Song lyric · ci to the tune Yu Jing Qiu, in two stanzas. The tune is usually thought to be Zhou Mi's own宋词 · 词，词牌《玉京秋》，双调。一般认为是周密自己创作的曲调

yù玉jīng京qiū秋·yān烟shuǐ水kuò阔

zhōu周mì密Zhou Mi · Song宋

Yu Jing Qiu: Misty Waters Wide

yān烟shuǐ水kuò阔

gāo高lín林nòng弄cán残zhào照

wǎn晚tiáo蜩qī凄qiè切

bì碧zhēn砧dù度yùn韵

yín银chuáng床piāo飘yè叶

yī衣shī湿tóng桐yīn阴lù露lěng冷

cǎi采liáng凉huā花shí时fù赋qiū秋xuě雪

tàn叹qīng轻bié别

yì一jīn襟yōu幽shì事

qì砌qióng蛩néng能shuō说

kè客sī思yín吟shāng商hái还qiè怯

yuàn怨gē歌cháng长qióng琼hú壶àn暗quē缺

cuì翠shàn扇ēn恩shū疏

hóng红yī衣xiāng香tuì褪

fān翻chéng成xiāo消xiē歇

yù玉gǔ骨xī西fēng风

hèn恨zuì最hèn恨xián闲què却xīn新liáng凉shí时jié节

chǔ楚xiāo箫yè咽

shuí谁yǐ倚xī西lóu楼dàn淡yuè月

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 gives only the tune name. The common text names it by its first line and has a short preface. The words of the poem are the same.

语料库只题词牌，通行本按首句题作“玉京秋·烟水阔”，并有一段小序。正文相同。

Line by line逐句翻译

烟水阔Wide waters lie under the mist.水面宽阔，烟雾迷蒙。
高林弄残照The tall woods sway in the last of the sunset,高高的树林在夕阳余光里摇曳，
晚蜩凄切and the evening cicadas cry mournfully.傍晚的蝉叫得凄凉悲切。
碧砧度韵From the blue stone comes the steady beat of cloth being pounded.青石砧上传来一声声捣衣的节拍，
银床飘叶Leaves drift down by the railing of the well.井栏边飘落着树叶。
衣湿桐阴露冷Under the wutong trees the dew is cold and wets my clothes.梧桐树荫下露水冰冷，打湿了衣裳；
采凉花时赋秋雪I pick autumn flowers and now and then write poems on the snow-white reeds.采着秋花，时时为雪白的芦花写诗。
叹轻别Alas, we parted so lightly.可叹当初轻易就分别了。
一襟幽事All the hidden thoughts in my heart满怀的心事，
砌蛩能说only the crickets under the steps can speak for me.只有台阶下的蟋蟀能替我说出来。
客思吟商还怯Far from home, I want to sing autumn songs, but I am afraid to.客居在外，想唱秋天的曲子，又怕伤心；
怨歌长琼壶暗缺When the sad song runs long, the jade jar is chipped before I know it.悲歌唱得长了，玉壶不知不觉都被敲缺了。
翠扇恩疏The fan is put aside in autumn;扇子到了秋天就被冷落，
红衣香褪the red lotus petals fall and their scent fades;荷花的红瓣落了，香气也淡了，
翻成消歇instead, everything withers away.一切反而都变得凋零冷落。
玉骨西风My thin frame faces the west wind.清瘦的身子迎着西风，
恨最恨闲却新凉时节What I regret most is letting this fresh, cool season slip by for nothing.最遗憾的，是白白放过了这初凉的好时节。
楚箫咽The flute sobs.箫声呜咽，
谁倚西楼淡月Who is leaning on the west tower under the pale moon?是谁倚在西楼上，对着淡淡的月亮？

