No. 44 · Song lyric · long ci lyric in two stanzas第 44 首 · 宋词 · 词·双调·慢词

yù玉hú蝴dié蝶·wàng望chù处yǔ雨shōu收yún云duàn断

liǔ柳yǒng永Liu Yong · Song宋

Yu Hu Die: Where I Gaze, the Rain Stops and the Clouds Break

wàng望chù处yǔ雨shōu收yún云duàn断

píng凭lán阑qiǎo悄qiǎo悄

mù目sòng送qiū秋guāng光

wǎn晚jǐng景xiāo萧shū疏

kān堪dòng动sòng宋yù玉bēi悲liáng凉

shuǐ水fēng风qīng轻

pín蘋huā花jiàn渐lǎo老

yuè月lù露lěng冷

wú梧yè叶piāo飘huáng黄

qiǎn遣qíng情shāng伤

gù故rén人hé何zài在

yān烟shuǐ水máng茫máng茫

nán难wàng忘

wén文qī期jiǔ酒huì会

jǐ几gū孤fēng风yuè月

lǚ屡biàn变xīng星shuāng霜

hǎi海kuò阔shān山yáo遥

wèi未zhī知hé何chù处shì是xiāo潇xiāng湘

niàn念shuāng双yàn燕

nán难píng凭yuǎn远xìn信

zhǐ指mù暮tiān天

kōng空shí识guī归háng航

àn黯xiāng相wàng望

duàn断hóng鸿shēng声lǐ里

lì立jìn尽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。

The corpus has the character for apple in line seven. The common text has pin, a water plant, which is a different word; the machine conversion merged the two by mistake.

语料库作“苹花”，通行本作“蘋花”。蘋（pín）是一种水草，和苹果的“苹”不是一回事，繁简转换时被错并成了“苹”。

Line by line逐句翻译

望处雨收云断Where I gaze, the rain has stopped and the clouds have broken,我望过去，雨停了，云散了，
凭阑悄悄I lean on the railing, troubled,我靠着栏杆，心里发愁，
目送秋光and watch the autumn light fade.看着秋天的光景渐渐消失。
晚景萧疏The evening scene is bare and lonely,傍晚的景色冷清稀疏，
堪动宋玉悲凉enough to stir the autumn grief that Song Yu once felt.足以引起像宋玉那样的悲秋之情。
水风轻The wind off the water is light,水上的风轻轻吹，
蘋花渐老the water flowers are slowly withering,蘋花渐渐凋谢了，
月露冷the dew under the moon is cold,月下的露水很凉，
梧叶飘黄and yellow wutong leaves drift down.梧桐的黄叶飘落下来。
遣情伤All of it makes me sad.这一切让人伤心。
故人何在Where are my old friends?老朋友们在哪里呢？
烟水茫茫I see only misty water, vast and dim.只看见烟雾笼罩的水面，茫茫一片。
难忘How hard to forget真难忘啊，
文期酒会the gatherings where we wrote and drank together.当年约好一起写文章、喝酒的聚会。
几孤风月Since we parted, how many fine nights of breeze and moon have gone to waste,分别后辜负了多少美好的风月，
屡变星霜and year after year has passed.一年又一年过去了。
海阔山遥The sea is wide and the mountains far,大海辽阔，高山遥远，
未知何处是潇湘and I do not know where the Xiao and Xiang rivers, where my friends are, might be.不知道哪里才是朋友所在的潇湘。
念双燕I think of the pair of swallows,想让双飞的燕子带信，
难凭远信but I can hardly rely on them to carry a letter so far.却很难靠它们把信带到远方；
指暮天I point to the evening sky,我指着傍晚的天边，
空识归航and pick out the homecoming boats again and again, in vain.一次次认错了回来的船。
黯相望We can only gaze toward each other from afar, in sorrow.我们只能黯然地遥遥相望。
断鸿声里Amid the cries of a lone goose,在孤雁的叫声里，
立尽斜阳I stand until the setting sun is gone.我一直站到夕阳落尽。

