Song lyric · ci lyric (long tune, three stanzas)宋词 · 词（长调，三叠）

ruì瑞lóng龙yín吟·zhāng章tái台lù路

zhōu周bāng邦yàn彦Zhou Bangyan · Song宋

Auspicious Dragon Chant: Zhangtai Road

zhāng章tái台lù路

hái还jiàn见tuì褪fěn粉méi梅shāo梢

shì试huā花táo桃shù树

yīn愔yīn愔fāng坊mò陌rén人jiā家

dìng定cháo巢yàn燕zi子

guī归lái来jiù旧chù处

àn黯níng凝zhù伫

yīn因niàn念gè个rén人chī痴xiǎo小

zhà乍kuī窥mén门hù户

qīn侵chén晨qiǎn浅yuē约gōng宫huáng黄

zhàng障fēng风yìng映xiù袖

yíng盈yíng盈xiào笑yǔ语

qián前dù度liú刘láng郎chóng重dào到

fǎng访lín邻xún寻lǐ里

tóng同shí时gē歌wǔ舞

wéi唯yǒu有jiù旧jiā家qiū秋niáng娘

shēng声jià价rú如gù故

yín吟jiān笺fù赋bǐ笔

yóu犹jì记yān燕tái台jù句

zhī知shuí谁bàn伴

míng名yuán园lù露yǐn饮

dōng东chéng城xián闲bù步

shì事yǔ与gū孤hóng鸿qù去

tàn探chūn春jìn尽shì是

shāng伤lí离yì意xù绪

guān官liǔ柳dī低jīn金lǚ缕

guī归qí骑wǎn晚

xiān纤xiān纤chí池táng塘fēi飞yǔ雨

duàn断cháng肠yuàn院luò落

yì一lián帘fēng风xù絮

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 text writes line 7 with a character meaning "dark, secretly". Common editions such as Three Hundred Song Lyrics use a character meaning "gloomy, downcast", used here. Both are read àn.

原始资料第七句作“暗凝伫”。通行本（如《宋词三百首》）多作“黯凝伫”，“黯”是心情黯然、伤感的意思，这里从通行本。两个字读音相同。

Line by line逐句翻译

章台路I walk Zhangtai Road again.又走上了章台路，
还见褪粉梅梢Again I see plum branches whose blossoms have faded,又看到梅花开过、颜色褪去的枝梢，
试花桃树and peach trees just coming into bloom.和刚刚开花的桃树。
愔愔坊陌人家The houses along the lanes are quiet.街巷里的人家安安静静，
定巢燕子The swallows that have found their nests找好窝的燕子，
归来旧处have flown back to their old homes.又飞回了旧日的地方。
黯凝伫Downcast, I stand still a long while, lost in thought.我心情低落，久久地站着出神。
因念个人痴小I remember her when she was young and innocent,想起那个人当年还小，天真烂漫，
乍窥门户just beginning to peek out of the doorway.刚开始在门口探头张望。
侵晨浅约宫黄At dawn she dabbed a little yellow on her brow,清早，她在额上淡淡地涂了黄妆，
障风映袖raised her sleeve against the wind,抬起袖子挡风，
盈盈笑语and laughed and chatted so sweetly.说说笑笑，模样那么可爱。
前度刘郎重到Now, like Master Liu of old, I have come back.如今，我像当年的刘郎一样又来了，
访邻寻里I ask among the neighbors向街坊邻居打听，
同时歌舞about those who sang and danced with her back then.当年和她一起唱歌跳舞的人。
唯有旧家秋娘Only the old singer Qiuniang只有旧日那位秋娘，
声价如故is still as famous as before.名气还和从前一样。
吟笺赋笔Back then I wrote poems for her,当年我提笔写诗作词，
犹记燕台句and I still remember how she loved my lines.还记得她喜爱我诗句的情景。
知谁伴Who keeps her company now,不知道现在谁陪着她，
名园露饮drinking in the open in famous gardens,在名园里露天饮酒，
东城闲步strolling at leisure in the east of town?在东城悠闲散步？
事与孤鸿去The past has flown off like a lone wild goose.往事都像孤雁一样飞走了。
探春尽是This spring outing这次出来游春，
伤离意绪is filled with the sorrow of parting.满心都是离别的伤感。
官柳低金缕Roadside willows hang low their golden threads.路边的柳树垂下金线一样的嫩枝。
归骑晚I ride home late,我骑马回去，天已经晚了，
纤纤池塘飞雨as fine rain drifts over the pond.细细的雨点飘落在池塘上。
断肠院落In the courtyard that breaks my heart,那叫人伤心的院子里，
一帘风絮the curtain is filled with willow fluff blowing in the wind.满帘都是随风飘飞的柳絮。

