Song lyric · ci, a long lyric in two stanzas宋词 · 词·双调长调

yǒng永yù遇yuè乐·bì璧yuè月chū初qíng晴

liú刘chén辰wēng翁Liu Chenweng · Song宋

Yong Yu Le: The Jade-Disc Moon Shines After Rain

bì璧yuè月chū初qíng晴

dài黛yún云yuǎn远dàn澹

chūn春shì事shuí谁zhǔ主

jìn禁yuàn苑jiāo娇hán寒

hú湖dī堤juàn倦nuǎn暖

qián前dù度jù遽rú如xǔ许

xiāng香chén尘àn暗mò陌

huá华dēng灯míng明zhòu昼

cháng长shì是lǎn懒xié携shǒu手qù去

shuí谁zhī知dào道

duàn断yān烟jìn禁yè夜

mǎn满chéng城sì似chóu愁fēng风yǔ雨

xuān宣hé和jiù旧rì日

lín临ān安nán南dù渡

fāng芳jǐng景yóu犹zì自rú如gù故

xiāng缃zhì帙liú流lí离

fēng风huán鬟sān三wǔ五

néng能fù赋cí词zuì最kǔ苦

jiāng江nán南wú无lù路

fū鄜zhōu州jīn今yè夜

cǐ此kǔ苦yòu又shuí谁zhī知fǒu否

kōng空xiāng相duì对

cán残gāng釭wú无mèi寐

mǎn满cūn村shè社gǔ鼓

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

璧月初晴The rain has cleared; the moon is round as a jade disc.雨后刚放晴，月亮圆得像玉璧，
黛云远澹Dark clouds drift faint and far.青黑色的云在远处淡淡飘着，
春事谁主But who is master of spring now?可春天的事，如今由谁做主呢？
禁苑娇寒The imperial gardens hold a delicate chill;皇家园林里还有一丝微寒，
湖堤倦暖the lake banks are warm enough to make one drowsy.西湖堤上暖得让人发懒，
前度遽如许How suddenly it has all changed since last time!和上次比，怎么一下子变成了这样！
香尘暗陌Once, fragrant dust from carriages darkened the streets,从前，香车扬起的尘土把街道都遮暗了，
华灯明昼and bright lanterns turned night into day,彩灯把夜晚照得像白天，
长是懒携手去yet I was always too lazy to go out with friends.我却总是懒得和人一起去玩。
谁知道Who could have known谁想得到，
断烟禁夜that now there are no fires, a curfew at night,如今没有灯火，夜里不许出门，
满城似愁风雨and the whole city seems to grieve in wind and rain?整座城好像都在为风雨发愁。
宣和旧日The splendor of the old Xuanhe years,当年北宋宣和年间的繁华，
临安南渡and after the court crossed south to Lin'an,到朝廷南迁临安以后，
芳景犹自如故the festival scenes were still as fine as before.元宵的美景也还和从前一样。
缃帙流离But Li Qingzhao's books were scattered and lost;可李清照的藏书四处散失，
风鬟三五on the fifteenth night, her hair tangled by the wind,元宵夜她头发被风吹乱，
能赋词最苦she who could write ci suffered most of all.这位会写词的人，心里最苦。
江南无路Now even the south has no road left.如今连江南也没有路可走了，
鄜州今夜Like Du Fu thinking of his family under the Fuzhou moon tonight,像杜甫在鄜州的月夜思念家人那样，
此苦又谁知否who knows the pain I feel?我的这份苦，又有谁知道呢？
空相对I can only sit facing我只能白白地对着
残釭无寐a dying lamp, unable to sleep,快熄灭的灯，睡不着，
满村社鼓while village festival drums sound all around.听着满村子祭神的鼓声。

