Song lyric · ci to the tune San Shu Mei, in two stanzas宋词 · 词，词牌《三姝媚》，双调

sān三shū姝mèi媚·guò过dū都chéng城jiù旧jū居yǒu有gǎn感

wú吴wén文yīng英Wu Wenying · Song宋

San Shu Mei: Passing My Old Home in the Capital

hú湖shān山jīng经zuì醉guàn惯

zì渍chūn春shān衫tí啼hén痕jiǔ酒hén痕wú无xiàn限

yòu又kè客cháng长ān安

tàn叹duàn断jīn襟líng零mèi袂

wò涴chén尘shuí谁huàn浣

zǐ紫qū曲mén门huāng荒

yán沿bài败jǐng井fēng风yáo摇qīng青màn蔓

duì对yǔ语dōng东lín邻

yóu犹shì是céng曾cháo巢

xiè谢táng堂shuāng双yàn燕

chūn春mèng梦rén人jiān间xū须duàn断

dàn但guài怪dé得dāng当nián年mèng梦yuán缘néng能duǎn短

xiù绣wū屋qín秦zhēng筝

bàng傍hǎi海táng棠piān偏ài爱

yè夜shēn深kāi开yàn宴

wǔ舞xiē歇gē歌chén沉

huā花wèi未jiǎn减hóng红yán颜xiān先biàn变

zhù伫jiǔ久hé河qiáo桥yù欲qù去

xié斜yáng阳lèi泪mǎn满

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 has a wrong character for zì (to stain) in the second line; this follows the common text. It also writes chén (to sink) in an old form.

资料库原文“渍春衫”误作“溃春衫”，这里依通行本改正；“歌沉”原文作“歌沈”，“沈”是“沉”的古写。

Line by line逐句翻译

湖山经醉惯Among the lakes and hills I grew used to being drunk.西湖的山水间，我早已醉惯了，
渍春衫啼痕酒痕无限My spring robe is stained with tears and wine beyond counting.春衫上沾满了泪痕和酒痕，数也数不清。
又客长安Now I am a guest in the capital again,如今我又在京城作客，
叹断襟零袂and sigh at my torn front and ragged sleeves:可叹衣襟破了、袖子碎了，
涴尘谁浣covered in dust, who will wash them now?沾满灰尘，谁来替我洗？
紫曲门荒In the lane where she lived, the gate is overgrown;歌女住的街巷，门前一片荒凉，
沿败井风摇青蔓along the old abandoned well, the wind stirs green vines.顺着那口废井，风吹动青青的藤蔓。
对语东邻Twittering at the house next door在东边邻居家呢喃说话的，
犹是曾巢are the very ones that once nested here,还是从前在这里筑巢的，
谢堂双燕the pair of swallows from the Xie family hall.谢家堂前那一对燕子。
春梦人间须断Spring dreams in this world must always end,人间的春梦终究要醒，
但怪得当年梦缘能短but how strange that our dream of a bond back then was so short.只是奇怪，当年那段梦一样的缘分怎么那么短。
绣屋秦筝In the embroidered room there was a zither.绣花的屋子里有秦筝，
傍海棠偏爱She loved to sit by the crab-apple blossoms,她偏爱挨着海棠花，
夜深开宴and set out a feast deep into the night.在深夜里摆开酒宴。
舞歇歌沉The dancing stopped, the singing died away.舞停了，歌声也消失了，
花未减红颜先变The flowers have not faded, yet her lovely face has changed first.海棠花还没有减少，美人却先不在了。
伫久河桥欲去I stand a long time by the river bridge, wanting to leave,我在河桥边站了很久，想走，
斜阳泪满and in the setting sun my eyes are full of tears.夕阳里泪水满面。

