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qìng庆gōng宫chūn春·shuāng双jiǎng桨chún莼bō波

jiāng姜kuí夔Jiang Kui · Song宋

To the Tune Qing Gong Chun: Twin Oars on Waters of Water Shield

shuāng双jiǎng桨chún莼bō波

yì一suō蓑sōng松yǔ雨

mù暮chóu愁jiàn渐mǎn满kōng空kuò阔

hū呼wǒ我méng盟ōu鸥

piān翩piān翩yù欲xià下

bèi背rén人huán还guò过mù木mò末

nà那huí回guī归qù去

dàng荡yún云xuě雪

gū孤zhōu舟yè夜fā发

shāng伤xīn心chóng重jiàn见

yī依yuē约méi眉shān山

dài黛hén痕dī低yā压

cǎi采xiāng香jìng径lǐ里chūn春hán寒

lǎo老zǐ子pó婆suō娑

zì自gē歌shuí谁dá答

chuí垂hóng虹xī西wàng望

piāo飘rán然yǐn引qù去

cǐ此xìng兴píng平shēng生nán难è遏

jiǔ酒xǐng醒bō波yuǎn远

zhèng正níng凝xiǎng想

míng明dāng珰sù素wà袜

rú如jīn今ān安zài在

wéi唯yǒu有lán阑gān干

bàn伴rén人yí一shà霎

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 source gives the tune title with an extra tune name added. The tune of this lyric is Qing Gong Chun, so the usual title, tune plus first line, is used here. The source writes the zhèng of zhèng níng xiǎng with an old character that was used for the same word; the usual modern character is used here. The original also has a long preface, which is not included.

原始资料的词牌写作“庆宫春・高阳台”，这首词的词牌就是《庆宫春》，这里用通行的“庆宫春·双桨莼波”。原文“政凝想”的“政”古时通“正”，这里按通行写法作“正”。原词前面还有一段很长的小序，这里没有收录。

Line by line逐句翻译

双桨莼波Twin oars cut through waters full of water shield,一双船桨划过长着莼菜的水波，
一蓑松雨I wear a straw raincoat as rain falls through the pines,披着一件蓑衣，松林间落着雨，
暮愁渐满空阔and the sorrow of dusk slowly fills the wide sky.傍晚的愁绪渐渐铺满了空旷的天地。
呼我盟鸥I call to my old friends the gulls;我呼唤和我结盟的鸥鸟，
翩翩欲下they flutter lightly, as if about to land,它们轻盈地飞着，好像要落下来，
背人还过木末then turn away and fly back over the treetops.却又背着人，飞回树梢那边去了。
那回归去That time when I went home,那一次我回去的时候，
荡云雪my boat pushed through clouds and snow,小船在云雾和雪中穿行，
孤舟夜发a lone boat setting off at night.一只孤舟在夜里出发。
伤心重见Seeing it again now breaks my heart:今天再次见到，叫人伤心的是，
依约眉山faint far hills like a woman's eyebrows,隐隐约约，远山像女子的眉毛，
黛痕低压their dark shapes pressing low over the water.青黑的山影低低地压在水面上。
采香径里春寒On the Fragrance-Picking Path the early spring is cold;采香径里春寒料峭，
老子婆娑this old man dances as he pleases,我这个老头儿随意起舞，
自歌谁答and sings alone. Who will sing back?自己唱歌，有谁来应和？
垂虹西望From the Chuihong Bridge I look west,在垂虹桥上向西望去，
飘然引去longing to drift lightly far away;真想飘飘然远远离去，
此兴平生难遏all my life I could never hold this urge back.这种兴致，我一辈子都压不住。
酒醒波远When the wine wears off, the waves have rolled far away,酒醒了，水波已经远去，
正凝想and I am lost in thought我正出神地想着，
明珰素袜of a lovely woman with bright earrings and white silk socks.那戴着明珰、穿着白袜的美人。
如今安在Where is she now?如今她在哪里呢？
唯有阑干Only the bridge railing只有桥上的栏杆，
伴人一霎keeps me company, for one short moment.陪伴我短短的一会儿。