Words字词注释

璧月bì yuè: bì yuè: a moon round like a jade disc. A bì is a flat round jade with a hole in the middle.璧月：像玉璧一样圆的月亮。璧，中间有孔的圆形玉器。
初晴chū qíng: chū qíng: just clearing after rain.初晴：雨后刚刚放晴。
黛云dài yún: dài yún: dark blue-black clouds.黛云：青黑色的云。黛，青黑色。
远澹yuǎn dàn: yuǎn dàn: drifting faintly far away. Dàn here means pale, faint.远澹：在远处淡淡地飘着。澹，同“淡”。
春事谁主chūn shì shuí zhǔ: chūn shì shuí zhǔ: who is master of spring now? It hints that the country has fallen and the land has a new master.春事谁主：春天的事由谁来做主？暗指国家已经亡了，江山换了主人。
禁苑jìn yuàn: jìn yuàn: the imperial gardens; here, those of the Southern Song capital Lin'an, today's Hangzhou.禁苑：皇家园林，这里指南宋都城临安（今浙江杭州）的皇宫园林。
娇寒jiāo hán: jiāo hán: a delicate chill.娇寒：微微的寒意。
湖堤hú dī: hú dī: the banks of West Lake.湖堤：西湖边的堤岸。
倦暖juàn nuǎn: juàn nuǎn: a warmth that makes one drowsy.倦暖：暖得让人发懒。
前度qián dù: qián dù: last time, the past.前度：上一次，从前。
遽如许jù rú xǔ: jù rú xǔ: suddenly become like this. Jù means suddenly; rú xǔ means like this.遽如许：竟然一下子变成这样。遽，突然；如许，这样。
香尘暗陌xiāng chén àn mò: xiāng chén àn mò: fragrant dust from carriages darkens the streets. Mò means road.香尘暗陌：车马扬起带着香气的尘土，把街道都遮暗了。陌，道路。
华灯明昼huá dēng míng zhòu: huá dēng míng zhòu: bright lanterns make the night as light as day.华灯明昼：美丽的彩灯把夜晚照得像白天。
长是懒携手去cháng shì lǎn xié shǒu qù: cháng shì lǎn xié shǒu qù: but I was always too lazy to go out arm in arm with others.长是懒携手去：可我总是懒得和人结伴去游玩。
断烟duàn yān: duàn yān: no smoke from fires, no lights; all is bleak.断烟：没有炊烟，没有灯火，冷冷清清。
禁夜jìn yè: jìn yè: a curfew. The Yuan rulers forbade people to gather at night to see lanterns.禁夜：夜里禁止出门。元朝统治者不许人们夜里聚集看灯。
似愁风雨sì chóu fēng yǔ: sì chóu fēng yǔ: as if the whole city were worried by wind and rain.似愁风雨：好像整座城都在为风雨发愁。
宣和xuān hé: xuān hé: a reign title of Emperor Huizong of Northern Song, 1119 to 1125. The Northern Song was still splendid then, and soon fell to the Jin.宣和：北宋宋徽宗的年号（1119—1125）。那时北宋还很繁华，不久就被金兵灭了。
临安南渡lín ān nán dù: lín ān nán dù: after the Northern Song fell, the court crossed south over the Yangtze and made Lin'an its capital.临安南渡：北宋灭亡后，朝廷渡过长江往南迁，把临安当作都城。
芳景fāng jǐng: fāng jǐng: lovely scenes; here, the bustle of the Lantern Festival.芳景：美好的风景，这里指元宵的热闹景象。
犹自如故yóu zì rú gù: yóu zì rú gù: still as it was before.犹自如故：还和从前一样。
缃帙xiāng zhì: xiāng zhì: light-yellow book covers, standing for books. Here, the books and art Li Qingzhao and her husband had collected.缃帙：浅黄色的书套，代指书籍。指李清照和丈夫收藏的书画。
流离liú lí: liú lí: scattered and lost.流离：流散丢失。
风鬟fēng huán: fēng huán: hair tangled by the wind. Li Qingzhao's own Yong Yu Le has a line about her worn face and windblown, frosty hair.风鬟：被风吹乱的头发。李清照《永遇乐》里有“如今憔悴，风鬟霜鬓”。
三五sān wǔ: sān wǔ: three times five is fifteen: the fifteenth of the first month, the Lantern Festival.三五：三五一十五，指正月十五元宵节。
能赋词néng fù cí: néng fù cí: the one who could write ci: Li Qingzhao.能赋词：会写词的人，指李清照。
江南无路jiāng nán wú lù: jiāng nán wú lù: even in the south there is no road left; the Southern Song is gone.江南无路：就连江南也没有出路了，指南宋已亡。
鄜州今夜fū zhōu jīn yè: fū zhōu jīn yè: from Du Fu's poem 'Moonlit Night': tonight the moon over Fuzhou, which my wife watches alone. During the An Lushan Rebellion, Du Fu was trapped in Chang'an and missed his family in Fuzhou, in today's Shaanxi.鄜州今夜：用杜甫《月夜》“今夜鄜州月，闺中只独看”。安史之乱时杜甫被困在长安，思念鄜州的家人。鄜州，在今陕西富县。
谁知否shuí zhī fǒu: shuí zhī fǒu: does anyone know?谁知否：有谁知道吗？
空相对kōng xiāng duì: kōng xiāng duì: facing it for nothing.空相对：白白地对着。
残釭cán gāng: cán gāng: a lamp burning low. Gāng means lamp.残釭：快要熄灭的灯。釭，灯。
无寐wú mèi: wú mèi: unable to sleep.无寐：睡不着。寐，睡。
社鼓shè gǔ: shè gǔ: village drums beaten at festivals for the earth god.社鼓：乡村祭祀土地神时敲的鼓。