Words字词注释

望处wàng chù: wàng chù: the place I gaze toward.望处：我望过去的地方。
雨收云断yǔ shōu yún duàn: yǔ shōu yún duàn: the rain has stopped and the clouds have broken apart.雨收云断：雨停了，云也散开了。
凭阑píng lán: píng lán: leaning on the railing.凭阑：靠着栏杆。
悄悄qiǎo qiǎo: qiǎo qiǎo: sad and troubled.悄悄：心里忧愁的样子。
目送秋光mù sòng qiū guāng: mù sòng qiū guāng: watching the autumn light slowly fade.目送秋光：看着秋天的景色慢慢消失。
萧疏xiāo shū: xiāo shū: bare and lonely.萧疏：冷清稀疏。
堪动kān dòng: kān dòng: enough to stir.堪动：足以引起。
宋玉悲凉sòng yù bēi liáng: sòng yù bēi liáng: Song Yu, a writer of Chu in the Warring States period, wrote that autumn's air is sad. Since then his name has stood for anyone saddened by autumn.宋玉悲凉：战国时的楚国文人宋玉写过“悲哉，秋之为气也”，说秋天让人悲伤。后来人们常用宋玉代表悲秋的人。
水风shuǐ fēng: shuǐ fēng: wind blowing off the water.水风：水面上吹来的风。
蘋花pín huā: pín huā: the small white flowers of a water plant.蘋花：一种水草开的白色小花。
渐老jiàn lǎo: jiàn lǎo: slowly withering.渐老：慢慢凋谢了。
月露yuè lù: yuè lù: dew under the moonlight.月露：月光下的露水。
梧叶飘黄wú yè piāo huáng: wú yè piāo huáng: the yellow leaves of the wutong tree drift down.梧叶飘黄：梧桐的黄叶飘落下来。
遣情伤qiǎn qíng shāng: qiǎn qíng shāng: makes one sad.遣情伤：让人伤心。
故人gù rén: gù rén: old friends.故人：老朋友。
烟水茫茫yān shuǐ máng máng: yān shuǐ máng máng: misty water stretching out of sight.烟水茫茫：雾气笼罩的水面，望不到头。
文期酒会wén qī jiǔ huì: wén qī jiǔ huì: gatherings set up for writing together and drinking together.文期酒会：约好一起写文章、一起喝酒的聚会。
几孤风月jǐ gū fēng yuè: jǐ gū fēng yuè: how many fine nights of breeze and moon have been wasted. Gū here means to let down.几孤风月：辜负了多少美好的风和月。孤，同“辜”，辜负。
屡变星霜lǚ biàn xīng shuāng: lǚ biàn xīng shuāng: the stars have shifted and the frosts have come again and again; year after year has passed.屡变星霜：星星移动，霜降了又降，一年又一年过去了。
潇湘xiāo xiāng: xiāo xiāng: the Xiao and Xiang rivers in today's Hunan. Here it means the far place where his friends are.潇湘：潇水和湘江，在今天的湖南。这里指老朋友所在的远方。
双燕shuāng yàn: shuāng yàn: a pair of swallows. People in old times said swallows could carry letters.双燕：成双的燕子。古人说燕子能帮人带信。
难凭远信nán píng yuǎn xìn: nán píng yuǎn xìn: one can hardly rely on them to carry a letter so far.难凭远信：很难靠它们把信带到远方。
空识归航kōng shí guī háng: kōng shí guī háng: vainly picking out boats coming home on the horizon, each time thinking it might be a friend.空识归航：白白地认着天边回来的船，一次次以为是朋友回来了。
黯相望àn xiāng wàng: àn xiāng wàng: gazing toward each other from afar, low in spirit.黯相望：心情黯淡地遥遥相望。
断鸿duàn hóng: duàn hóng: a lone wild goose that has lost its flock.断鸿：失群的孤雁。
立尽斜阳lì jìn xié yáng: lì jìn xié yáng: standing there until the sun has set.立尽斜阳：一直站到太阳落山。

How to read it读音

蘋pín: It is a plant growing in shallow water, read pín.蘋，一种长在浅水里的草，读 pín。
悄qiǎo: Here the doubled word means sad and troubled, read qiǎo qiǎo, not qiāo as in quietly.悄悄，这里是忧愁的样子，读 qiǎo qiǎo，不是“静悄悄”的 qiāo。
几jǐ: It means how many times, read jǐ.几，多少次，读 jǐ。
识shí: It means to recognize, read shí.识，认出，读 shí。
遣qiǎn: It means to make or cause, read qiǎn.遣，使、让，读 qiǎn。

Background创作背景

This lyric shows Liu Yong leaning on a railing one autumn evening, gazing far off and missing his old friends far away. The time and place it was written are not known. Liu Yong drifted from place to place most of his life and seldom got to be with his friends. The Xiao and Xiang rivers stand for the far place where the friends are; it does not have to mean they were really in Hunan.

这首词写的是秋天傍晚，柳永靠着栏杆远望，想念远方的老朋友。写作的时间和地点都不清楚。柳永一生多次漂泊在外，和朋友们聚少离多。词里的“潇湘”是借来指朋友所在的远方，不一定是说朋友真的就在湖南。

The poet作者

Liu Yong (about 984 to about 1053), first named Sanbian, was a Northern Song lyric poet. His official career went badly, and he spent many years wandering from place to place. So many of his lyrics are about the hardship and loneliness of life on the road. He was especially good at autumn scenes and the feelings of parting. This lyric, along with Ba Sheng Gan Zhou and Yu Lin Ling, is one of his famous works of this kind.

柳永（约984—约1053），原名三变，北宋词人。他一生仕途不顺，常年在各地漂泊，所以很多词写羁旅行役，就是在外奔波的辛苦和孤单。他特别会写秋天的景色和离别的心情，这首词和《八声甘州》《雨霖铃》都是这一类的名作。

The mood意境

The first half shows the autumn evening. The rain has stopped, and he leans on the railing as the autumn light dims bit by bit. The water wind, the water flowers, the moonlit dew, the wutong leaves: one by one they grow colder, older and yellower, and the chill of autumn seeps from his eyes into his heart. Then he asks: where are my old friends? Before him there is only misty water. The second half is memory and longing. Back then they wrote and drank together, so happy. Since parting, so many fine nights have gone to waste. He wants swallows to take a letter, but they cannot reach so far. He watches boats on the horizon, thinking each time a friend is coming back, and each time he is wrong. The last line has him standing amid a lone goose's cries until the sun has set. He does not need to say how much he misses them; the picture says it.

上片写秋天傍晚的景。雨停了，他靠着栏杆，看秋光一点点暗下去。水风、蘋花、月露、梧叶，一样一样都在变冷、变老、变黄，秋天的凉意从眼前慢慢渗到心里。这时他问：老朋友在哪里？眼前只有茫茫一片烟水。下片写回忆和思念。当年一起写文章、喝酒，多快乐；分开后多少好风好月都白白过去了。他想托燕子带信，又带不到；看着天边的船，一次次以为是朋友回来了，又一次次落空。最后一句“立尽斜阳”，一个人在孤雁声里一直站到太阳落山，不用说想念有多深，画面已经说出来了。