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wàng望hǎi海cháo潮·méi梅yīng英shū疏dàn淡

qín秦guān观Qin Guan · Song宋

To the Tune Wang Hai Chao: Plum Blossoms Thin and Pale

méi梅yīng英shū疏dàn淡

bīng冰sī澌róng溶xiè泄

dōng东fēng风àn暗huàn换nián年huá华

jīn金gǔ谷jùn俊yóu游

tóng铜tuó驼xiàng巷mò陌

xīn新qíng晴xì细lǚ履píng平shā沙

cháng长jì记wù误suí随chē车

zhèng正xù絮fān翻dié蝶wǔ舞

fāng芳sī思jiāo交jiā加

liǔ柳xià下táo桃xī蹊

luàn乱fēn分chūn春sè色dào到rén人jiā家

xī西yuán园yè夜yǐn饮míng鸣jiā笳

yǒu有huá华dēng灯ài碍yuè月

fēi飞gài盖fáng妨huā花

lán兰yuàn苑wèi未kōng空

xíng行rén人jiàn渐lǎo老

chóng重lái来shì是shì事kān堪jiē嗟

yān烟míng暝jiǔ酒qí旗xié斜

dàn但yǐ倚lóu楼jí极mù目

shí时jiàn见qī栖yā鸦

wú无nài奈guī归xīn心

àn暗suí随liú流shuǐ水dào到tiān天yá涯

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。

Line by line逐句翻译

梅英疏淡The plum blossoms are thin and pale,梅花已经稀稀落落，颜色淡了，
冰澌溶泄the river ice melts and drifts away,河里的冰化开，顺着水流走，
东风暗换年华and the east wind quietly turns the season.东风不知不觉换了季节。
金谷俊游I remember happy outings in gardens like Golden Valley,想起当年在金谷园里快乐游玩，
铜驼巷陌and walks along streets as busy as Bronze Camel Street,走在铜驼街一样热闹的街巷里，
新晴细履平沙where, as the sky cleared after rain, we strolled on flat sandy paths.雨后刚放晴，我们慢慢走在平平的沙路上。
长记误随车I always remember following the wrong lady's carriage,我总记得自己跟错了美人的车子，
正絮翻蝶舞while willow fluff tumbled and butterflies danced,那时柳絮翻飞，蝴蝶起舞，
芳思交加and sweet spring feelings crowded in.美好的春天心情一齐涌上来。
柳下桃蹊Under the willows, along the peach-tree paths,柳树下，桃花小路上，
乱分春色到人家spring was scattered freely into every home.春色被随意分送到家家户户。
西园夜饮鸣笳We feasted at night in West Garden as reed pipes played,在西园里夜宴，吹起笳声，
有华灯碍月bright lamps outshone the moon,明亮的彩灯盖过了月光，
飞盖妨花and racing carriages hid the flowers.飞跑的车子把花都遮住了。
兰苑未空The gardens are still here, not yet empty,园子还在，没有荒废，
行人渐老but I, the traveller, am slowly growing old,我这个过路人却慢慢老了，
重来是事堪嗟and coming back, everything makes me sigh.重新来到这里，件件事都让人叹气。
烟暝酒旗斜In the misty dusk, a wine shop's flag hangs slanting.傍晚烟雾昏暗，酒店的旗子斜斜飘着，
但倚楼极目I can only lean on the tower and gaze far away,我只能靠着高楼尽力远望，
时见栖鸦and now and then I see crows settling to roost.时时看见归巢歇息的乌鸦。
无奈归心I cannot help it: my homeward heart没有办法，我想回家的心，
暗随流水到天涯quietly follows the flowing water to the end of the earth.悄悄随着流水去到天边。

