Song lyric · ci lyric to the tune Yu Mei Ren, in two stanzas宋词 · 词·虞美人（双调）

yú虞měi美rén人·luò落huā花yǐ已zuò作fēng风qián前wǔ舞

yè叶mèng梦dé得Ye Mengde · Song宋

The Beauty Yu: Fallen Petals Already Dance in the Wind

luò落huā花yǐ已zuò作fēng风qián前wǔ舞

yòu又sòng送huáng黄hūn昏yǔ雨

xiǎo晓lái来tíng庭yuàn院bàn半cán残hóng红

wéi惟yǒu有yóu游sī丝qiān千zhàng丈juàn罥qíng晴kōng空

yīn殷qín勤huā花xià下tóng同xié携shǒu手

gèng更jìn尽bēi杯zhōng中jiǔ酒

měi美rén人bú不yòng用liǎn敛é蛾méi眉

wǒ我yì亦duō多qíng情wú无nài奈jiǔ酒lán阑shí时

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

落花已作风前舞The fallen flowers already dance in the wind,落花已经在风中飞舞，
又送黄昏雨and at dusk an evening rain follows.傍晚又迎来一场黄昏雨。
晓来庭院半残红By morning, half the courtyard is covered with fallen petals;到了早晨，庭院里一半是落下的花瓣，
惟有游丝千丈罥晴空only thousand-foot floating threads hang in the clear sky.只有千丈长的游丝，挂在晴朗的天空里。
殷勤花下同携手Warm-hearted, we walk hand in hand beneath the flowers,我们情意殷勤，在花下手拉着手，
更尽杯中酒and drain the wine in our cups once more.再把杯中的酒喝干。
美人不用敛蛾眉Lovely one, there is no need to knit your brows;美人啊，你不必皱起眉头发愁，
我亦多情无奈酒阑时I too have a tender heart, but there is nothing to be done when the wine runs out.我也是多情的人，只是酒宴将散的时候，也没有办法。

Words字词注释

已作风前舞yǐ zuò fēng qián wǔ: yǐ zuò fēng qián wǔ: already dancing in the wind.已作风前舞：已经在风里飞舞。
又送yòu sòng: yòu sòng: and then brings along. The wind has blown the flowers, and in the evening rain comes too.又送：又迎来、又伴着。这里是说风刚吹完花，傍晚又下起雨。
晓来xiǎo lái: xiǎo lái: when morning comes.晓来：到了早晨。
残红cán hóng: cán hóng: fallen petals, the red left over.残红：凋落的花瓣。
游丝yóu sī: yóu sī: fine threads floating in the spring air, mostly spun by insects.游丝：春天空中飘着的细丝，多是虫子吐的丝。
罥juàn: juàn: to hang on, to tangle around.罥：挂着、缠绕。
殷勤yīn qín: yīn qín: warm and caring, full of feeling.殷勤：情意深厚、热情周到。
更尽gèng jìn: gèng jìn: drink it dry once more. Gèng means again.更尽：再喝干。更，再。
敛蛾眉liǎn é méi: liǎn é méi: to knit the brows, a sign of sadness. É méi are a woman's long curved brows, like a moth's feelers.敛蛾眉：皱起眉头，表示发愁。蛾眉，女子细长弯弯的眉毛，像蚕蛾的触须。
无奈wú nài: wú nài: helpless, nothing one can do.无奈：没有办法。
酒阑jiǔ lán: jiǔ lán: when the drinking is nearly over and the party is about to end. Lán means coming to an end.酒阑：酒喝到快结束，宴会要散了。阑，将尽。

How to read it读音

尽jìn: Jìn here means to drink it all up, the same as in Wang Wei's famous line urging a friend to drink one more cup.“尽”在这里是“喝完”的意思，读 jìn，和王维“劝君更尽一杯酒”一样。

Background创作背景

This ci is set in late spring. First the wind blows, then the rain falls, and most of the flowers are gone. The poet drinks with friends under the trees, and a lovely singer who pours the wine is there too. Some editions add a short note after the tune name. It says the ci was written after the rain, while drinking with his friends Ganyu and Caiqing under a flowering crab apple tree. Enjoying the last spring flowers, the poet sighs that neither spring nor happy gatherings can be kept.

这首词写暮春时节。先刮风，后下雨，花落了大半，词人和朋友在花下喝酒，一位唱歌劝酒的美人也在场。有的版本在词牌后有一段小序，说是雨后和朋友干誉、才卿在来禽（林檎，一种果树）花下摆酒时写的。词人借着赏最后的春花，说出春天和欢聚都留不住的感叹。

The poet作者

Ye Mengde (1077–1148), also called the Hermit of Shilin, was a ci poet and scholar who lived at the end of the Northern Song and the start of the Southern Song. He served as an official in many places and spent his last years at Mount Bian near Huzhou, writing many notes and essays on poetry. His early ci were fresh and pretty. After living through the fall of the Northern Song, his style grew plain and strong. This one is among his softer pieces.

叶梦得（1077—1148），号石林居士，北宋末到南宋初的词人、学者。他做过不少地方的官，晚年住在湖州的卞山，写了很多诗话、笔记。他年轻时的词比较清丽，后来经历了北宋灭亡，词风变得简洁有力。这首是他写得比较柔和的一首。

The mood意境

The first three lines show spring leaving bit by bit. The wind blows the flowers down, the rain beats them, and in the morning half the courtyard is red with petals. Then the fourth line suddenly looks up: long floating threads hang in the clear sky, drifting softly, as if trying to hold on to the last of spring. The second stanza turns to people. Friends hold hands under the flowers and drink one more cup. To the sad singer the poet says there is no need to frown, as if comforting her. Then he adds that he too has a tender heart, so in truth he cannot bear it either. The wine must end and spring must pass. He says this helplessness lightly, but it is real.

开头三句写春天在一点点离开：风吹落花，雨又来打，早上一看，庭院一半都是落红。可是第四句忽然抬头，只见长长的游丝挂在晴空里，轻轻飘着，好像在拉住最后一点春光。下片写人：朋友们在花下拉着手，再干一杯。对着发愁的美人，词人说“不用敛蛾眉”，好像在安慰她；接着又说“我亦多情”，其实他自己也舍不得。酒总要喝完，春天总要过去，这份无奈说得轻，却很真。