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To the Tune Ye He Hua: Thoughts While Moored Outside Feng Gate on the Way to the Capital

liǔ柳míng暝hé河qiáo桥

yīng莺qíng晴tái台yuàn苑

duǎn短cè策pín频rě惹chūn春xiāng香

dāng当shí时yè夜bó泊

wēn温róu柔biàn便rù入shēn深xiāng乡

cí词yùn韵zhǎi窄

jiǔ酒bēi杯cháng长

jiǎn翦là蜡huā花

hú壶jiàn箭cuī催máng忙

gòng共zhuī追yóu游chù处

líng凌bō波cuì翠mò陌

lián连zhào棹héng横táng塘

shí十nián年yí一mèng梦qī凄liáng凉

sì似xī西hú湖yàn燕qù去

wú吴guǎn馆cháo巢huāng荒

chóng重lái来wàn万gǎn感

yī依qián前huàn唤jiǔ酒yín银yīng罂

xī溪yǔ雨jí急

àn岸huā花kuáng狂

chèn趁cán残yā鸦

fēi飞guò过cāng苍máng茫

gù故rén人lóu楼shàng上

píng凭shuí谁zhǐ指yǔ与

fāng芳cǎo草xié斜yáng阳

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

柳暝河桥Willows shade the river bridge in dimness,柳树浓密，把河上的桥遮得昏暗，
莺晴台苑orioles sing over sunny terraces and gardens,黄莺在晴天的楼台园林里歌唱，
短策频惹春香and my short riding whip keeps brushing spring scents.我骑着马，短鞭常常沾上春天的花香。
当时夜泊Back then I moored my boat here at night,那时夜里把船停在这里，
温柔便入深乡and went deep into the land of tenderness.便深深地走进了温柔乡。
词韵窄We wrote verse with hard rhymes,写诗故意挑难押的韵，
酒杯长and the drinking went on and on.酒一杯接一杯地喝。
翦蜡花We trimmed the candle wick,剪着烛花，
壶箭催忙while the water clock hurried the hours away.漏壶里的箭催着时间匆匆流走。
共追游处The places we went together:我们一起游玩过的地方，
凌波翠陌green paths where she stepped lightly,有她轻步走过的绿草小路，
连棹横塘and Hengtang, where our boats rowed side by side.有船挨着船划过的横塘。
十年一梦凄凉Ten years have passed like a dream, and only sadness is left.十年过去，像一场梦，只剩凄凉。
似西湖燕去Like a swallow flown off to West Lake,就像燕子飞去了西湖，
吴馆巢荒I left the nest in the old Suzhou house to fall empty.苏州旧居的燕巢已经荒废。
重来万感Coming back today, a thousand feelings rise,今天重来，心里千头万绪，
依前唤酒银罂and as before I call for wine from the silver jar.还像从前一样，叫人拿银瓶来斟酒。
溪雨急Rain beats hard on the stream,溪上的雨下得很急，
岸花狂and the flowers on the bank are tossed wildly.岸边的花被吹得乱飞。
趁残鸦My heart follows the last crows of dusk我的心跟着傍晚零落的乌鸦，
飞过苍茫flying off across the hazy distance.飞过茫茫一片的远方。
故人楼上Her old house:她从前住的那座楼，
凭谁指与who is there to point it out to me?还有谁能指给我看？
芳草斜阳Only sweet grass and the setting sun.只有一片芳草和斜阳。

