No. 67 · Song lyric · ci lyric to the tune Su Mu Zhe, two stanzas第 67 首 · 宋词 · 词·苏幕遮（双调）

sū苏mù幕zhē遮·liáo燎chén沉xiāng香

zhōu周bāng邦yàn彦Zhou Bangyan · Song宋

To the Tune Su Mu Zhe: Burning Agarwood

liáo燎chén沉xiāng香

xiāo消rù溽shǔ暑

niǎo鸟què雀hū呼qíng晴

qīn侵xiǎo晓kuī窥yán檐yǔ语

yè叶shàng上chū初yáng阳gān干sù宿yǔ雨

shuǐ水miàn面qīng清yuán圆

yī一yì一fēng风hé荷jǔ举

gù故xiāng乡yáo遥

hé何rì日qù去

jiā家zhù住wú吴mén门

jiǔ久zuò作cháng长ān安lǚ旅

wǔ五yuè月yú渔láng郎xiāng相yì忆fǒu否

xiǎo小jí楫qīng轻zhōu舟

mèng梦rù入fú芙róng蓉pǔ浦

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 commonly taught text writes the second character of line one in its modern form, chén, meaning "sinking". The corpus uses an older form of the same character, left over from the machine conversion. The sound and meaning are the same.

通行本第一句作“燎沉香”，这里的古籍底本作“燎沈香”。“沈”是“沉”的古写法，读音、意思都一样，经过繁简转换后留下了旧字形。

Line by line逐句翻译

燎沉香I burn agarwood点起沉香，
消溽暑to drive away the sticky summer heat.驱散夏天又闷又湿的暑气。
鸟雀呼晴Birds call out for clear skies;鸟雀叫着，好像在呼唤晴天，
侵晓窥檐语at dawn they peek from under the eaves and chatter.天刚亮，它们就在屋檐下探头探脑，叽叽喳喳。
叶上初阳干宿雨The morning sun dries last night's rain on the leaves;早晨的太阳晒干了荷叶上昨夜的雨珠，
水面清圆on the water the lotus leaves are fresh and round,水面上的荷叶又清亮又圆润，
一一风荷举and one by one they rise up in the breeze.一片片荷叶在晨风中挺立起来。
故乡遥Home is so far away;故乡那么遥远，
何日去when can I go back?什么时候才能回去呢？
家住吴门My home is in the old land of Wu,我的家在江南吴地，
久作长安旅yet I have long lived as a stranger in the capital.却长久地客居在京城。
五月渔郎相忆否In the fifth month, do the young fishermen back home still remember me?五月里，家乡打鱼的小伙伴还记得我吗？
小楫轻舟With a small oar in a light boat,我划着小桨，坐着轻快的小船，
梦入芙蓉浦I row in my dream into the lotus-covered shore.在梦里回到了长满荷花的水边。

Words字词注释

燎liáo: liáo: to burn.燎：烧。
沉香chén xiāng: chén xiāng: agarwood, a precious incense. It sinks in water, which is how it got its name, "sinking fragrance".沉香：一种很名贵的香料，放进水里会沉下去，所以叫沉香。
消溽暑xiāo rù shǔ: xiāo rù shǔ: xiāo means to drive away; rù shǔ is the damp, sticky heat of summer.消：消除。溽暑：又闷又湿的夏天的热气。
呼晴hū qíng: hū qíng: calling for clear skies. People in old times thought that cheerful bird calls meant fine weather was coming.呼晴：鸟叫着唤来晴天。古人认为鸟雀叫得欢，就是要天晴了。
侵晓qīn xiǎo: qīn xiǎo: at the first light of dawn.侵晓：天快亮的时候。
窥檐语kuī yán yǔ: kuī yán yǔ: kuī is to peep; yán is the eaves of a roof. The birds peek from under the eaves and chatter.窥：偷偷地看。檐：屋檐。窥檐语：在屋檐下探头探脑，叽叽喳喳地说话。
初阳chū yáng: chū yáng: the newly risen morning sun.初阳：早上刚升起的太阳。
干宿雨gān sù yǔ: gān sù yǔ: gān is to dry; sù yǔ is the rain of the night before.干：晒干。宿雨：昨天夜里下的雨。
清圆qīng yuán: qīng yuán: the lotus leaves are fresh and round.清圆：荷叶又干净又圆润。
一一风荷举yī yì fēng hé jǔ: yī yī fēng hé jǔ: yī yī means one by one; the lotus leaves rise up in the morning breeze.一一：一片一片地。风荷举：荷叶在晨风中挺立起来。
遥yáo: yáo: far away.遥：遥远。
吴门wú mén: wú mén: the old Wu region, in today's southern Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang. The poet came from Qiantang, today's Hangzhou, so he calls it home.吴门：古时吴地一带，在今江苏南部、浙江北部。作者是钱塘（今浙江杭州）人，所以这样说。
长安cháng ān: cháng ān: Chang'an was the capital of the Han and Tang dynasties. Here it stands for Bianjing, today's Kaifeng in Henan, the capital of the Northern Song.长安：本来是汉朝、唐朝的都城，这里借指北宋的都城汴京（今河南开封）。
旅lǚ: lǚ: to live away from home as a guest.旅：在外地客居。
渔郎yú láng: yú láng: a young fisherman, meaning his old friends back home.渔郎：打鱼的年轻人，指家乡的小伙伴。
相忆否xiāng yì fǒu: xiāng yì fǒu: do they still remember me? Fǒu turns it into a question.相忆否：还记得我吗？否，表示疑问。
小楫轻舟xiǎo jí qīng zhōu: xiǎo jí qīng zhōu: rowing a small oar in a light boat.小楫轻舟：划着小桨，坐着轻快的小船。
芙蓉浦fú róng pǔ: fú róng pǔ: fú róng is the lotus flower; pǔ is the waterside. A shore full of lotus flowers.芙蓉：荷花。浦：水边。芙蓉浦：长满荷花的水边。

