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ruì瑞hè鹤xiān仙·jiāo郊yuán原chū初guò过yǔ雨

yuán袁qù去huá华Yuan Quhua · Song宋

To the Tune Rui He Xian: Rain Has Just Passed Over the Fields

jiāo郊yuán原chū初guò过yǔ雨

jiàn见bài败yè叶líng零luàn乱

fēng风dìng定yóu犹wǔ舞

xié斜yáng阳guà挂shēn深shù树

yìng映nóng浓chóu愁qiǎn浅dài黛

yáo遥shān山méi眉wǔ妩

lái来shí时jiù旧lù路

shàng尚yán岩huā花jiāo娇huáng黄bàn半tǔ吐

dào到ér而jīn今wéi唯yǒu有xī溪biān边liú流shuǐ水

jiàn见rén人rú如gù故

wú无yǔ语

yóu邮tíng亭shēn深jìng静

xià下mǎ马hái还xún寻

jiù旧céng曾tí题chù处

wú无liáo聊juàn倦lǚ旅

shāng伤lí离hèn恨

zuì最chóu愁kǔ苦

zòng纵shōu收xiāng香cáng藏jìng镜

tā他nián年chóng重dào到

rén人miàn面táo桃huā花zài在fǒu否

niàn念chén沉chén沉xiǎo小gé阁yōu幽chuāng窗

yǒu有shí时mèng梦qù去

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 chén chén in an old character form; it is written here in the usual modern form. In line six some editions use a different character for méi (charming instead of eyebrows); the meaning is about the same, and this text follows the corpus.

语料库“沈沈”是“沉沉”的旧写法，这里作“沉沉”。第六句有的本子作“遥山媚妩”，意思差不多，这里照语料库作“遥山眉妩”。

Line by line逐句翻译

郊原初过雨Rain has just passed over the fields outside the town.城外的原野上，雨刚刚下过。
见败叶零乱I see dead leaves lying everywhere,只见枯叶乱糟糟的，
风定犹舞and though the wind has stopped, some are still dancing.风停了，还在空中飞舞。
斜阳挂深树The setting sun hangs over the deep woods,夕阳挂在深深的树林上。
映浓愁浅黛lighting the far hills, dark and pale like eyebrows painted with sorrow,映照着远山，山色一浓一淡，像带着愁意的眉黛，
遥山眉妩the distant hills as lovely as a beauty's brows.远山就像美人妩媚的眉毛。
来时旧路This is the old road I came by.这是我来时走过的老路，
尚岩花娇黄半吐By the rocks, the flowers are still half open, a tender yellow.山岩边的花还半开着，黄得娇嫩。
到而今唯有溪边流水Now only the water in the stream到了今天，只有溪边的流水，
见人如故greets me just as it did before.见到我还和从前一样。
无语I have no words.我说不出话来。
邮亭深静The little roadside rest house is deep and quiet.路边的小驿亭又深又静，
下马还寻I get off my horse and search again我下了马，还要去寻找
旧曾题处for the place where I once wrote a poem on the wall.从前在墙上题诗的地方。
无聊倦旅I am a weary traveller, with nothing to cheer me.我这走累了的旅人，百无聊赖。
伤离恨The pain of parting hurts me,为离别的遗憾伤心，
最愁苦and it is the bitterest sorrow of all.这是最愁苦的事。
纵收香藏镜Even if we keep our tokens like lovers of old and hope to meet again,即使我们像古人一样留着信物，盼着重逢，
他年重到when I come back here someday,将来我再来这里，
人面桃花在否will the face like peach blossom still be here?那像桃花一样美的人还会在吗？
念沉沉小阁幽窗I think of the deep, quiet little room and its shaded window,我想念那深深静静的小阁楼和幽暗的窗子，
有时梦去and sometimes I go back there in my dreams.有时会在梦里回到那里。