Words字词注释

梅英méi yīng: méi yīng: plum blossoms. Yīng means flower.梅英：梅花。英，花。
疏淡shū dàn: shū dàn: few and pale; the plum blossoms are almost over.疏淡：稀稀落落，颜色变淡，说梅花快开完了。
冰澌bīng sī: bīng sī: broken ice floating down a river after the thaw.冰澌：河里解冻后漂流的碎冰。
溶泄róng xiè: róng xiè: melting and flowing away.溶泄：化开，流走。
暗换年华àn huàn nián huá: àn huàn nián huá: quietly changing the season; winter has slipped into spring.暗换年华：不知不觉换了季节，说冬天过去、春天来了。
金谷jīn gǔ: jīn gǔ: Golden Valley Garden, the great garden of the rich man Shi Chong in Luoyang long ago. Here it stands for famous gardens in the capital.金谷：金谷园，西晋富豪石崇在洛阳的大花园。这里借指京城里有名的园林。
俊游jùn yóu: jùn yóu: happy outings, and also the good friends one goes out with.俊游：快乐的游玩，也指一起游玩的好朋友。
铜驼巷陌tóng tuó xiàng mò: tóng tuó xiàng mò: Luoyang had a busy street named Bronze Camel Street. Xiàng mò means streets. Here it stands for the lively streets of the capital.铜驼巷陌：洛阳有条铜驼街，是热闹的大街。巷陌，街道。这里借指京城繁华的街巷。
细履平沙xì lǚ píng shā: xì lǚ píng shā: walking slowly on flat sandy paths. Lǚ means to step on.细履平沙：慢慢地走在平平的沙路上。履，踩、走。
误随车wù suí chē: wù suí chē: following the wrong carriage, a playful memory of following a pretty lady's carriage in youth.误随车：跟错了车，指当年跟着美人的香车走的风流往事。
絮翻xù fān: xù fān: willow fluff tumbling in the wind. Willow fluff is the white cotton-like seed of the willow.絮翻：柳絮（柳树的白色绒毛种子）在风里翻飞。
芳思交加fāng sī jiāo jiā: fāng sī jiāo jiā: sweet spring feelings crowd in all at once.芳思交加：美好的春天心情一齐涌来。
桃蹊táo xī: táo xī: little paths under peach trees. Xī means a small path.桃蹊：桃树下的小路。蹊，小路。
西园xī yuán: xī yuán: West Garden. It first meant a garden of Cao Cao's court, made famous in a poem by Cao Zhi. Here it means the garden where the poet and his friends feasted. Another view says it was the garden of Wang Shen, a royal son-in-law in the capital.西园：原指三国时曹操在邺城的西园，曹植写过“清夜游西园”。这里借指当年和朋友夜宴的园子。一说指京城驸马王诜的园子。
鸣笳míng jiā: míng jiā: playing the jiā, a reed pipe a bit like a flute.鸣笳：吹起笳。笳，一种像笛子的吹奏乐器。
碍月ài yuè: ài yuè: getting in the way of the moon. The lamps are so bright the moon seems dim.碍月：挡住了月光。灯太亮，月亮都显不出来了。
飞盖fēi gài: fēi gài: fast-running carriages. Gài is the canopy on a carriage, standing for the carriage itself.飞盖：飞快奔跑的车子。盖，车上的篷盖，代指车。
妨花fáng huā: fáng huā: there are so many carriages they hide the flowers.妨花：车子太多，把花都遮住了。
兰苑lán yuàn: lán yuàn: a garden of orchids, meaning the lovely gardens named above.兰苑：长着兰花的园子，就是上面说的美丽园林。
是事堪嗟shì shì kān jiē: shì shì kān jiē: everything makes one sigh. Shì shì here means every matter; jiē means to sigh.是事堪嗟：件件事都让人叹气。是事，事事。嗟，叹息。
烟暝yān míng: yān míng: misty dusk, when the sky grows dark.烟暝：傍晚烟雾沉沉，天色昏暗。
酒旗jiǔ qí: jiǔ qí: the cloth sign hung outside a wine shop.酒旗：酒店门口挂的布招牌。
极目jí mù: jí mù: looking as far as the eye can see.极目：尽力向远处望。
栖鸦qī yā: qī yā: crows resting in the trees.栖鸦：落在树上歇息的乌鸦。
归心guī xīn: guī xīn: the heart that longs to go home.归心：想回家的心。
天涯tiān yá: tiān yá: the edge of the sky, a place very far away.天涯：天边，极远的地方。