Words字词注释

章台路zhāng tái lù: zhāng tái lù: Zhangtai was a street in Han-dynasty Chang'an. Later the name stood for the lanes where singing girls lived. Here it is the place the poet often visited long ago.章台路：章台本是汉代长安的一条街，后来常指歌女们住的街巷。这里指词人旧日常去的地方。
还见hái jiàn: hái jiàn: again I see.还见：又看到。
褪粉梅梢tuì fěn méi shāo: tuì fěn méi shāo: plum branches whose blossoms have faded.褪粉梅梢：梅花已经开过，颜色褪去了。
试花shì huā: shì huā: just beginning to blossom.试花：刚开始开花。
愔愔yīn yīn: yīn yīn: quiet and still.愔愔：安安静静的样子。
坊陌fāng mò: fāng mò: streets and lanes.坊陌：街巷。
定巢dìng cháo: dìng cháo: settling into a nest.定巢：安顿好窝，住下来。
黯凝伫àn níng zhù: àn níng zhù: downcast, standing still for a long time, lost in thought.黯凝伫：心情低落，久久地站着出神。
个人gè rén: gè rén: that person, the girl he once loved.个人：那个人，指他从前喜欢的女子。
痴小chī xiǎo: chī xiǎo: young and innocent.痴小：年纪小，天真不懂事。
乍窥门户zhà kuī mén hù: zhà kuī mén hù: just starting to peek out of the doorway, still a young girl.乍窥门户：刚开始在门口探头张望，还是个小姑娘。
侵晨qīn chén: qīn chén: at early dawn.侵晨：天快亮的时候，清早。
浅约宫黄qiǎn yuē gōng huáng: qiǎn yuē gōng huáng: lightly dabbing yellow makeup on her brow. "Palace yellow" was a yellow powder women painted on the forehead.浅约宫黄：淡淡地在额头涂上黄色的妆。宫黄是古代女子画在额头上的黄粉。
障风映袖zhàng fēng yìng xiù: zhàng fēng yìng xiù: raising her sleeve against the wind, her face framed by it.障风映袖：抬起袖子挡风，脸映在袖子边。
盈盈yíng yíng: yíng yíng: graceful and lovely.盈盈：姿态美好的样子。
前度刘郎qián dù liú láng: qián dù liú láng: Master Liu who came before. The Tang poet Liu Yuxi wrote of himself as "Master Liu who came before, now here again". The poet borrows the phrase for his own return.前度刘郎：上一次来过的刘郎。唐代诗人刘禹锡有诗句“前度刘郎今又来”，这里词人用来比自己旧地重游。
访邻寻里fǎng lín xún lǐ: fǎng lín xún lǐ: asking around among the neighbors.访邻寻里：到街坊邻居家去打听。
同时歌舞tóng shí gē wǔ: tóng shí gē wǔ: the girls who sang and danced at the same time as her.同时歌舞：当年一起唱歌跳舞的人。
秋娘qiū niáng: qiū niáng: a name often used by famous Tang singing girls, later used for any singer.秋娘：唐代有名的歌女常叫秋娘，后来泛指歌女。
声价如故shēng jià rú gù: shēng jià rú gù: as famous as ever.声价如故：名气还和从前一样。
吟笺赋笔yín jiān fù bǐ: yín jiān fù bǐ: writing poems on paper.吟笺赋笔：在纸上写诗作词。
燕台句yān tái jù: yān tái jù: the Tang poet Li Shangyin wrote poems called "Yantai". A Luoyang girl named Liuzhi heard someone recite them, loved them, and asked who the poet was. Here it means the girl once loved the poet's own verses.燕台句：唐代李商隐写过《燕台》诗。洛阳一个叫柳枝的姑娘听人念了这些诗，很喜欢，便打听作者。这里比喻那个女子曾经喜爱词人的作品。
知谁伴zhī shuí bàn: zhī shuí bàn: who knows who is with her now.知谁伴：不知道现在谁陪着她。
露饮lù yǐn: lù yǐn: drinking in the open air.露饮：在露天里饮酒。
闲步xián bù: xián bù: strolling at leisure.闲步：悠闲地散步。
孤鸿gū hóng: gū hóng: a lone wild goose.孤鸿：一只孤单的大雁。
探春tàn chūn: tàn chūn: going out to look for spring.探春：出门游春，寻找春天的景色。
意绪yì xù: yì xù: feelings, mood.意绪：心情。
官柳guān liǔ: guān liǔ: willows planted by the government along the main roads.官柳：官府在大路两边种的柳树。
金缕jīn lǚ: jīn lǚ: golden threads, meaning the new yellow-green willow twigs.金缕：金色的丝线，比喻嫩黄的柳条。
归骑guī qí: guī qí: riding home.归骑：骑马回去。
纤纤xiān xiān: xiān xiān: fine and thin.纤纤：细细的。
断肠duàn cháng: duàn cháng: heartbroken.断肠：伤心到极点。
风絮fēng xù: fēng xù: willow fluff blowing in the wind.风絮：随风飘飞的柳絮。