Words字词注释

郊原jiāo yuán: jiāo yuán: open fields outside the town.郊原：城外的原野。
败叶bài yè: bài yè: dead, fallen leaves.败叶：枯落的叶子。
风定犹舞fēng dìng yóu wǔ: fēng dìng yóu wǔ: the wind has stopped, but the leaves are still dancing in the air.风定犹舞：风已经停了，叶子还在空中飘舞。
浅黛qiǎn dài: qiǎn dài: a light blue-black. Dài was the dark paint women once used on their eyebrows; here it is the colour of the far hills.浅黛：淡淡的青黑色。黛是古代女子画眉用的颜料，这里形容远山的颜色。
眉妩méi wǔ: méi wǔ: eyebrows lovely and charming. The far hills look like a beauty's eyebrows.眉妩：眉毛画得妩媚好看。这里说远山像美人的眉毛。
岩花yán huā: yán huā: flowers growing by the rocks.岩花：山岩边的花。
半吐bàn tǔ: bàn tǔ: half open.半吐：半开。
如故rú gù: rú gù: the same as before.如故：和从前一样。
邮亭yóu tíng: yóu tíng: a small roadside house where messengers and travellers rested in old times.邮亭：古代路边供送信人和旅客歇脚的小屋。
旧曾题处jiù céng tí chù: jiù céng tí chù: the place where he once wrote a poem on the wall.旧曾题处：以前在墙上题过诗的地方。
倦旅juàn lǚ: juàn lǚ: a weary traveller.倦旅：走累了的旅人。
纵zòng: zòng: even if.纵：即使。
收香shōu xiāng: shōu xiāng: keeping the perfume. In the Jin dynasty a girl named Jia Wu loved a young man, Han Shou, and secretly gave him a rare perfume from her home. It stands for lovers giving each other keepsakes.收香：晋朝贾充的女儿贾午爱上了韩寿，偷了家里珍贵的奇香送给他。这里借指男女相爱，互赠信物。
藏镜cáng jìng: cáng jìng: hiding the mirror. A princess of the Chen dynasty and her husband broke a mirror in two when they parted, each keeping half, and later found each other by it. It stands for hoping to meet again.藏镜：南朝陈的乐昌公主和丈夫分别时，把一面镜子分成两半，各藏一半，后来凭它重逢。这里借指盼望重聚。
人面桃花rén miàn táo huā: rén miàn táo huā: from a Tang poem by Cui Hu. When he came back, the peach blossoms were still there, but the face he loved was gone.人面桃花：唐代崔护的诗“人面不知何处去，桃花依旧笑春风”，说重来时，桃花还在，心爱的人却不见了。
沉沉chén chén: chén chén: deep and quiet.沉沉：深沉幽静的样子。

How to read it读音

斜xié: Textbooks today read it xié.现在课本读 xié。
还hái: Read hái here, meaning "still, again". Another view takes it as "going back", read huán.这里按“仍然、又”的意思读 hái。一说是“回去”的意思，读 huán。
重chóng: Here it means "again", so it is read chóng.这里是“再一次”的意思，读 chóng。
否fǒu: Read fǒu. In old pronunciation it rhymed with yǔ, wǔ and gù.读 fǒu。在古代的读音里，它和“雨、舞、故”这些字押韵。

Background创作背景

In this lyric the poet travels again along a road he once took. He remembers someone he loved, whom he met here and later had to leave. The autumn rain has just passed and the leaves are falling. He finds the place where he once wrote a poem on the wall, but she is nowhere to be seen. No record says which year, which place, or who she was; we can only feel his mood through the words.

这首词写作者重新走过从前走过的路，想起当年在这里遇到、后来分别的心上人。秋雨刚过，叶子枯落，他找到旧时题诗的地方，却见不到那个人了。词里写的是哪一年、哪个地方、思念的是谁，都没有留下记载，只能从词里去体会他的心情。

The poet作者

Yuan Quhua, also called Xuanqing, came from Fengxin in today's Jiangxi. His dates of birth and death are unknown. He passed the highest imperial exam in 1145 and served as head of counties such as Shanhua and Shishou. His lyrics often tell of the hardship of travelling far from home and the longing of parting, in fresh, natural words.

袁去华，字宣卿，奉新（今属江西）人，生卒年不详。宋高宗绍兴十五年（1145）考中进士，做过善化、石首等地的知县，就是一个县的长官。他的词多写羁旅（在外漂泊）的愁苦和离别的思念，语言清新自然。

The mood意境

This lyric is like a visit to an old place. The first stanza paints the scene: fields after rain, dead leaves still floating after the wind has stopped, the sun hanging in the trees, and far hills dark and pale like a beauty's painted brows. He walks the road he once came by. The flowers are still half open, but everything has changed. Only the stream, like an old friend, greets him the same as ever. In the second stanza he gets off his horse to find the wall where he once wrote a poem, tired and sad. He thinks of old love stories: the stolen perfume, the broken mirror, the face among the peach blossoms. He asks himself: even if we kept our tokens, when I come again, will she still be here? He dares not answer, and only says that sometimes he goes back to that little room in his dreams. The places stay the same but the person is gone, and that feeling touches readers most.

这首词像一次“故地重游”。上阕先画风景：雨后的原野，枯叶在风停后还在飘，夕阳挂在树上，远山一深一浅，像美人画的眉。他走在来时的老路上，花还半开着，可是一切都变了，只有溪水像老朋友一样，见到他还是老样子。下阕他下马去找当年题诗的墙，心里又累又苦。他用了几个爱情故事：偷香、破镜、人面桃花，问自己：就算还留着信物，将来再来，她还会在吗？他不敢回答，只说有时会在梦里回到那间小阁楼。景物不变，人却不见了，这种“物是人非”的伤感最打动人。