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niàn念nú奴jiāo娇·nào闹hóng红yì一gě舸

jiāng姜kuí夔Jiang Kui · Song宋

Nian Nu Jiao: A Boat Among the Crowding Red

nào闹hóng红yì一gě舸

jì记lái来shí时

cháng尝yǔ与yuān鸳yāng鸯wéi为lǚ侣

sān三shí十liù六bēi陂rén人wèi未dào到

shuǐ水pèi佩fēng风cháng裳wú无shù数

cuì翠yè叶chuī吹liáng凉

yù玉róng容xiāo销jiǔ酒

gèng更sǎ洒gū菰pú蒲yǔ雨

yān嫣rán然yáo摇dòng动

lěng冷xiāng香fēi飞shàng上shī诗jù句

rì日mù暮

qīng青gài盖tíng亭tíng亭

qíng情rén人bú不jiàn见

zhēng争rěn忍líng凌bō波qù去

zhǐ只kǒng恐wǔ舞yī衣hán寒yì易luò落

chóu愁rù入xī西fēng风nán南pǔ浦

gāo高liǔ柳chuí垂yīn阴

lǎo老yú鱼chuī吹làng浪

liú留wǒ我huā花jiān间zhù住

tián田tián田duō多shǎo少

jǐ几huí回shā沙jì际guī归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。

Line by line逐句翻译

闹红一舸A small boat drifts into the crowding red lotus.一只小船驶进开得正热闹的红荷花里，
记来时I remember when I first came here,记得当年来的时候，
尝与鸳鸯为侣I kept company with the mandarin ducks.曾经和鸳鸯做伴。
三十六陂人未到No one had reached those many ponds.许多池塘都没有人来过，
水佩风裳无数Countless lotus stood like ladies, with water for jade and wind for skirts.荷花像无数美人，以水为佩玉，以风为衣裙。
翠叶吹凉The green leaves sent cool air my way.碧绿的荷叶吹来凉风，
玉容销酒The pink flowers were like a lovely face as the flush of wine fades.粉红的花像美人酒后脸上褪去的红晕，
更洒菰蒲雨Then a light rain fell on the wild rice and cattails.菰草蒲草上又洒下一阵小雨。
嫣然摇动The lotus swayed with a sweet smile,荷花笑盈盈地摇动着，
冷香飞上诗句and its cool scent flew up into my lines.清冷的香气飞进了我的诗句。
日暮Evening came.天色晚了，
青盖亭亭The leaves stood tall like green umbrellas.荷叶像绿伞一样挺立，
情人不见The one they waited for had not come;等的人还没有来，
争忍凌波去how could they bear to step away over the waves?怎么忍心踏着水波离去？
只恐舞衣寒易落I only fear the petals, like dancing dresses, will fall easily in the cold,只怕秋凉时花瓣容易凋落，
愁入西风南浦and sorrow will drift into the west wind at the parting shore.满怀愁绪飘进西风里的南浦。
高柳垂阴Tall willows let down their shade,高高的柳树垂下树荫，
老鱼吹浪old fish stir up little waves,老鱼吹起细浪，
留我花间住as if asking me to stay among the flowers.好像要留我在花间住下。
田田多少How many lotus leaves spread over the water!那一片片荷叶有多少啊，
几回沙际归路How many times have I gone home along the sandy shore.我有多少回从沙岸边沿着归路回去。