Words字词注释

湖山hú shān: hú shān: lakes and hills, here the West Lake area in Hangzhou.湖山：湖光山色，这里指杭州西湖一带。
经醉惯jīng zuì guàn: jīng zuì guàn: used to getting drunk here, it happened so often.经醉惯：常常在这里喝醉，已经习惯了。
渍zì: zì: to stain.渍：沾染。
啼痕tí hén: tí hén: tear stains.啼痕：泪痕。
客长安kè cháng ān: kè cháng ān: staying as a guest in Chang'an. Chang'an was the old Han and Tang capital; here it stands for Lin'an, the Southern Song capital, today's Hangzhou.客长安：在京城作客。长安本是汉唐的都城，这里借指南宋都城临安，就是今天的杭州。
断襟零袂duàn jīn líng mèi: duàn jīn líng mèi: torn fronts and ragged sleeves, meaning shabby clothes. Mèi means a sleeve.断襟零袂：破了的衣襟，碎了的袖子，形容衣衫破旧。袂，袖子。
涴尘谁浣wò chén shuí huàn: wò chén shuí huàn: covered in dust, who will wash them? It hints that the one who once washed his clothes is gone. Huàn means to wash.涴尘谁浣：沾满灰尘，谁来替我洗呢？暗指从前替他洗衣的人已经不在了。浣，洗。
紫曲zǐ qū: zǐ qū: the lanes where singing girls lived.紫曲：歌女们居住的街巷。
败井bài jǐng: bài jǐng: an abandoned well.败井：废弃的井。
青蔓qīng màn: qīng màn: green creeping vines.青蔓：青色的藤蔓。
对语duì yǔ: duì yǔ: talking face to face, here the twittering of swallows.对语：面对面说话，这里指燕子呢喃。
曾巢céng cháo: céng cháo: once built a nest.曾巢：曾经筑过巢。
谢堂双燕xiè táng shuāng yàn: xiè táng shuāng yàn: the pair of swallows from the Xie family hall, after Liu Yuxi's line about 'the swallows that once nested in the halls of the Wang and Xie families', two great clans of the Eastern Jin. The swallows are the same, but the people have changed.谢堂双燕：化用唐代刘禹锡《乌衣巷》“旧时王谢堂前燕”。王、谢是东晋的两大豪门。燕子还是那对燕子，主人却变了。
须断xū duàn: xū duàn: is bound to end.须断：终究要断。
怪得guài dé: guài dé: strangely, how could it be that.怪得：奇怪的是，怎么会。
梦缘mèng yuán: mèng yuán: a bond as sweet as a dream.梦缘：像梦一样美好的缘分。
绣屋xiù wū: xiù wū: a beautifully decorated room.绣屋：装饰华美的房间。
秦筝qín zhēng: qín zhēng: a stringed instrument, said to come from the old land of Qin.秦筝：一种弦乐器，相传出自秦地，所以叫秦筝。
偏爱piān ài: piān ài: to love especially.偏爱：特别喜爱。
舞歇歌沉wǔ xiē gē chén: wǔ xiē gē chén: the dancing stopped and the singing died away.舞歇歌沉：舞停了，歌声也消失了。
红颜hóng yán: hóng yán: a young woman's lovely face, meaning the woman he loved.红颜：年轻女子美丽的容颜，代指心爱的女子。
先变xiān biàn: xiān biàn: changed first, meaning she is gone.先变：先变了，指人已不在。
伫久zhù jiǔ: zhù jiǔ: standing a long time.伫久：站了很久。伫，久立。

How to read it读音

涴wò: This character means to soil or stain, and is read wò.“涴”意思是弄脏、沾污，读 wò。
曲qū: In zǐ qū the character means a lane, so it is read qū, not qǔ as in 'song'.“紫曲”的“曲”指街巷，读 qū，不读歌曲的 qǔ。
傍bàng: This character means 'next to', and is read bàng.“傍”是靠近、挨着的意思，读 bàng。

Background创作背景

The title means: feelings on passing my old home in the capital. The capital was Lin'an, the Southern Song capital, today's Hangzhou. When young, Wu Wenying lived in Hangzhou and loved a woman there; some say she was a singing girl. She later died. Years afterwards he passed his old home again. The lane was overgrown, the swallows were the same, but she was gone, so he wrote this ci. We do not know the year.

题目意思是：经过都城里的旧居，有所感触。这里的都城是南宋的临安，就是今天的杭州。吴文英年轻时在杭州住过，和一位女子相爱，一说她是歌女，后来去世了。多年后他再经过从前的住处，门巷荒凉，燕子依旧，人却不在了，于是写下这首词。写作年份不清楚。

The poet作者

Wu Wenying (about 1200 – about 1260) was a Southern Song ci poet. He never held high office and spent most of his life as an adviser to officials around Suzhou and Hangzhou. His ci use rich words and leap from image to image, like overlapping pictures. He wrote many ci in memory of a lost love, and this is one of them.

吴文英（约1200—约1260），字君特，号梦窗，南宋词人。他一生没有做大官，多在苏州、杭州一带给官员做幕僚。他的词用字华丽，想象跳跃，读起来像一幅幅交错的画面。他写了很多怀念旧日恋人的词，这首就是其中一首。

The mood意境

The poem begins with an old robe. It is stained with tears and wine, torn, and no one washes it. The single word 'who' tells us the person who used to wash it is gone. Then we see the old home. The lane is overgrown, vines sway by the abandoned well, and only the pair of swallows is still there, as if nothing had changed. The second stanza goes back in time. She played the zither by the crab-apple blossoms and set out feasts late at night, lively and warm. But the dancing and singing stopped. The blossoms still bloom, yet she is gone first. At the end he stands by the bridge, wanting to leave but unable to, tears on his face in the setting sun. The flowers remain while the person is gone: the places are the same, the people are not, and the grief grows layer by layer.

这首词从一件旧衣服写起：春衫上又是泪痕又是酒痕，衣服破了，没人来洗。一个“谁”字，就透露出那个替他洗衣的人已经不在了。再看旧居：门巷荒凉，废井边藤蔓摇动，只有那对燕子还在，好像什么都没变。下阕回到从前：她在海棠花边弹筝，深夜摆宴，热闹又温暖。可“舞歇歌沉”，一切都停了，海棠还开着，人却先没了。最后他站在桥边，想走又走不开，夕阳照着满脸的泪。花在人亡，物是人非，悲伤一层层加深。