How to read it读音

禁jìn: Read jìn. Jìn yuàn is an imperial garden; jìn yè is a curfew at night.读 jìn。“禁苑”是皇家园林，“禁夜”是夜里不许出门。
长cháng: Read cháng, meaning often, always.读 cháng，意思是“常常、总是”。

Background创作背景

Before the ci there is a short preface. It says, in short: on the Lantern Festival of 1275 I read Li Qingzhao's Yong Yu Le and wept. Now three years have passed, and every time I hear it I cannot bear it. So I wrote one to the same tune, speaking of myself through Li Qingzhao. My words are not as fine as hers, but my grief is greater. By then the Yuan army had taken the Southern Song capital Lin'an in 1276, and the dynasty had all but fallen. So this ci was probably written at the Lantern Festival of 1278.

词前有一段小序，大意是：我从乙亥年（1275年）元宵节读李清照的《永遇乐》，就流下眼泪。如今三年了，每次听到这首词都受不了，于是照着它的曲调又写一首，借李清照来说自己。虽然文采比不上她，悲苦却超过了她。这时南宋都城临安已在1276年被元军攻占，南宋基本灭亡。所以这首词大约写在1278年的元宵节。

The poet作者

Liu Chenweng (1232–1297), also called Xuxi, came from Luling, today's Ji'an in Jiangxi. He was a ci poet of the last years of the Southern Song. In his top exam he criticized the powerful minister Jia Sidao, so he was ranked low. After the Southern Song fell, he lived in seclusion and refused to serve the Yuan. Most of his ci are about the pain of losing his country, in a sad and direct voice. He greatly admired Li Qingzhao and Xin Qiji.

刘辰翁（1232—1297），字会孟，号须溪，庐陵（今江西吉安）人，南宋末年的词人。他考进士时在答卷里批评了权臣贾似道，被排在后面。南宋灭亡后，他隐居不出，不肯给元朝做官。他的词大多写亡国的痛苦，语气悲凉直接。他很敬佩李清照和辛弃疾。

The mood意境

This ci is a kind of conversation with Li Qingzhao, who lived more than a hundred years earlier. She saw the Northern Song fall, fled south, and wrote her Yong Yu Le at a Lantern Festival. Liu Chenweng then saw the Southern Song fall, read her ci at the Lantern Festival, and felt his own pain was even greater. The first stanza shows the present. The moon is still round and spring has still come, but who is its master? The country has a new ruler. Once the city was full of lanterns and he was too lazy to go out. Now he cannot see them even if he wants to: the city is bleak, and no one may go out at night. The second stanza looks back at Li Qingzhao. After she fled south, at least the festival scenes were still there, yet she suffered greatly. Now even the south is gone; who can understand this pain? The ending is very quiet: a dying lamp, a man who cannot sleep, and outside, village drums beating for a festival. The joy belongs to others; he has nothing.

这首词是在和一百多年前的李清照“对话”。李清照经历了北宋灭亡，逃到南方，在元宵节写下《永遇乐》。刘辰翁又经历了南宋灭亡，在元宵节读她的词，觉得自己更苦。上片写眼前：月亮还是那么圆，春天还是来了，可“春事谁主”，国家已经换了主人。从前满城灯火，自己还懒得出去；现在想看都看不到了，城里冷冷清清，夜里不许出门。下片回想李清照：她南渡以后，元宵的景色好歹还在，可她已经很苦。现在连江南都没有了，这份苦，又有谁懂？结尾很静：一盏快灭的灯，一个睡不着的人，外面村子里却在敲鼓过节。热闹是别人的，他什么也没有。