Words字词注释

双桨shuāng jiǎng: shuāng jiǎng: a pair of oars, meaning a small boat.双桨：一对船桨，指小船。
莼波chún bō: chún bō: waves where water shield grows. Water shield is a southern water plant whose leaves float on the surface.莼波：长着莼菜的水波。莼菜是江南水里的一种植物，叶子浮在水面上。
一蓑yì suō: yī suō: a straw raincoat, woven from grass or palm fiber.一蓑：一件蓑衣。蓑衣是用草或棕编的雨衣。
松雨sōng yǔ: sōng yǔ: rain falling through the pines.松雨：落在松树间的雨。
暮愁mù chóu: mù chóu: the sorrow that comes at dusk.暮愁：傍晚时的愁绪。
空阔kōng kuò: kōng kuò: the wide open sky and land.空阔：空旷开阔的天地。
盟鸥méng ōu: méng ōu: gulls one has made a pact of friendship with. Old poets used it to mean wishing to live a free life by the water.盟鸥：和鸥鸟结盟，做朋友。古人用这个说法表示愿意隐居水边，过闲散的生活。
翩翩piān piān: piān piān: flying lightly and gracefully.翩翩：轻快飞舞的样子。
背人bèi rén: bèi rén: turning away from people.背人：背对着人，避开人。
木末mù mò: mù mò: the tops of the trees.木末：树梢。
那回nà huí: nà huí: that time, meaning the New Year's Eve five years before.那回：那一次，指五年前那个除夕夜。
荡云雪dàng yún xuě: dàng yún xuě: the boat pushing through cloud and snow.荡云雪：船在云雾和雪中划过。
依约yī yuē: yī yuē: faintly, dimly.依约：隐隐约约。
眉山méi shān: méi shān: far hills shaped like a woman's eyebrows.眉山：像女子眉毛一样的远山。
黛痕dài hén: dài hén: dark blue-black marks. Dài is the dark color women used to paint their eyebrows.黛痕：青黑色的痕迹。黛，女子画眉用的青黑色颜料。
采香径cǎi xiāng jìng: cǎi xiāng jìng: the Fragrance-Picking Path below Lingyan Hill in Suzhou. Legend says the King of Wu sent palace women there to pick fragrant herbs.采香径：苏州灵岩山下的一条小路。相传春秋时吴王让宫女在这里采香草。
婆娑pó suō: pó suō: dancing freely, carefree.婆娑：随意起舞、自由自在的样子。
自歌谁答zì gē shuí dá: zì gē shuí dá: I sing alone; who will sing back?自歌谁答：自己唱歌，有谁来应和呢。
垂虹chuí hóng: chuí hóng: the Chuihong Bridge, a very long bridge in Wujiang, Suzhou, Jiangsu.垂虹：垂虹桥，在今江苏苏州吴江，是一座很长的桥。
引去yǐn qù: yǐn qù: to go away, to leave.引去：离开，远去。
遏è: è: to stop, to hold back.遏：阻止，压住。
凝想níng xiǎng: níng xiǎng: lost in thought.凝想：出神地想。
明珰素袜míng dāng sù wà: míng dāng sù wà: bright jade earrings and white silk socks, meaning a lovely woman. The words come from Cao Zhi's rhapsody on the goddess of the Luo River.明珰素袜：明亮的玉耳坠和白色的袜子，指一位美丽的女子。这是借用曹植《洛神赋》里写洛水女神的话。
安在ān zài: ān zài: where is she?安在：在哪里。
阑干lán gān: lán gān: a railing, here the railing of the Chuihong Bridge.阑干：栏杆，这里指垂虹桥上的栏杆。
一霎yí shà: yī shà: a moment, a very short time.一霎：一会儿，很短的时间。

