No. 88 · Song lyric · ci lyric to the tune Yu Mei Ren, in two stanzas第 88 首 · 宋词 · 词·虞美人（双调）

yú虞měi美rén人·tīng听yǔ雨

jiǎng蒋jié捷Jiang Jie · Song宋

To the Tune of Yu Mei Ren: Listening to the Rain

shào少nián年tīng听yǔ雨gē歌lóu楼shàng上

hóng红zhú烛hūn昏luó罗zhàng帐

zhuàng壮nián年tīng听yǔ雨kè客zhōu舟zhōng中

jiāng江kuò阔yún云dī低duàn断yàn雁jiào叫xī西fēng风

ér而jīn今tīng听yǔ雨sēng僧lú庐xià下

bìn鬓yǐ已xīng星xīng星yě也

bēi悲huān欢lí离hé合zǒng总wú无qíng情

yí一rèn任jiē阶qián前diǎn点dī滴dào到tiān天míng明

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 heading "Listening to the Rain" is the title used in common editions. The corpus gives only the tune name.

词题“听雨”是通行本的题目，资料库里只有词牌“虞美人”。

Line by line逐句翻译

少年听雨歌楼上When I was young, I listened to the rain in a singing house.年轻时，我在歌楼上听雨，
红烛昏罗帐Red candles glowed softly on the silk bed curtains.红烛的光朦朦胧胧，照着丝绸床帐。
壮年听雨客舟中In my prime, I listened to the rain on a traveler's boat.中年时，我在远行的船上听雨，
江阔云低断雁叫西风The river was wide, the clouds hung low, and a lone goose cried in the west wind.江面宽阔，乌云低垂，一只失群的大雁在秋风里哀叫。
而今听雨僧庐下Now I listen to the rain beneath a monk's roof.如今，我在寺庙的屋檐下听雨，
鬓已星星也The hair at my temples is already flecked with white.两鬓已经斑白了。
悲欢离合总无情Sorrow and joy, parting and meeting, are all without feeling now.人生的悲欢离合，总是这样无情，
一任阶前点滴到天明Let the rain on the steps drip on, drop by drop, until dawn.就让台阶前的雨，一滴一滴落到天亮吧。

Words字词注释

少年shào nián: shào nián: one's youth.少年：年轻的时候。
歌楼gē lóu: gē lóu: a singing house, where people drank and listened to singers.歌楼：有歌女唱歌、供人饮酒作乐的楼。
昏罗帐hūn luó zhàng: hūn: dim, here the soft glow of candlelight. luó zhàng: silk bed curtains.昏：昏暗，这里指烛光朦胧。罗帐：丝绸做的床帐。
壮年zhuàng nián: zhuàng nián: the prime of life, around thirty or forty.壮年：三四十岁，人最强壮的年纪。
客舟kè zhōu: kè zhōu: a boat carrying someone far from home.客舟：出门在外的人坐的船。
断雁duàn yàn: duàn yàn: a lone wild goose that has lost its flock.断雁：离了群的孤雁。
叫西风jiào xī fēng: jiào xī fēng: crying in the west wind. The west wind is the autumn wind.叫西风：在秋风里哀叫。西风，秋风。
而今ér jīn: ér jīn: now.而今：如今，现在。
僧庐sēng lú: sēng lú: a monk's hut, a temple.僧庐：和尚住的屋子，寺庙。
星星xīng xīng: xīng xīng: hair flecked with white, like scattered stars.星星：头发花白，白发像星星一样点点分布。
悲欢离合bēi huān lí hé: bēi huān lí hé: sorrow and joy, parting and meeting again, all that happens in a life.悲欢离合：悲伤、欢乐、分离、团聚，指人一生的各种遭遇。
无情wú qíng: wú qíng: without feeling. He means these things can no longer move him.无情：没有感情，这里是说那些事再也打动不了自己了。
一任yí rèn: yí rèn: let it be, let it go on as it will.一任：随它去，任凭。
点滴diǎn dī: diǎn dī: the rain falling drop by drop.点滴：雨一滴一滴地落下。

How to read it读音

少shào: Shào nián means youth, read shào, not shǎo.“少年”是“年轻的时候”，读 shào。

Background创作背景

Jiang Jie lived at the very end of the Southern Song. After the Song fell, he refused to serve the new Yuan rulers and went into hiding, living a poor, wandering life. This lyric uses three times he listened to rain to tell his whole life, from youth to old age. Inside it is also the grief of losing his country. The exact date is not known; it is usually thought to be a work of his old age.

蒋捷生活在南宋末年。南宋灭亡以后，他不愿意给元朝做官，隐居起来，过着漂泊清苦的日子。这首词用一生中三次听雨，写出了自己从少年到老年的经历，也藏着国家灭亡的伤痛。具体写作时间不清楚，一般认为是他晚年所作。

The poet作者

Jiang Jie, also called Shengyu and known as Zhushan, came from Yangxian, today's Yixing in Jiangsu. His dates of birth and death are not known. He passed the highest imperial exam near the end of the Southern Song. After the Song fell he lived in hiding and was called Master Zhushan. He is counted among the Four Great Lyric Poets of the late Song.

蒋捷，字胜欲，号竹山，阳羡（今江苏宜兴）人，生卒年不详。他在南宋末年考中进士。宋亡后隐居不出，人称“竹山先生”。他和周密、王沂孙、张炎并称“宋末四大家”。

The mood意境

This lyric is like three photographs, each of someone listening to rain. In the first, he is young, in a singing house lit by red candles. Even the rain sounds happy. In the second, he is in his prime, wandering on a boat. The river is wide, the clouds are low, a lone goose cries in the autumn wind. The rain is full of loneliness. In the third, he is old and living in a temple, his hair white. The rain is the same rain, but he is a completely different person. At the end he says sorrow and joy no longer matter: let the rain drip on until dawn. It sounds calm, but really he has been through so much that he cannot even speak of his grief.

这首词像三张照片，主角都是“听雨”。第一张：年轻时在歌楼上，红烛摇曳，雨声听起来都是快乐的。第二张：中年漂泊在船上，江很宽，云很低，孤雁在秋风里叫，雨声里全是孤独。第三张：老了，住在寺庙里，头发白了，雨还是那场雨，人却完全不同了。最后他说，人生的悲欢离合都已无所谓，就让雨一直滴到天亮吧。看起来很平静，其实是经历了太多，连伤心都说不出来了。