Song lyric · ci to the tune Xing Hua Tian Ying宋词 · 词·杏花天影

xìng杏huā花tiān天yǐng影·lǜ绿sī丝dī低fú拂yuān鸳yāng鸯pǔ浦

jiāng姜kuí夔Jiang Kui · Song宋

Shadow of Apricot Blossom Sky: Green Willow Threads Brush Mandarin Duck Shore

lǜ绿sī丝dī低fú拂yuān鸳yāng鸯pǔ浦

xiǎng想táo桃yè叶

dāng当shí时huàn唤dù渡

yòu又jiāng将chóu愁yǎn眼yǔ与chūn春fēng风

dài待qù去

yǐ倚lán兰ráo桡

gèng更shǎo少zhù驻

jīn金líng陵lù路

yīng莺yín吟yàn燕wǔ舞

suàn算cháo潮shuǐ水

zhī知rén人zuì最kǔ苦

mǎn满tīng汀fāng芳cǎo草bù不chéng成guī归

rì日mù暮

gèng更yí移zhōu舟

xiàng向shèn甚chù处

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 words match the usual text. The source gives the tune name as Xing Hua Tian, but the usual text has Xing Hua Tian Ying, a new tune Jiang Kui made by changing the old Xing Hua Tian a little.

词句与通行本相同。底本的词牌写作“杏花天”，通行本作“杏花天影”。这是姜夔在《杏花天》的基础上稍作变化而成的新调。

Line by line逐句翻译

绿丝低拂鸳鸯浦Green willow threads hang low and brush the shore where mandarin ducks live.绿色的柳条低低地拂过鸳鸯栖息的水边，
想桃叶I think of Taoye我想起桃叶，
当时唤渡and how she once called for the ferry here.当年在这里呼唤渡船的情景。
又将愁眼与春风Once more I turn my sad eyes to the spring wind.我又带着满眼忧愁望着春风，
待去I am about to go,正要离开，
倚兰桡yet I lean on the oar却又靠着船桨，
更少驻and linger a little longer.再稍稍停留一会儿。
金陵路Along the roads of Jinling金陵路上，
莺吟燕舞orioles sing and swallows dance.黄莺歌唱，燕子飞舞。
算潮水I suppose only the tide想来只有潮水，
知人最苦knows how bitter I feel.知道我心里最苦。
满汀芳草不成归The sandbars are full of sweet grass, yet I cannot go home.水边沙洲上长满了芳草，我却回不了家，
日暮The sun is setting.天又晚了。
更移舟If I move the boat on again,再把船划走，
向甚处where is there to go?又能去什么地方呢？

Words字词注释

绿丝lǜ sī: lǜ sī: green threads, meaning willow branches.绿丝：像绿色丝线一样的柳条。
拂fú: fú: to brush lightly.拂：轻轻擦过。
鸳鸯浦yuān yāng pǔ: yuān yāng pǔ: a shore where mandarin ducks live. These ducks always go in pairs, so they hint at lovers.鸳鸯浦：有鸳鸯栖息的水边。鸳鸯总是成双成对，这里暗示相爱的人。
桃叶táo yè: táo yè: Taoye, the woman loved by the Jin dynasty calligrapher Wang Xianzhi. He saw her off at a ferry on the Qinhuai River in Nanjing and wrote songs for her, and the ferry was later called Taoye Ferry. Here she stands for the woman the poet misses.桃叶：东晋书法家王献之所爱的女子。王献之曾在南京秦淮河边的渡口送她，还写了《桃叶歌》，那个渡口后来就叫桃叶渡。这里借指词人自己思念的恋人。
唤渡huàn dù: huàn dù: calling for the ferry boat.唤渡：呼唤渡船过河。
将jiāng: jiāng: to take; here, to turn his eyes to.将：拿，把。
愁眼chóu yǎn: chóu yǎn: sad eyes.愁眼：满含忧愁的眼睛。
待去dài qù: dài qù: about to leave.待去：正要离开。
兰桡lán ráo: lán ráo: an oar of magnolia wood; here, the little boat.兰桡：用木兰木做的船桨，这里指小船。
少驻shǎo zhù: shǎo zhù: to stay a little while.少驻：稍微停留一会儿。
金陵jīn líng: jīn líng: Jinling, today's Nanjing.金陵：今天的江苏南京。
莺吟燕舞yīng yín yàn wǔ: yīng yín yàn wǔ: orioles singing and swallows dancing, a lively spring scene.莺吟燕舞：黄莺在唱，燕子在飞，形容春光热闹美好。
算suàn: suàn: I suppose, I reckon.算：想来，料想。
汀tīng: tīng: flat land by the water, a sandbar.汀：水边的平地，小洲。
不成归bù chéng guī: bù chéng guī: cannot go home.不成归：回不去，归不成。
移舟yí zhōu: yí zhōu: to move the boat on.移舟：划船离开。
甚处shèn chù: shèn chù: what place.甚处：什么地方。