How to read it读音

还huán: Here the gulls fly back over the treetops, so the character is read huán. Another view reads it hái, meaning still or again.“还过木末”是说鸥鸟又飞回树梢那边去，这里读 huán。一说读 hái，是“又、仍然”的意思。
重chóng: In chóng jiàn (to see again) it is read chóng.“重见”是再一次见到，“重”读 chóng。
子zǐ: Here lǎo zǐ is how the poet calls himself, "this old man". In everyday speech the second syllable is often said in the neutral tone.“老子”这里是作者自称，意思是“我这个老头儿”，读 lǎo zǐ。口语里自称“老子”时常读轻声 lǎo zi。
兴xìng: In cǐ xìng (this mood of delight) it is read xìng.“此兴”是这种兴致，“兴”读 xìng。

Background创作背景

The original has a long preface before it. Roughly, it says this. On New Year's Eve of 1191 the poet said goodbye to Fan Chengda and went home from Suzhou to Huzhou. After a snowfall he passed the Chuihong Bridge at night and wrote a poem. Five years later, in winter, he and a few friends shared a boat to Wuxi. Passing Wusong, they walked together on the Chuihong Bridge at midnight. It was freezing, and starlight mixed with the lights of fishing boats. He wrote this lyric there and spent more than ten days revising it. "That time when I went home" in the lyric means the trip five years before.

原词前面有一段长序。大意是：绍熙二年（1191）除夕，作者告别范成大，从苏州回湖州，雪后夜里经过垂虹桥，写过一首诗。五年以后的冬天，他和几位朋友同坐一条船去无锡，路过吴松，半夜一起在垂虹桥上散步。天寒地冻，星光和渔火交错，他就写了这首词，改了十多天才定稿。词里的“那回归去”，说的就是五年前那一次。

The poet作者

Jiang Kui (about 1155 to about 1221), who called himself the Daoist of White Stone, was a Southern Song lyric poet and also a musician. He never held office, lived on the help of friends, and spent his life drifting around the lakes and rivers of the south. He knew music deeply and composed his own tunes. His lyrics are cool, clear and refined, often about southern landscapes and a lonely heart. He was close friends with famous men such as Fan Chengda.

姜夔（约1155—约1221），字尧章，号白石道人，南宋词人，也是音乐家。他一生没有做官，靠朋友接济生活，常在江湖间漂泊。他精通音律，能自己作曲。他的词清冷雅致，常写江南的山水和孤独的心情，和范成大等名人交往很深。

The mood意境

This lyric lays two crossings of the Chuihong Bridge on top of each other, five years apart. It opens with a small boat, a straw raincoat and rain in the pines, while the sorrow of dusk slowly fills the sky. Even his old friends the gulls turn away and fly off, which makes him feel lonelier. Then he remembers that snowy night five years ago, the lone boat setting off. The far hills still look like eyebrows, but his heart aches. In the second stanza he calls himself "this old man" and dances and sings in the cold wind, yet no one answers. He is free and easy, and also very lonely. Standing on the bridge looking west, he longs to drift far away, an urge he has never been able to stop. At last, as the wine wears off, he thinks of a lovely woman. One view says she is Xiaohong, the singer who shared his boat on the earlier trip. But where is she? Only the railing keeps him company for a moment. The whole lyric is cool and wide open, like a pale ink painting.

这首词把五年前和五年后的两次经过垂虹桥叠在一起写。开头是小船、蓑衣、松间雨，傍晚的愁慢慢铺满天地。连老朋友鸥鸟都背着人飞走了，更显得孤单。接着想起五年前那个雪夜，孤舟夜发，如今远山依旧像眉毛，人却伤心。下片作者自称“老子”，在寒风里跳舞唱歌，却没人应和，很洒脱，也很寂寞。他站在桥上西望，想飘然远去，这种念头一辈子都压不住。最后酒醒了，想起那位美丽的女子，一说指当年同船的歌女小红。可人在哪里呢？只有栏杆陪了他一会儿。整首词清冷空阔，像一幅淡淡的水墨画。