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lù陆yóu游Lu You · Song宋

Night Journey to the Palace: A Dream, Sent to Shi Bohun

xuě雪xiǎo晓qīng清jiā笳luàn乱qǐ起

mèng梦yóu游chù处

bù不zhī知hé何dì地

tiě铁qí骑wú无shēng声wàng望sì似shuǐ水

xiǎng想guān关hé河

yàn雁mén门xī西

qīng青hǎi海jì际

shuì睡jué觉hán寒dēng灯lǐ里

lòu漏shēng声duàn断

yuè月xié斜chuāng窗zhǐ纸

zì自xǔ许fēng封hóu侯zài在wàn万lǐ里

yǒu有shuí谁zhī知

bìn鬓suī虽cán残

xīn心wèi未sǐ死

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

雪晓清笳乱起On a snowy dawn, clear reed pipes sound on every side.下雪的清晨，清亮的胡笳声四处响起。
梦游处The place my dream has carried me,我在梦里走到的地方，
不知何地I do not know where it is.不知道是哪里。
铁骑无声望似水Armored cavalry move without a sound, flowing on like water.披甲的骑兵悄无声息，远远望去像流水一样。
想关河I think it must be the frontier,我想，这里应该是边关要地，
雁门西west of Yanmen Pass,在雁门关的西边，
青海际by the shores of Qinghai Lake.青海湖的边上。
睡觉寒灯里I wake beside a cold lamp.醒来时，只有一盏冷冷的灯陪着我。
漏声断The water clock has stopped dripping,漏壶的滴水声已经停了，
月斜窗纸and the slanting moon shines on the paper window.斜斜的月光照在窗纸上。
自许封侯在万里I once vowed to win a lord's title by deeds ten thousand miles away.我曾经立志要到万里之外的边疆立功封侯。
有谁知Who knows有谁知道，
鬓虽残that though my hair is thin and gray,我的鬓发虽然已经斑白稀疏，
心未死my heart is not dead?报国的心却还没有死。

Words字词注释

雪晓xuě xiǎo: xuě xiǎo: a snowy dawn.雪晓：下雪的清晨。
清笳qīng jiā: qīng jiā: the clear sound of the hujia, a reed pipe from the north often played in army camps.清笳：清亮的胡笳声。胡笳是古代北方的一种吹奏乐器，军中常用。
乱起luàn qǐ: luàn qǐ: rising all around.乱起：四处纷纷响起。
铁骑tiě qí: tiě qí: cavalry in iron armor.铁骑：披着铁甲的骑兵。
望似水wàng sì shuǐ: wàng sì shuǐ: seen from afar, the ranks look like flowing water, stretching endlessly.望似水：远远望去，队伍像流水一样一眼看不到头。
关河guān hé: guān hé: passes and rivers, meaning the frontier.关河：关塞和河流，指边防要地。
雁门yàn mén: yàn mén: Yanmen Pass in the north of today's Shanxi, a famous frontier pass.雁门：雁门关，在今天山西北部，是古代有名的边关。
青海际qīng hǎi jì: qīng hǎi jì: the shores of Qinghai Lake, in today's Qinghai Province, a front line in Tang wars.青海际：青海湖的边上。青海湖在今天的青海省，唐代是和吐蕃作战的前线。
睡觉shuì jué: shuì jué: waking from sleep.睡觉：睡醒。
漏声断lòu shēng duàn: lòu shēng duàn: the dripping of the water clock has stopped, so the night is almost over. A water clock measured time by dripping water.漏声断：漏壶的滴水声停了，说明夜快尽了。漏壶是古代计时的工具。
自许zì xǔ: zì xǔ: to set oneself the goal, to believe of oneself.自许：自己期望、自己认定。
封侯在万里fēng hóu zài wàn lǐ: fēng hóu zài wàn lǐ: to win the title of lord by great deeds at the frontier ten thousand miles away. It recalls Ban Chao of the Han dynasty, who threw down his writing brush, joined the army and was made a lord for his deeds in the far west.封侯在万里：到万里之外的边疆立功，被封为侯。这里用了东汉班超投笔从戎、在西域立功封侯的故事。
鬓虽残bìn suī cán: bìn suī cán: though the hair at my temples is thin and gray.鬓虽残：鬓发虽然已经稀疏斑白。
心未死xīn wèi sǐ: xīn wèi sǐ: my heart for serving the country is not dead.心未死：报国的心还没有死。

How to read it读音

骑qí: Tiě qí means armored cavalry. Today's textbooks read it qí; in old times it was read jì when it meant a horseman.“铁骑”指骑兵，现在课本读 qí。古代把骑兵、坐骑读作 jì。
觉jué: Here shuì jué means to wake from sleep, so this character is read jué, not jiào.“睡觉”在这里是睡醒的意思，“觉”读 jué，不读 jiào。

Background创作背景

The title says this records a dream and was sent to his friend Shi Bohun. Shi Bohun was a learned hermit from Meishan in Sichuan who got on very well with Lu You. The poem is usually dated to the years when Lu You served in Sichuan, about 1172 to 1178. Much of the north was then held by the Jin state. Lu You longed to win it back but never got the chance to fight, so he could only ride to the frontier in his dreams.

题目说明这是记录一场梦，写好后寄给朋友师伯浑。师伯浑是四川眉山的一位隐士，很有才学，和陆游很谈得来。一般认为这首词写于陆游在四川做官的那几年（约1172—1178年）。那时北方的大片土地被金国占领，陆游一心想收复失地，却没有机会上战场，只能在梦里驰骋边关。

The poet作者

Lu You (1125 to 1210), also called Fangweng, was a great Southern Song poet. His greatest wish was to drive out the Jin armies and win back the north. He once served at the front in Nanzheng, the days he never forgot, but he was soon sent away. Afterward he wrote many poems about dreaming of army life and riding at the frontier, and this is one of them.

陆游（1125—1210），号放翁，南宋大诗人。他一生最大的心愿就是赶走金兵、收复中原。他曾到南郑前线参与军务，那是他最难忘的日子，可很快就被调走了。后来他写了大量梦见从军、驰骋边关的诗词，这首就是其中之一。

The mood意境

The first half is all dream, and it opens with great force. On a snowy dawn reed pipes sound everywhere, and ranks of armored cavalry move silently, like flowing water. Their silence shows strict order and great strength more than any noise could. The poet does not know where he is. He only guesses: west of Yanmen Pass, by Qinghai Lake, where soldiers of old won glory. The second half is waking, and the picture turns cold at once: a cold lamp, a silent water clock, the slanting moon on the paper window. From a stirring battlefield back to a bare room, the drop is huge. At the end he says he long ago vowed to win glory far away. His hair may be gray, but his heart is not dead. The last six characters say everything about an old man who refuses to give up on serving his country.

上阕全是梦。一开头就很有气势：雪天清晨，胡笳声四起，一队队铁甲骑兵无声地前进，像流水一样。“无声”比喧闹更让人觉得军纪严明、力量强大。词人自己也不知道身在哪里，只猜想是雁门关西、青海湖边，那些古代将士立功的地方。下阕梦醒了，画面一下子冷下来：寒灯、断了的漏声、照在窗纸上的斜月。从热血的战场回到冷清的小屋，落差很大。最后他说，自己早就立志万里封侯，就算头发白了，这颗心也没有死。“鬓虽残，心未死”六个字，写尽了一个老人不肯认输的报国之心。