并称“二晏”。

The mood意境

The first half moves from now to the past. At dusk the swing is still there and the curtains still hang, but she is gone. He remembers the joy of writing poems on her door. The apricot blossoms on the wall are knocked down by rain, and the willow fluff outside is scattered by wind, just like that love, broken and scattered. The second half speaks of longing plainly. She has vanished like morning clouds, and everything has become a spring dream. The last two lines are the most moving. He cannot forget, and neither can his horse: it knows the old road and neighs as it crosses the painted bridge. The poet does not say how sad he is; he writes only about the horse, and the reader understands at once.

上片从眼前写到过去。黄昏时，秋千还在，帘子还垂着，可那个人不在了。他想起当年提笔在她门上题诗的快乐。墙头的杏花被雨打落，门外的柳絮被风吹散，就像那段感情一样，零零落落。下片直说思念：她像朝云一样没了消息，一切成了一场春梦。最后两句最动人：人忘不了，马也忘不了，它认得旧路，嘶叫着走过画桥。词人不说自己多难过，只写马，可读的人一下子就明白了。