Words字词注释

闹红nào hóng: nào hóng: red lotus flowers blooming thick and lively.闹红：红色的荷花开得又多又热闹。
一舸yì gě: yī gě: one small boat.一舸：一只小船。舸，船。
尝cháng: cháng: once, in the past.尝：曾经。
鸳鸯为侣yuān yāng wéi lǚ: yuān yāng wéi lǚ: keeping company with the mandarin ducks on the water.鸳鸯为侣：和水上的鸳鸯做伴。
三十六陂sān shí liù bēi: sān shí liù bēi: thirty-six ponds, meaning a great many ponds. The number is not exact.三十六陂：许多许多的池塘。三十六是说多，不是实数。
水佩风裳shuǐ pèi fēng cháng: shuǐ pèi fēng cháng: the lotus is pictured as a lovely lady, with water for her jade pendant and wind for her skirt. The image comes from the Tang poet Li He.水佩风裳：把荷花比作美人，水是她的佩玉，风是她的裙子。这个说法来自唐代李贺的诗。
翠叶cuì yè: cuì yè: green lotus leaves.翠叶：碧绿的荷叶。
玉容销酒yù róng xiāo jiǔ: yù róng xiāo jiǔ: the pink flush of wine fading from a lovely face. It pictures the soft pink of the lotus.玉容销酒：美人脸上喝酒后的红晕慢慢退去。比喻荷花粉红的颜色。
菰蒲gū pú: gū pú: wild rice and cattails, plants that grow by the water.菰蒲：菰和蒲，都是长在水边的草。菰就是茭白。
嫣然yān rán: yān rán: smiling sweetly.嫣然：笑得很美的样子。
冷香lěng xiāng: lěng xiāng: a cool, fresh scent, the smell of lotus.冷香：清冷的香气，指荷花的香。
青盖qīng gài: qīng gài: a green umbrella, meaning a lotus leaf.青盖：绿色的伞盖，比喻荷叶。
亭亭tíng tíng: tíng tíng: standing tall and straight.亭亭：直直地立着，很挺拔。
情人qíng rén: qíng rén: someone dear, here the one the lotus waits for. It can also mean the poet himself.情人：有情的人，这里指荷花所等的人，也可以说是词人自己。
凌波líng bō: líng bō: stepping lightly over the waves, an old image of a goddess walking. Here it means the lotus leaving the water and fading away.凌波：在水波上轻轻走过，原来形容仙女走路。这里指荷花离开水面、凋谢而去。
舞衣wǔ yī: wǔ yī: a dancing dress, meaning the lotus petals.舞衣：跳舞的衣裙，比喻荷花的花瓣。
南浦nán pǔ: nán pǔ: the south shore, where people in old poems said goodbye. It came to mean any place of parting.南浦：南边的水边，古人常在这里送别，后来成了分别之地的代称。
垂阴chuí yīn: chuí yīn: casting down shade.垂阴：垂下树荫。
老鱼吹浪lǎo yú chuī làng: lǎo yú chuī làng: old fish breathing out under water, stirring little waves.老鱼吹浪：老鱼在水里吐气，吹起小小的波浪。
田田tián tián: tián tián: lotus leaves spread thick across the water, as in an old Han folk song.田田：荷叶一片片铺满水面的样子。汉乐府有“莲叶何田田”。
沙际shā jì: shā jì: the edge of the sandy shore.沙际：沙岸边。

How to read it读音

为wéi: It means to become companions, so the character is read wéi.为侣，成为伴侣，“为”读 wéi。
陂bēi: Here it means a pond, now usually read bēi. Some books read it pí or pō.陂，池塘，现在一般读 bēi。也有书读 pí 或 pō。
裳cháng: On its own it means an old-style skirt and is read cháng. Only in the everyday word for clothes is it read light, shang.裳，古代指下身穿的裙子，单用时读 cháng；“衣裳”一词里才读轻声 shang。
争zhēng: Here the word means how could one bear to. The character works like a question word, but is still read zhēng.争忍，怎么忍心。“争”在这里同“怎”，仍读 zhēng。

Background创作背景

Jiang Kui wrote a short preface to this lyric. He says he once lived in Wuling, today's Changde in Hunan, and often rowed with friends into the lotus to drink. Later, in Wuxing, today's Huzhou in Zhejiang, he often wandered among lotus again. He also went boating at night on West Lake, and the view was wonderful. He put these memories of lotus together in this lyric. Sources differ on the exact year.

这首词前面有姜夔写的小序。他说自己曾经住在武陵（今湖南常德），常和朋友划船到荷花丛里喝酒；后来到吴兴（今浙江湖州），又多次在荷花中游玩；还曾夜里在西湖上泛舟，景色特别美。他把这几次看荷花的经历合在一起，写成了这首词。具体写作年份说法不一。

The poet作者

Jiang Kui (about 1155 to about 1221), also called the Daoist of White Stone, was a Southern Song ci poet and a musician who wrote his own tunes. He never held office, lived with the help of friends, and moved from place to place. His lyrics are cool and airy, and he often writes flowers as if they had souls.

姜夔（约1155—约1221），号白石道人，南宋词人，也是音乐家，会自己作曲。他一辈子没有做官，靠朋友帮助，到处漂泊。他的词清冷、空灵，常把花写得像有灵魂的人。

The mood意境

This lyric is about lotus, yet it hardly ever names the flower. The poet turns the lotus into a group of lovely ladies. Water is their jade, wind is their skirt, their color is a flush after wine, they smile as they sway, and their scent flies into his poem. In the second half evening falls. The leaves stand like green umbrellas, as if waiting for someone dear and unwilling to leave. The poet worries that when the autumn wind comes, the petals will fall like dancing dresses. At the end the willows and old fish seem to ask him to stay, but he has walked home along the sandy shore many times already. The whole lyric is lovely and light, a little lonely, like a cool ink painting.

这首词写荷花，却很少直接说“荷”。词人把荷花写成一群美人：水是她们的佩玉，风是她们的裙子，花色像酒后脸上的红晕，摇动时像在微笑，香气飞进诗里。下半首天色暗了，荷叶像绿伞一样立着，好像在等心上的人，不忍离去；词人又担心秋风一来，花瓣会像舞衣一样落下。最后柳树、老鱼都来留他，他却已经在沙岸上走过许多回归路。整首词又美又淡，有一点点寂寞，像一幅清凉的水墨画。