Tang poem · five-character old-style poem唐诗 · 五言古诗

xī夕cì次xū盱yí眙xiàn县

wéi韦yìng应wù物Wei Yingwu · Tang唐

Stopping at Xuyi County at Dusk

luò落fān帆dòu逗huái淮zhèn镇

tíng停fǎng舫lín临gū孤yì驿

hào浩hào浩fēng风qǐ起bō波

míng冥míng冥rì日chén沉xī夕

rén人guī归shān山guō郭àn暗

yàn雁xià下lú芦zhōu洲bái白

dú独yè夜yì忆qín秦guān关

tīng听zhōng钟wèi未mián眠kè客

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 four in the source text uses an old way of writing the word for "sink". Common editions use the modern form. The meaning is the same.

第四句底本作“冥冥日沈夕”。“沈”是“沉”的古字，通行本写作“沉”。

Line by line逐句翻译

落帆逗淮镇I lower the sail and stop at a town on the Huai,降下船帆，停在淮河边的小城，
停舫临孤驿mooring my boat by a lonely post station.把船靠在一座孤零零的驿站旁。
浩浩风起波Over the wide water, the wind whips up waves;宽阔的水面上，风吹起大浪；
冥冥日沉夕the sky grows dim as the sun sinks into evening.天色昏暗，太阳沉入暮色。
人归山郭暗People go home, and the hill town turns dark;人们都回家了，山边的城暗了下来；
雁下芦洲白wild geese settle, and the reedy sandbar shows white.大雁落下，芦苇沙洲一片白。
独夜忆秦关On this lonely night I think of home far away in Chang'an,孤单的夜里，我想念遥远的家乡长安，
听钟未眠客and, hearing the bell, I lie awake, a traveler far from home.听着钟声，我这个旅客怎么也睡不着。

Words字词注释

落帆luò fān: luò fān: to lower the sail, that is, to stop the boat.落帆：把船帆降下来，表示停船。
逗dòu: dòu: to stop and stay.逗：停留。
淮镇huái zhèn: huái zhèn: a town on the Huai River, here Xuyi, in today's Jiangsu Province.淮镇：淮河边的小城，指盱眙。盱眙在今天江苏省，读 xū yí。
舫fǎng: fǎng: a boat.舫：船。
临lín: lín: to be next to, to face.临：靠近，面对。
孤驿gū yì: gū yì: a lonely post station. A post station was a rest stop for messengers and traveling officials.孤驿：孤零零的驿站。驿站是古代给送信的人和过路官员歇脚的地方。
浩浩hào hào: hào hào: vast, describing wide water and strong waves.浩浩：形容水面宽阔、风浪很大。
冥冥míng míng: míng míng: dim and dark.冥冥：昏暗的样子。
日沉夕rì chén xī: rì chén xī: the sun sinks into evening.日沉夕：太阳落下，天色到了傍晚。
山郭shān guō: shān guō: a town by the hills. Guō means the outer wall of a town.山郭：靠山的城。郭，外城。
芦洲lú zhōu: lú zhōu: a sandbar covered with reeds.芦洲：长满芦苇的水中沙洲。
秦关qín guān: qín guān: the land within the passes, around Chang'an, the poet's home.秦关：指关中，也就是长安一带，诗人的家乡。
未眠客wèi mián kè: wèi mián kè: a traveler who cannot sleep, meaning the poet himself.未眠客：睡不着的旅客，诗人指自己。

Background创作背景

This poem shows what the poet saw and felt when his boat on the Huai River stopped at Xuyi County at dusk. In the title, xī means evening and cì means to stop for the night. One view says Wei Yingwu wrote it in 783, on his way from Chang'an to take up a post as governor of Chuzhou, but this is not certain.

这首诗写诗人坐船经过淮河，傍晚停在盱眙县时的所见所感。“夕”是傍晚，“次”是停留。一说这是唐德宗建中四年（783年）韦应物从长安去滁州做刺史，路过盱眙时写的，但不能完全确定。

The poet作者

Wei Yingwu was a Tang poet of the middle period, born in Chang'an. As a young man he was a guard for Emperor Xuanzong. Later he studied hard and served as governor of Chuzhou, Jiangzhou and Suzhou, so he was called "Wei of Suzhou". His poems are plain and natural, and he was good at quiet, lonely scenes.

韦应物，唐代中期诗人，长安人。他年轻时做过唐玄宗的侍卫，后来认真读书，做过滁州、江州、苏州的刺史，人称“韦苏州”。他的诗清淡自然，很会写安静、寂寞的景色。

The mood意境

This poem is like a film shot that slowly grows dark. First the boat stops by a lonely post station. Then the wind rises, the waves roll, and the sun goes down. Next everyone in the town goes home, and the town fades into darkness. Only the reedy sandbar where the geese land still glows white. Everyone else has a home to return to; only the poet is alone on his boat. At last, deep in the night, a bell sounds far away. He thinks of distant Chang'an and cannot sleep. The poem never says the word "sad", yet every line is full of loneliness and longing for home.

这首诗像一段慢慢变暗的镜头。先是船停下，靠在孤零零的驿站边；接着风起浪涌，太阳落山；然后城里的人都回家了，城一点点暗下去，只有大雁落下的芦洲还泛着白光。别人都有家可回，只有诗人一个人在船上。最后，夜深了，远处传来钟声，他想着遥远的长安，怎么也睡不着。全诗没有一个“愁”字，可每一句都透着孤单和想家。