How to read it读音

长cháng: Here it means "always", so it is read cháng, not zhǎng.这里是“常常、一直”的意思，读 cháng，不读 zhǎng。
车chē: Read chē. In old times this character had two readings. Here it is the one that rhymes with huá, shā and jiā, not jū.读 chē。古代“车”有两个读音，这里属于和“华、沙、家”押韵的那一个，不读 jū。
思sī: Today it is read sī. In old times, when it was a noun meaning "thoughts", it was read sì.现在读 sī。古时候“思”当名词（心思）用时读去声 sì。
重chóng: Here it means "again", so it is read chóng.这里是“再一次”的意思，读 chóng。
斜xié: Textbooks today read it xié. The old reading was xiá, which rhymes with huā, yā and yá.现在课本读 xié。古音读 xiá，和“花、鸦、涯”押韵。

Background创作背景

At this time the Song court was split into two camps that kept pushing each other down. Qin Guan was a student of Su Shi and belonged to the old camp. Most people think he wrote this around 1094, when the old camp lost power and he was sent away from the capital. Before leaving, he walked again through the places where he and his friends used to have fun, and remembered the lively old days. There are other views on when and where it was written, and some editions call it "Thinking of the Past in Luoyang".

宋代朝廷里分成新旧两派，常常互相打压。秦观是苏轼的学生，属于旧派。一般认为这首词写在宋哲宗绍圣元年（1094）前后，旧派失势，秦观被贬离京城。离开前，他重游当年和朋友们宴游的地方，想起往日的热闹，写下了这首词。写作时间和地点也有别的说法，有的本子题作“洛阳怀古”。

The poet作者

Qin Guan (1049–1100), also called Shaoyou, came from Gaoyou in today's Jiangsu. He was one of the Four Scholars of Su Shi's school, Su Shi's four most famous students. His lyrics are soft and delicate, often about parting and sadness. Later he was sent again and again to the far south, and the sorrow in his lyrics grew deeper.

秦观（1049—1100），字少游，号淮海居士，高邮（今属江苏）人。他是“苏门四学士”之一，也就是苏轼最有名的四个学生之一。他的词温柔细腻，多写离别和伤感。后来他一次次被贬到很远的南方，词里的愁也越来越深。

The mood意境

This lyric is like a film of memories. It opens on the present: the plum blossoms are almost gone, the ice has melted, and spring has quietly come. Then the camera jumps back to the past. He and his good friends visit famous gardens and walk the busy streets. Willow fluff flies, butterflies dance, and spring seems handed out to every home. At night they drink in West Garden, where the lamps are brighter than the moon and so many carriages crowd in that they hide the flowers. The second stanza jumps back to now. The gardens are still there, but he has grown old. At misty dusk there is only a slanting tavern flag and crows going home to roost. The livelier the past is made to look, the lonelier the present feels. At the end his heart follows the flowing water far away, and his longing for home seems to flow on without end.

这首词像一部回忆电影。开头是眼前：梅花快谢了，冰化了，春天悄悄来了。接着镜头一下子跳回过去：和好朋友在名园里游玩，在热闹的街上散步，柳絮飞，蝴蝶舞，春色好像被分送到每一户人家。夜里在西园喝酒，灯比月亮还亮，车多得把花都遮住了。下阕再跳回现在：园子还在，人却老了。傍晚雾气沉沉，只有斜斜的酒旗和归巢的乌鸦。越是把过去写得热闹，现在就显得越冷清。最后，诗人的心跟着流水去了远方，那份想回家的愁，好像也流不完。