Words字词注释

暝míng: míng: dim. The thick willows shade the river bridge.暝：昏暗。这里是说柳树浓密，把河桥遮得暗暗的。
台苑tái yuàn: tái yuàn: terraces and gardens.台苑：楼台和园林。
短策duǎn cè: duǎn cè: a short riding whip.短策：短短的马鞭。
频惹春香pín rě chūn xiāng: pín rě chūn xiāng: often brushing up spring scents, meaning riding about enjoying spring.频惹春香：常常沾上春天花草的香气，指骑马四处游春。
温柔wēn róu: wēn róu: short for "the land of tenderness", the sweet life with a beloved woman.温柔：这里指“温柔乡”，比喻和心爱的女子在一起的甜蜜生活。
深乡shēn xiāng: shēn xiāng: deep into that land of tenderness.深乡：深深地进入了那温柔乡。
词韵窄cí yùn zhǎi: cí yùn zhǎi: choosing hard rhymes when writing verse, a game among writers. A narrow rhyme has very few words that fit.词韵窄：写诗词时故意用难押的韵，这是文人间的游戏。窄韵，能用的字很少的韵。
翦蜡花jiǎn là huā: jiǎn là huā: trimming the burnt wick of a candle to make it brighter. Jiǎn here means to cut.翦蜡花：剪去蜡烛烧焦的烛芯，让烛光更亮。翦，同“剪”。
壶箭hú jiàn: hú jiàn: the arrow-shaped marker in an old water clock. As the water drips, the marks on the arrow show the time.壶箭：古代计时的漏壶里的箭形标尺，水漏下去，箭上的刻度就显示时间。
催忙cuī máng: cuī máng: hurrying the hours along.催忙：催促时间快快过去。
追游zhuī yóu: zhuī yóu: going out to enjoy oneself together.追游：结伴游玩。
凌波líng bō: líng bō: describing a woman's light steps, as if walking on waves. It comes from Cao Zhi's "Rhapsody on the Goddess of the Luo River".凌波：形容女子走路轻盈，像在水波上走。出自曹植《洛神赋》“凌波微步”。
翠陌cuì mò: cuì mò: a path green with grass.翠陌：长满绿草的小路。
连棹lián zhào: lián zhào: boats rowing side by side. Zhào is an oar, and also a boat.连棹：船挨着船一起划。棹，船桨，也指船。
横塘héng táng: héng táng: Hengtang, a place with ponds near Suzhou.横塘：苏州附近的一处水塘地名。
西湖燕去xī hú yàn qù: xī hú yàn qù: like a swallow flying off to West Lake in Hangzhou. It stands for the poet leaving Suzhou for Hangzhou.西湖燕去：像燕子飞去了杭州西湖。这里比喻作者离开苏州去了杭州。
吴馆巢荒wú guǎn cháo huāng: wú guǎn cháo huāng: the swallow's nest in the old house in Suzhou lies empty. Wú means the Suzhou area.吴馆巢荒：苏州旧居里的燕巢荒废了。吴，指苏州一带。
万感wàn gǎn: wàn gǎn: ten thousand feelings at once.万感：千头万绪的感慨。
依前yī qián: yī qián: just as before.依前：像从前一样。
银罂yín yīng: yín yīng: a silver wine jar. Yīng is a jar with a small mouth and a big belly.银罂：银制的酒瓶。罂，小口大肚的瓶子。
狂kuáng: kuáng: wild; the flowers are tossed about by wind and rain.狂：这里指花被风雨吹得乱摇乱飞。
趁chèn: chèn: following after.趁：跟着，追随。
残鸦cán yā: cán yā: the last few crows at dusk.残鸦：傍晚零零落落的乌鸦。
苍茫cāng máng: cāng máng: vast and hazy, without a clear edge.苍茫：空旷迷茫，看不清边际。
故人gù rén: gù rén: the old love.故人：旧日的心上人。
凭谁指与píng shuí zhǐ yǔ: píng shuí zhǐ yǔ: who is there to point it out to me?凭谁指与：靠谁来指给我看。

How to read it读音

泊bó: In yè bó (mooring at night) it is read bó.“夜泊”是夜里停船，“泊”读 bó。
长cháng: In jiǔ bēi cháng (long drinking) the character means long and is read cháng, not zhǎng.“酒杯长”是说喝酒喝得多、喝得久，“长”读 cháng，不读 zhǎng。
重chóng: In chóng lái (coming again) it is read chóng.“重来”是又一次来，“重”读 chóng。

Background创作背景

The title means: on the way from Hejiang to the capital Lin'an, today's Hangzhou, the poet moored his boat outside Feng Gate of Suzhou and was moved by what he felt. Feng Gate is a gate on the east side of Suzhou. Wu Wenying lived in Suzhou for many years when he was younger and had a love affair with a woman there. One view says she was his concubine in Suzhou, who later left. Ten years on he passed by again. The place was the same, but the people were gone, and he wrote this lyric. The exact year is not known.

题目的意思是：从鹤江出发去京城临安（今杭州），路上把船停在苏州葑门外，有所感触。葑门是苏州城东边的一座城门。吴文英年轻时在苏州住过很多年，和一位女子有过一段感情。一说她是作者在苏州时的姬妾，后来离去了。十年后作者再经过这里，物是人非，写下了这首词。具体写作年份说不清楚。

The poet作者

Wu Wenying (about 1200 to about 1260), who called himself Mengchuang, was a Southern Song lyric poet. He never held office. He lived in Suzhou for more than ten years and later moved to the Hangzhou area, working as an adviser to officials. Many of his lyrics remember an old love in Suzhou or Hangzhou. His words are rich, his pictures crowded together, and his feelings deep.

吴文英（约1200—约1260），号梦窗，南宋词人。他一生没有做官，在苏州住了十多年，后来又到杭州一带，给官员做幕僚。他很多词都在怀念苏州和杭州的旧日恋人，用字华丽，画面密集，感情深沉。

The mood意境

The first stanza is all memory, lively and sweet. Willow shade, orioles, spring scents, riding about in spring. Mooring at night and entering the land of tenderness. Writing verse and drinking, trimming candles late into the night, wishing time would slow down. And the green paths and the ponds at Hengtang they shared. Then the second stanza opens with "ten years a dream, and only sadness", and all that liveliness turns into a dream. The swallow has flown, the old nest is empty, and she is gone. He calls for wine just as before, but the rain is hard, the flowers are tossed about, and his heart is in turmoil. It can only fly off with the crows into the haze. At last he wants to find the house where she lived, but no one can point it out. There is only grass and the setting sun. The sweeter the first part, the more bitter the second, and that contrast leaves the reader aching.

上片全是回忆，写得又热闹又甜。柳荫、黄莺、春香，骑马游春；夜里停船，进了温柔乡；写诗喝酒，剪烛到深夜，嫌时间过得太快。还有一起走过的绿草小路、一起划过船的横塘。下片一句“十年一梦凄凉”，把前面的热闹全变成了梦。燕子飞走，旧巢荒了，人也不在了。他像从前一样叫酒，可是雨急花狂，心里乱糟糟的，只能跟着乌鸦飞向苍茫。最后想找她住过的楼，没人能指给他，眼前只有芳草和斜阳。前面越甜，后面越苦，这种对比让人读了心里发酸。