Song lyric · song lyric in two stanzas宋词 · 词·双调

qīng青yù玉àn案·sòng送bó伯gù固guī归wú吴zhōng中

sū苏shì轼Su Shi · Song宋

Green Jade Table: Seeing Bogu Off Home to Wuzhong

sān三nián年zhěn枕shàng上wú吴zhōng中lù路

qiǎn遣huáng黄ěr耳

suí随jūn君qù去

ruò若dào到sōng松jiāng江hū呼xiǎo小dù渡

mò莫jīng惊yuān鸳lù鹭

sì四qiáo桥jìn尽shì是

lǎo老zǐ子jīng经xíng行chù处

wǎng辋chuān川tú图shàng上kàn看chūn春mù暮

cháng常jì记gāo高rén人yòu右chéng丞jù句

zuò作gè个guī归qī期tiān天yǐ已xǔ许

chūn春shān衫yóu犹shì是

xiǎo小mán蛮zhēn针xiàn线

céng曾shī湿xī西hú湖yǔ雨

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. Common editions add the title "Seeing Bogu Off Home to Wuzhong". In line 5 the source has "gulls and egrets"; common editions such as Three Hundred Song Lyrics have "mandarin ducks and egrets". The common text is used here.

原始资料只题词牌“青玉案”。通行本加题目“送伯固归吴中”。第五句原始资料作“莫惊鸥鹭”，通行本（如《宋词三百首》）作“莫惊鸳鹭”，这里从通行本。

Line by line逐句翻译

三年枕上吴中路For three years, in my dreams, I have walked the road to Wuzhong.三年来，我在梦里常常走在回吴中的路上。
遣黄耳I wish I could send a dog like Yellow Ear真想派黄耳那样的狗，
随君去to go along with you.跟着你一起去。
若到松江呼小渡If you reach the Song River and call for a little ferry,你要是到了松江，喊小船来摆渡，
莫惊鸳鹭do not startle the ducks and egrets.可别惊动了水边的鸳鸯和白鹭。
四桥尽是Around those bridges,那几座桥边，
老子经行处every spot is a place I once walked.全是我当年走过的地方。
辋川图上看春暮I gaze at late spring in Wang Wei's painting of Wangchuan,我在王维的辋川图上看暮春的景色，
常记高人右丞句and often recall the lines of that lofty man.常常想起这位高人写的诗句。
作个归期天已许I have set a date to go home, and heaven has agreed.我定下了回去的日子，老天也已经答应了。
春衫犹是The spring robe I wear,我身上的春衫，
小蛮针线sewn stitch by stitch by someone dear,还是家里人一针一线缝的，
曾湿西湖雨was once wet with the rain of West Lake.上面曾经沾湿过西湖的雨。

Words字词注释

枕上zhěn shàng: zhěn shàng: on the pillow, that is, in dreams.枕上：躺在枕头上，指睡梦里。
吴中wú zhōng: Wú zhōng: the area around today's Suzhou in Jiangsu, where Bogu was going home.吴中：今天江苏苏州一带。伯固要回那里去。
遣qiǎn: qiǎn: to send.遣：派。
黄耳huáng ěr: Huáng ěr: Yellow Ear, a dog kept by Lu Ji in the Jin dynasty. Legend says it carried his letters between Luoyang and his home in Wu.黄耳：晋朝陆机养的一条狗，名叫黄耳。传说它能替陆机在洛阳和吴地之间送信。
松江sōng jiāng: Sōng jiāng: the Wusong River, which flows out of Lake Tai past Wuzhong.松江：吴淞江，从太湖流出，经过吴中。
呼小渡hū xiǎo dù: hū xiǎo dù: to call for a small ferry boat.呼小渡：喊小渡船来摆渡。
鸳鹭yuān lù: yuān lù: mandarin ducks and egrets, birds by the water.鸳鹭：鸳鸯和白鹭，水边的鸟。
四桥sì qiáo: sì qiáo: the bridges around Wujiang; one view is that it means one bridge known as the Fourth Bridge.四桥：吴江一带的桥，一说指第四桥。
老子lǎo zǐ: lǎo zǐ: this old man, me. Su Shi calls himself this half in jest.老子：老夫，我。苏轼自称，带点玩笑的口气。
经行处jīng xíng chù: jīng xíng chù: places I have walked through.经行处：走过的地方。
辋川图wǎng chuān tú: Wǎng chuān tú: Wang Wei's painting of Wangchuan, the valley where he lived in retirement.辋川图：王维画的辋川风景图。辋川是王维隐居的地方。
高人gāo rén: gāo rén: a person of lofty character who does not chase fame.高人：品格高尚、不追名利的人。
右丞yòu chéng: Yòu chéng: Wang Wei, who once held the post of Right Assistant Minister.右丞：王维，他做过尚书右丞这个官。
作个归期zuò gè guī qī: zuò gè guī qī: to set a date for going home.作个归期：定下一个回去的日子。
天已许tiān yǐ xǔ: tiān yǐ xǔ: heaven has already agreed.天已许：老天已经答应了。
春衫chūn shān: chūn shān: a light spring robe.春衫：春天穿的薄衣。
小蛮xiǎo mán: Xiǎo mán: first the name of a singing girl in the household of the Tang poet Bai Juyi. Here it stands for a woman of Su Shi's own household; one view is that it means Wang Zhaoyun.小蛮：本来是唐代白居易家里的歌女，这里借指苏轼家中的侍妾，一说指王朝云。
西湖xī hú: Xī hú: West Lake in Hangzhou, where Su Shi had served as an official.西湖：杭州的西湖。苏轼在杭州做过官。