How to read it读音

燎liáo: Read liáo here, meaning "to burn", not liǎo.这里是“烧”的意思，读 liáo，不读 liǎo。
溽rù: Read rù, meaning "damp, humid".读 rù，意思是潮湿。
干gān: Read gān here, meaning "to dry", not gàn.这里是“晒干”的意思，读 gān，不读 gàn。
宿sù: In sù yǔ, "last night's rain", it is read sù, not xiǔ.“宿雨”是昨夜的雨，读 sù，不读 xiǔ。
楫jí: Read jí, meaning "oar".读 jí，意思是船桨。

Background创作背景

This lyric is usually thought to have been written when Zhou Bangyan was young, in Bianjing, today's Kaifeng in Henan, the capital of the Northern Song. In the Yuanfeng years of Emperor Shenzong, around the 1080s, he came to study at the Imperial Academy in the capital, later worked there, and lived in the city for many years. One summer morning he saw lotus leaves after rain and thought of the lotus ponds of home in the south, so he wrote this lyric. Sources differ on the exact year.

这首词一般认为是周邦彦年轻时在北宋都城汴京（今河南开封）写的。宋神宗元丰年间，他来到汴京的太学读书，后来在太学做官，在京城住了很多年。一个夏天的早晨，他看见雨后的荷叶，想起了江南家乡的荷塘，写下这首词。具体哪一年写的，说法不一。

The poet作者

Zhou Bangyan (1056–1121), courtesy name Meicheng, also called Qingzhen, came from Qiantang, today's Hangzhou in Zhejiang. He was a lyric poet of the Northern Song. He knew music deeply, wrote tunes himself, and worked at the court's music office, the Dasheng Bureau. His lyrics pay close attention to sound and use finely chosen words, and they had a big influence on later Southern Song poets.

周邦彦（1056—1121），字美成，号清真居士，钱塘（今浙江杭州）人，北宋词人。他精通音乐，自己能作曲，还在朝廷管音乐的机构大晟府做过官。他的词讲究音律，用字精美，对后来的南宋词人影响很大。

The mood意境

The first stanza is a summer morning. Agarwood burns indoors to drive away the stuffy heat. Outside, birds chatter as if saying: the sun is out! The most famous lines are the three about lotus leaves. The sun comes up and dries the raindrops on the leaves; on the water the leaves are clean and round, and one by one they rise up in the breeze. The word "rise" shows how tall and straight they stand, as if they have just woken and stretched. The scholar Wang Guowei said these lines truly catch the spirit of the lotus. The second stanza moves from the lotus to home. His home is in the south, but he has stayed long in the capital. He wonders if the fishermen at home still remember him. In the end he can only row a little boat in his dream, back to the shore full of lotus flowers. The scenery is fresh, and the homesickness is gentle but true.

上阕写夏天的早晨。屋里点着沉香，想赶走闷热。屋外鸟儿叽叽喳喳，好像在说：天晴啦！最有名的是写荷叶的三句：太阳出来，晒干了叶上的雨珠，水面上的荷叶又干净又圆，在风里一片一片地立起来。“举”字写出了荷叶挺拔的样子，好像它们刚刚睡醒，伸了个懒腰。王国维说这几句真正写出了荷花的神韵。下阕从荷叶想到家乡。家在江南，人却一直留在京城。他想问家乡的渔郎还记不记得他，最后只能在梦里划着小船，回到长满荷花的水边。整首词写景清新，思乡的情意淡淡的，却很真。