Words字词注释

烟水阔yān shuǐ kuò: yān shuǐ kuò: wide waters under a layer of mist.烟水阔：水面宽阔，笼着一层烟雾。
弄残照nòng cán zhào: nòng cán zhào: the trees sway in the evening light, as if playing with the last rays. Cán zhào is the fading sunlight.弄残照：树林在夕阳里摇动，光影闪闪，好像在逗弄夕阳。残照，夕阳的余光。
蜩tiáo: tiáo: a cicada.蜩：蝉。
凄切qī qiè: qī qiè: sad and mournful in sound.凄切：声音凄凉悲切。
碧砧bì zhēn: bì zhēn: a blue-green stone for beating cloth.碧砧：青石做的捣衣石。
度韵dù yùn: dù yùn: sending over a steady rhythm.度韵：传来有节奏的声音。
银床yín chuáng: yín chuáng: the railing around a well; some say the frame of the well's winch.银床：井上的栏杆，也有人说是辘轳架。
桐阴tóng yīn: tóng yīn: the shade of the wutong tree.桐阴：梧桐树的树荫。
凉花liáng huā: liáng huā: autumn flowers.凉花：秋天开的花。
秋雪qiū xuě: qiū xuě: autumn snow, the white reed flowers that look like snow. Another view says white autumn flowers.秋雪：指白色的芦花，秋天像雪一样。一说指白色的秋花。
轻别qīng bié: qīng bié: parting too easily.轻别：轻易地分别。
一襟幽事yì jīn yōu shì: yī jīn yōu shì: a heart full of hidden thoughts. Jīn is the front of a robe, the chest, the heart.一襟幽事：满怀藏在心里的心事。襟，胸怀。
砌蛩qì qióng: qì qióng: crickets under the steps. Qì means stone steps.砌蛩：台阶下的蟋蟀。砌，台阶。
吟商yín shāng: yín shāng: singing autumn tunes. Among the five old musical notes, the note shāng stands for autumn.吟商：吟唱秋天的曲调。古代五音里，“商”这个音代表秋天。
怯qiè: qiè: afraid, not daring.怯：害怕，不敢。
琼壶暗缺qióng hú àn quē: qióng hú àn quē: Wang Dun of the Eastern Jin used to sing Cao Cao's verses after drinking, beating time on a spittoon until its rim chipped. Here it means singing with so much grief that the jar is chipped without noticing.琼壶暗缺：东晋王敦每次酒后唱曹操的诗，就用如意敲打唾壶打拍子，壶口都敲缺了。这里写唱得满怀悲愤，不知不觉把壶敲缺了。
翠扇恩疏cuì shàn ēn shū: cuì shàn ēn shū: in autumn the fan is put aside. Ban Jieyu of the Han wrote of a round fan thrown away in autumn, a picture of losing someone's love.翠扇恩疏：扇子到了秋天就被冷落了。汉代班婕妤写过团扇秋天被丢在一边的诗，比喻失宠。
红衣香褪hóng yī xiāng tuì: hóng yī xiāng tuì: the red petals of the lotus fall and the scent fades. Hóng yī, red clothes, means lotus petals.红衣香褪：荷花的红色花瓣落了，香气也淡了。红衣，荷花花瓣。
翻成消歇fān chéng xiāo xiē: fān chéng xiāo xiē: instead everything withers away. Fān means "on the contrary".翻成消歇：反而变得凋零冷落了。翻，反而。
玉骨yù gǔ: yù gǔ: a thin frame like jade, the poet himself, or perhaps the person he misses.玉骨：像玉一样清瘦的身子，指作者自己，也可指所思念的人。
闲却xián què: xián què: to let slip by without enjoying it.闲却：白白放过，没有好好享受。
新凉时节xīn liáng shí jié: xīn liáng shí jié: the first cool days of autumn, usually the most pleasant season.新凉时节：刚刚转凉的初秋时候，本来是最舒服的季节。
楚箫chǔ xiāo: chǔ xiāo: the sound of a vertical flute. Chǔ loosely means the south.楚箫：箫声。楚，泛指南方。
西楼xī lóu: xī lóu: the west tower, in old poems often a place where someone misses another.西楼：西边的楼，古诗里常是思念人的地方。

How to read it读音

思sī: In kè sī the character means a state of mind. In old times it was read sì; today it is usually read sī.“客思”的“思”指心情、思绪，古时读 sì，现在一般读 sī。
咽yè: Here this character is read yè, meaning a sound choked with sobbing.“咽”这里读 yè，意思是声音哽住、呜咽。

Background创作背景

In the common text this ci has a short preface. It says, roughly: alone as a guest in "Chang'an", I saw the west wind of autumn again, with a bright moon and red maple leaves, and felt so sad that I wrote this tune in a certain musical mode. Here Chang'an stands for Lin'an, the Southern Song capital, today's Hangzhou. Zhou Mi was living alone in the capital, and the autumn scene stirred his longing for someone he had parted from. The exact year is not known.

通行本这首词前有小序，大意是：在“长安”独自做客，又见到秋天的西风，月色明亮，枫叶通红，心里凄凉，于是用夹钟羽调写了这首曲子。这里的“长安”是借指南宋的都城临安（今浙江杭州）。周密那时独居在都城，秋景勾起了他对离别之人的思念。具体写作年份不能确定。

The poet作者

Zhou Mi (1232–1298), who called himself Caochuang, was a ci poet and scholar of the late Southern Song. He knew music well and wrote polished, delicate ci. He and Wu Wenying were called the Two Windows, after their pen names. After the Song fell he refused to serve the Yuan and wrote books recording old Hangzhou.

周密（1232—1298），字公谨，号草窗，南宋末年的词人和学者。他精通音乐，词写得工整精美，和吴文英并称“二窗”。南宋灭亡后他不肯做元朝的官，写了不少记录旧日杭州风物的书。

The mood意境

The first stanza is almost all sounds and pictures: wide misty water, tall woods swaying in the sunset, mournful cicadas, the beat of cloth being pounded, leaves falling by the well, cold dew under the wutong trees. Each one shows the chill of autumn. Only then does the poet sigh about parting so lightly. His heart is full of things he cannot say, so he lets the crickets say them. In the second stanza he tries to sing his sorrow away, but the song grows sadder, until the jar is chipped. The fan put aside and the fallen lotus are like a person forgotten and a love that has faded. What he regrets most is that this fine early autumn passes for nothing, without that person beside him. At the end a flute sobs, and someone leans on the west tower under a pale moon. Is it the poet, or the one far away? The poem does not say. It leaves that to the reader.

上片几乎全是声音和画面：宽阔的烟水，夕阳里摇动的高林，凄切的蝉声，一下一下的捣衣声，井边飘落的叶子，梧桐下的冷露。每一样都写出秋天的凉。这时作者才叹一声“轻别”，原来满心的事说不出口，只好让蟋蟀替他说。下片写他想唱歌排解，却越唱越悲，连壶都敲缺了。扇子被冷落，荷花凋谢，正像被冷落的人和逝去的情。最让他恨的，是这么好的初秋白白过去，没有那个人在身边。最后箫声呜咽，西楼上有人倚着淡月。是作者自己，还是远方的她？词没有说，留给读者去想。