How to read it读音

子zǐ: Lǎo zǐ is an old man calling himself "I"; in poetry it is read lǎo zǐ.“老子”是老人自称“我”，在诗词里读 lǎo zǐ。
处chù: Here it is a noun, "place", so it is read chù.这里是名词“地方”，读 chù。
曾céng: Here it means "once, before", so it is read céng.这里是“曾经”的意思，读 céng。

Background创作背景

Bogu was the courtesy name of Su Jian. When Su Shi was an official in Hangzhou, Su Jian worked under him, and the two became close friends. When Su Jian was going home to Wuzhong, the area around today's Suzhou, Su Shi wrote this lyric to see him off. Su Shi loved the scenery of Wuzhong too, and hoped one day to retire there. The lyric is usually dated after Su Shi's second term in Hangzhou, but the exact year is debated.

伯固是苏坚的字。苏轼在杭州做官时，苏坚是他手下的官员，两人交情很深。后来苏坚要回吴中（今天的苏州一带），苏轼写了这首词送他。苏轼自己也很喜欢吴中的山水，盼着有一天也能回去隐居。这首词一般认为写于苏轼第二次在杭州做官之后，具体年份说法不一。

The poet作者

Su Shi (1037–1101), also called Dongpo, was a great Northern Song writer. He served in Hangzhou twice and built the Su Causeway across West Lake, so he loved the south deeply. He greatly admired Wang Wei, and said that in Wang Wei's poems there are paintings, and in his paintings there are poems. This lyric mentions Wang Wei's painting and verses to show his own wish to retire.

苏轼（1037—1101），号东坡居士，北宋大文学家。他两次在杭州做官，修过西湖的苏堤，对江南感情很深。他很佩服王维，说王维“诗中有画，画中有诗”。这首词里也提到王维的辋川图和诗句，表达他想退隐的心愿。

The mood意境

This is a farewell lyric, yet it feels light and friendly. It begins: for three years I have walked the road to Wuzhong in my dreams, and I wish I could send Lu Ji's dog Yellow Ear home with you. Then it is like friendly advice: when you take a boat on the Song River, do not scare the birds, because every bridge there is a place this old man has walked. Calling himself "this old man" shows Su Shi's humor. The second half is about himself. He looks at Wang Wei's painting, thinks of Wang Wei's poems, and has already agreed with heaven on a day to go home. It ends on a spring robe. It was sewn by someone dear, and it once got wet in the rain of West Lake. One old robe holds all his longing for family, for his friend, and for the south.

这是一首送别词，却写得轻松亲切。开头说三年来做梦都在走吴中的路，真想派陆机的狗黄耳跟着朋友回去。接着像在叮嘱朋友：到了松江坐船，别吓着鸟儿，那些桥边都是“老子”走过的地方。一个“老子”，透出苏轼的幽默。下半首写自己：看着王维的画，想着王维的诗，已经和老天约好了回去的日子。最后落在一件春衫上：针线是家里人缝的，衣上还沾过西湖的雨。一件旧衣服，装着对家人、对朋友、对江南的全部怀念。