How to read it读音

燕yān: yān tái: here the character is part of a place name and poem title, read yān, not yàn as in "swallow".燕台：这里的“燕”是地名、诗题用字，读 yān，不读燕子的 yàn。
重chóng: chóng dào: coming again. Here the character means "again" and is read chóng.重到：再一次来到，“重”读 chóng。

Background创作背景

This lyric tells of the poet returning to an old place years later, looking for a girl he once loved, and not finding her. One view says Zhou Bangyan wrote it when he came back to the capital, Bianjing (today's Kaifeng in Henan), after many years as an official elsewhere. Views on the exact date differ. It has three parts. The first shows the spring scene, unchanged. The second recalls the girl in her youth. The third finds her gone and leaves only sorrow.

这首词写的是词人多年以后旧地重游、寻访旧日恋人而找不到的故事。一说是周邦彦离开京城汴京（今河南开封）到外地做官多年，后来回到京城时写的，具体时间说法不一。词分三段：第一段写眼前春景依旧；第二段回忆那个女子年少的样子；第三段写人去楼空，只剩伤感。

The poet作者

Zhou Bangyan (1056–1121), courtesy name Meicheng, was a Northern Song lyric poet. He was an expert in music, and his works are carefully built. He often moves back and forth between the scene in front of him, the past, and his feelings now. This lyric does exactly that: from today to the past, then back to today. It is one of his most famous works.

周邦彦（1056—1121），字美成，号清真居士，北宋词人。他精通音乐，作品结构讲究，常常把眼前的景、过去的事和此刻的心情来回穿插。这首《瑞龙吟》就是这样：从今天写到过去，又从过去回到今天，是他最有名的作品之一。

The mood意境

This lyric is like a walk back to an old place. In the first part nothing has changed: the plum blossoms are gone, the peach trees are blooming, and the swallows are back in their old nests. The swallows can come home, but what about people? In the second part the poet stands lost in thought and remembers the girl when she was young: light makeup at dawn, a sleeve raised against the wind, laughing and chatting. The details are so fine she seems to be right there. The third part returns to the present. He asks everywhere. Only an old singer is still around, and the girl is gone. He still remembers writing poems for her, but the past has flown off like a lone goose. At the end, willows hang low, fine rain falls on the pond, and willow fluff fills the curtain. These scenes hold all the sadness he cannot put into words.

这首词像一次“回到老地方”的散步。第一段，景色一点没变：梅花谢了，桃花开了，燕子也回到老窝。燕子能回旧处，人呢？第二段，词人站在那里出神，想起那个女孩小时候的样子：清早化着淡妆，用袖子挡风，说说笑笑。写得很细，好像就在眼前。第三段回到现实：他到处打听，只有旧日的歌女还在，她却不见了。他还记得当年为她写诗的日子，可往事已经像孤雁飞走。最后，柳条低垂，细雨飘在池塘上，满帘柳絮乱飞，这些景物把说不出的伤心都装了进去。