How to read it读音

少shǎo: Here it means a little while, read shǎo.这里“少”是稍微的意思，读 shǎo。
甚shèn: Here it means what place. Most textbooks and notes read it shèn; some read it shén, as in the word for what.“甚处”就是什么地方。课本和多数注本读 shèn；一说按“什么”的意思读 shén。

Background创作背景

A short note before the poem says that in the winter of 1186 the poet set out from Miankou, where the Han River flows into the Yangtze. On the second day of the first month of 1187 he passed Jinling and looked north toward the Huai region. The weather was clear and fine, and his little boat drifted slowly under its sail. He was then traveling east to Huzhou with his friend Xiao Dezao. It is usually thought that the woman he once loved lived in Hefei, to the north across the Huai lands, so he uses the story of Taoye to write about missing her.

词前小序说：丙午年（1186年）冬天，词人从沔口（汉水流入长江的地方）出发；丁未年（1187年）正月初二，经过金陵，向北望着淮楚一带，天气晴好，小船挂着帆在水上慢慢漂。那时他正随朋友萧德藻东去湖州。一般认为，他北望的淮南方向有他在合肥爱过的女子，所以借桃叶的故事来写思念。

The poet作者

Jiang Kui (about 1155 to about 1221), also called the Daoist of White Rock, was a Southern Song ci poet and musician. He never held office and drifted from place to place. He knew music deeply and often wrote both the tune and the words. His poems feel cool and airy. He seldom says his feelings outright, but hides them in scenery and old stories, as he does here.

姜夔（约1155—约1221），号白石道人，南宋词人和音乐家。他一生没做官，四处漂泊。他精通音律，常常自己作曲填词。他的词清冷空灵，很少直接说情，而是借景物和典故把感情藏在里面，这首词就是这样。

The mood意境

This poem is about a moment of hesitation on a boat. At the start, willow threads brush Mandarin Duck Shore, and the paired ducks call to mind a pair of lovers. The poet remembers the story of Taoye Ferry, where Wang Xianzhi saw off the woman he loved. He hides his own longing inside this old story. Then he is about to go, yet stays a little longer. He wants to leave but cannot bear to, and in a few words we feel how much he cares. The second half shows spring in Jinling, with orioles singing and swallows dancing. The livelier it is, the lonelier he feels. Only the tide, he says, knows his pain. At last night falls. The sandbars are green with grass, yet he cannot go home. Even if he rows on, where could he go? The poem ends with that question and leaves us to feel how lost and rootless he is.

这首词写的是在船上的一段犹豫。开头柳条拂过鸳鸯浦，成双的鸳鸯让人想到成双的恋人。词人想起桃叶渡的故事：王献之在这里送别所爱的人。他把自己的思念藏在这个老故事里。接着他“待去”又“少驻”，想走又舍不得走，心里的牵挂一下子就写出来了。下阕先写金陵的春天，莺歌燕舞，热热闹闹，可越热闹越显得他孤单。他说只有潮水懂他的苦。最后天黑了，沙洲上长满芳草，他却回不去；就算再划船走，又能去哪里？一个问句结尾，把漂泊无依的心情留给读者慢慢体会。