No. 51 · Song lyric · ci lyric, to the tune Ru Meng Ling (Like a Dream)第 51 首 · 宋词 · 词（如梦令）

rú如mèng梦lìng令·cháng常jì记xī溪tíng亭rì日mù暮

lǐ李qīng清zhào照Li Qingzhao · Song宋

Like a Dream: I Often Recall the Creek Pavilion at Dusk

cháng常jì记xī溪tíng亭rì日mù暮

chén沉zuì醉bù不zhī知guī归lù路

xìng兴jìn尽wǎn晚huí回zhōu舟

wù误rù入ǒu藕huā花shēn深chù处

zhēng争dù渡

jīng惊qǐ起yì一tān滩ōu鸥lù鹭

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 the first character of the second line in its old form, which the machine conversion kept; textbooks use the modern form, chén. The corpus also puts lines three and four on one line; here each sentence has its own line.

古诗库第二句作“沈醉”。“沈”是“沉”的古写法，繁简转换时没有改过来，课本作“沉醉”。另外，古诗库把“兴尽晚回舟”和“误入藕花深处”放在一行，这里按句分成两行。

Line by line逐句翻译

常记溪亭日暮I often recall that day at the creek pavilion, till dusk,我常常想起那天在溪边亭子里玩到傍晚，
沉醉不知归路so drunk with joy I could not find the way home.喝得醉醺醺的，连回家的路都认不清了。
兴尽晚回舟When the fun was over, late, we turned the boat back,玩够了，天色已晚，才划着船往回走，
误入藕花深处and strayed by mistake deep into the lotus flowers.却不小心划进了荷花丛的深处。
争渡Row hard!拼命划呀，
争渡Row hard!拼命划呀，
惊起一滩鸥鹭We startled a whole shore of gulls and egrets into the air.惊飞了一滩的水鸟。

Words字词注释

常记cháng jì: cháng jì: often remember. Another reading takes it as "once remembered".常记：常常想起。一说是“尝记”，曾经记得。
溪亭xī tíng: xī tíng: a pavilion by a creek. One view says it is a place name.溪亭：小溪边的亭子。一说是一个地名。
日暮rì mù: rì mù: dusk, when the sun is setting.日暮：傍晚，太阳快落山的时候。
沉醉chén zuì: chén zuì: deeply drunk, and also lost in the joy of the scenery.沉醉：喝醉了，也指玩得太开心、陶醉在美景里。
归路guī lù: guī lù: the way home.归路：回家的路。
兴尽xìng jìn: xìng jìn: having had enough fun. Xìng means delight, the mood for fun.兴尽：玩够了，兴致没有了。兴，兴致、兴趣。
回舟huí zhōu: huí zhōu: to row the boat back.回舟：划船回家。
误入wù rù: wù rù: to wander in by mistake.误入：不小心划进了。
藕花ǒu huā: ǒu huā: lotus flowers. Ǒu is the lotus root.藕花：荷花。藕是荷花的根茎。
争渡zhēng dù: zhēng dù: rowing hard to get out fast. Another view says zhēng here means "how", so it asks, "How do we get out?"争渡：拼命地划船，想快点划出去。一说“争”就是“怎”，“争渡”是“怎么划出去呢”。
惊起jīng qǐ: jīng qǐ: startled into flying up.惊起：惊动得飞起来。
滩tān: tān: the shallows by the water.滩：水边的浅滩。
鸥鹭ōu lù: ōu lù: water birds: gulls, and egrets with long legs and snow-white feathers.鸥鹭：水鸟。鸥是海鸥一类的鸟，鹭是白鹭，腿长、羽毛雪白。

How to read it读音

兴xìng: Read xìng, meaning the mood for fun. It is not xīng.读 xìng，“兴致”的意思。不读 xīng。
争zhēng: Read zhēng, meaning to strive or race. Another view says it stands for a word meaning "how"; the reading stays the same.读 zhēng，“争着、拼命”的意思。一说“争”通“怎”，是“怎么”的意思，读音不变。

Background创作背景

This lyric is usually thought to be from Li Qingzhao's girlhood. It recalls an outing by a creek. As a girl she lived in Jinan in Shandong and in the Northern Song capital, Bianjing (today's Kaifeng in Henan). Her family was well-off and her life was happy and carefree. The exact year, and where the creek pavilion was, can no longer be known.

这首词一般认为是李清照少女时期的作品，回忆了一次在溪边游玩的经历。她少年时生活在山东济南和北宋都城汴京（今河南开封），家境优裕，生活快乐无忧。具体写于哪一年、溪亭在哪里，已经无法确定。

The poet作者

Li Qingzhao (1084–about 1155), who called herself the Lay Buddhist of Yi'an, was the most famous woman poet of the Song. Her early life was happy, and her lyrics were lively and bright. Later the Jin army invaded, her husband died, and she drifted in the south; her lyrics grew sad. This one captures her early, happy days.

李清照（1084—约1155），号易安居士，宋代最有名的女词人。她前半生生活美满，词写得活泼明快；后来金兵南下，丈夫去世，她流落江南，词变得凄凉悲伤。这首词是她早期快乐时光的写照。

The mood意境

This little lyric is like a short video. It opens with a memory: that day at the creek pavilion, playing until sunset, a little wine, so happy she could hardly find the way home. Then the small boat heads back. It is getting dark, and by mistake it drifts deep into the lotus, with tall leaves and flowers all around. Now they are in a hurry: "Row hard! Row hard!" Called out twice in a row, you can almost hear the splash of the oars and the girls laughing. At the end a whole flock of water birds bursts up into the air in fright. In just thirty-three characters, the lyric brings to life a girl's innocence and fun and the beauty of nature.

这首小词像一段短视频。开头是回忆：那天在溪边的亭子里玩到太阳落山，喝了点酒，开心得连回家的路都分不清。接着小船往回划，天快黑了，一不小心划进了荷花深处，四周全是高高的荷叶和荷花。这下着急了，“争渡，争渡”，两声连着喊，好像能听到划桨的水声和女孩们的笑闹声。最后，一大群水鸟被惊得扑啦啦飞起来。整首词只有三十三个字，却把少女的天真、活泼和大自然的美全写活了。