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qīng青yù玉àn案·nián年nián年shè社rì日tíng停zhēn针xiàn线

huáng黄gōng公shào绍Huang Gongshao · Song宋

Green Jade Table: Every Year on Earth God Day the Needles Rest

nián年nián年shè社rì日tíng停zhēn针xiàn线

zěn怎rěn忍jiàn见

shuāng双fēi飞yàn燕

jīn今rì日jiāng江chéng城chūn春yǐ已bàn半

yì一shēn身yóu犹zài在

luàn乱shān山shēn深chù处

jì寂mò寞xī溪qiáo桥pàn畔

chūn春shān衫zhuó著pò破shuí谁zhēn针xiàn线

diǎn点diǎn点háng行háng行lèi泪hén痕mǎn满

luò落rì日jiě解ān鞍fāng芳cǎo草àn岸

huā花wú无rén人dài戴

jiǔ酒wú无rén人quàn劝

zuì醉yě也wú无rén人guǎn管

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 only the tune name, Qingyu'an; the first line is added here as the title. The source lists the author as anonymous, while common editions such as Three Hundred Song Lyrics usually give Huang Gongshao of the late Song. The common attribution is used here.

原始资料只题词牌“青玉案”，这里按首句加题。原始资料作者题“无名氏”，通行本（如《宋词三百首》）多题宋末黄公绍作，这里从通行本。

Line by line逐句翻译

年年社日停针线Every year on Earth God Day, my wife at home puts down her sewing.每年社日，家里的妻子都会停下针线活，
怎忍见How can I bear to see我怎么忍心看见
双飞燕the swallows flying in pairs?燕子成双成对地飞？
今日江城春已半Today, in this river town, spring is half gone,今天，江城的春天已经过了一半，
一身犹在and I am still here alone,我孤零零一个人，
乱山深处deep among the tangled mountains,在乱山的深处，
寂寞溪桥畔lonely beside a bridge over a stream.寂寞地站在溪桥旁边。
春衫著破谁针线My spring robe is worn through; who will mend it?春衫穿破了，谁来给我缝补？
点点行行泪痕满It is covered with tear stains, drop by drop, line by line.衣上一点点、一行行，全是泪痕。
落日解鞍芳草岸At sunset I unsaddle my horse on a grassy bank.太阳落山，我在长满芳草的岸边卸下马鞍。
花无人戴There are flowers, but no one to wear them;有花，却没人戴；
酒无人劝there is wine, but no one to urge me to drink;有酒，却没人劝我喝；
醉也无人管and when I am drunk, no one to look after me.喝醉了，也没有人管我。

Words字词注释

社日shè rì: shè rì: Earth God Day, when people made offerings to the god of the land. The spring one falls around the spring equinox. By custom, women put down their needlework that day.社日：古代祭祀土地神的日子。春社在春分前后，这一天妇女按风俗停下针线活，不做女红。
针线zhēn xiàn: zhēn xiàn: sewing and mending.针线：缝缝补补的活儿。
怎忍见zěn rěn jiàn: zěn rěn jiàn: how can I bear to see.怎忍见：怎么忍心看见。
双飞燕shuāng fēi yàn: shuāng fēi yàn: swallows flying in pairs. Swallows come back north around Earth God Day.双飞燕：成双成对飞回来的燕子。燕子在社日前后飞回北方。
江城jiāng chéng: jiāng chéng: a town by a river, where the poet is now wandering.江城：江边的城，指词人现在漂泊的地方。
犹在yóu zài: yóu zài: still here.犹在：还在。
乱山luàn shān: luàn shān: jumbled, tangled mountains.乱山：高低交错、杂乱的群山。
畔pàn: pàn: beside.畔：旁边。
著破zhuó pò: zhuó pò: worn out from wearing.著破：穿破了。
谁针线shuí zhēn xiàn: shuí zhēn xiàn: who will mend it for me?谁针线：谁来给我缝补呢。
点点行行diǎn diǎn háng háng: diǎn diǎn háng háng: drop by drop, line by line.点点行行：一点一点、一行一行。
解鞍jiě ān: jiě ān: to take the saddle off the horse, that is, to stop and rest.解鞍：卸下马鞍，指停下来休息。
劝quàn: quàn: to urge someone to drink.劝：劝酒，让人多喝一点。

How to read it读音

处chù: Here it is a noun, "place", so it is read chù.这里是名词“地方”，读 chù。
著zhuó: Here it means to wear, so it is read zhuó.这里是“穿”的意思，同“着”，读 zhuó。
谁shuí: Read shuí, the usual reading in poems.按通行读法读 shuí。
行háng: Háng háng means row after row, so it is read háng.“行行”是一行一行，读 háng。
行háng: As above, read háng.同上，读 háng。
解jiě: Here it means to undo, read jiě.这里是“解开、卸下”的意思，读 jiě。

Background创作背景

This lyric is about a traveler far from home who misses his home and his wife around the spring Earth God Day. On that day his wife puts down her sewing, as custom says. But he is alone in distant mountains, and the swallows flying back in pairs make him sadder still. Common editions such as Three Hundred Song Lyrics name the poet as Huang Gongshao of the late Song. But older collections give no author, and Huang Gongshao's own collection does not include it, so scholars such as Tang Guizhang think it is by an unknown writer. We do not know when it was written; one view is that it dates from after the fall of the Song.

这首词写一个在外漂泊的人在春社前后想家、想妻子。社日这天，家里的妻子按风俗停了针线；他却一个人在远方的山里，看见燕子成双飞回，心里更难受。《宋词三百首》等通行本题作者为宋末的黄公绍。但更早的《阳春白雪》等词集都不写作者，黄公绍自己的词集也没有收这首，所以唐圭璋等学者认为它是无名氏的作品。写作时间不清楚，一说写于宋朝灭亡之后。

The poet作者

Huang Gongshao, courtesy name Zhiweng, came from Shaowu in today's Fujian. He passed the top civil exam near the end of the Song. After the Song fell, he refused to serve the new Yuan rulers and lived in retirement. He compiled a book on the sounds of characters. His dates of birth and death are not known.

黄公绍，字直翁，邵武（今属福建）人，宋末考中进士。宋朝灭亡后，他没有去元朝做官，而是隐居起来，编写过一部讲字音的书《古今韵会》。他的生卒年不详。

The mood意境

This lyric keeps setting "there is" against "there is no one". The swallows come in pairs, but he is alone. At home someone puts down her sewing, but here his torn robe has no one to mend it. The most moving picture is the worn spring robe: no one to stitch it, only tear stains on it, drop by drop, line by line. The last three lines repeat "no one" three times: flowers with no one to wear them, wine with no one to urge him, drunk with no one to care. The words are plain, like talking to himself, yet they carry loneliness right to the bone. You can almost see a man at sunset on a grassy bank, holding his horse, drinking in silence.

这首词处处用“有”和“没有”来对比。燕子是成双的，人却是一个；家里有人停针线，这边的破衣服却没人补。最动人的是一件破春衫：没人缝补，上面只有一点点、一行行的泪痕。最后三句一连用了三个“无人”：花无人戴，酒无人劝，醉也无人管。话说得很平常，像在自言自语，却把孤单写到了骨子里。读到这里，好像能看见一个人在夕阳下的草岸边，牵着马，默默地喝酒。