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·yǒu有měi美táng堂zèng赠shù述gǔ古

sū苏shì轼Su Shi · Song宋

The Beauty Yu: For Shugu at the Hall of Beauty

hú湖shān山xìn信shì是dōng东nán南měi美

yí一wàng望mí弥qiān千lǐ里

shǐ使jūn君néng能dé得jǐ几huí回lái来

biàn便shǐ使zūn尊qián前zuì醉dǎo倒gèng更pái徘huái徊

shā沙hé河táng塘lǐ里dēng灯chū初shàng上

shuǐ水diào调shuí谁jiā家chàng唱

yè夜lán阑fēng风jìng静yù欲guī归shí时

wéi惟yǒu有yì一jiāng江míng明yuè月bì碧liú琉lí璃

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 title For Shugu at the Hall of Beauty comes from common editions; the corpus gives only the tune name. In line four the corpus has qiě (for now) where common editions have gèng (still more).

词题“有美堂赠述古”是通行本的题目，资料库只有词牌。第四句资料库作“且徘徊”，通行本作“更徘徊”。

Line by line逐句翻译

湖山信是东南美These lakes and hills are truly the loveliest in the southeast;这里的湖光山色，确实是东南最美的，
一望弥千里at one glance they fill the view for a thousand li.一眼望去，满满铺开千里。
使君能得几回来Governor, how many more times will you be able to come?太守啊，你以后还能来几回？
便使尊前醉倒更徘徊Even if we are drunk before our cups, let us linger a little longer.就算在酒席上喝醉了，也要多留一会儿。
沙河塘里灯初上In Shahetang the lamps have just been lit;沙河塘里，灯火刚刚亮起，
水调谁家唱from somewhere, someone is singing the Water Melody.不知是谁家在唱《水调》。
夜阑风静欲归时Late at night, when the wind is still and we are about to go home,夜深了，风停了，正要回去的时候，
惟有一江明月碧琉璃there is only the river full of moonlight, like green glass.只有一江明月，像碧绿的琉璃。

Words字词注释

湖山hú shān: hú shān: West Lake and the hills around it.湖山：西湖和周围的群山。
信是xìn shì: xìn shì: truly is.信是：确实是。
东南美dōng nán měi: dōng nán měi: the most beautiful place in the southeast. Emperor Renzong of Song once praised Hangzhou as the first city of the southeast, and the Hall of Beauty took its name from his poem.东南美：东南一带最美的地方。宋仁宗曾写诗称杭州是“东南第一州”，有美堂的名字也由此而来。
弥千里mí qiān lǐ: mí qiān lǐ: filling the view for a thousand li. Mí means to fill, to spread everywhere.弥千里：满眼都是，一直伸展到千里之外。弥，满、遍。
使君shǐ jūn: shǐ jūn: a polite title for a governor. Here it means Chen Xiang, also called Shugu, governor of Hangzhou.使君：对州郡长官的尊称，这里指杭州知州陈襄，字述古。
能得几回来néng dé jǐ huí lái: néng dé jǐ huí lái: how many more times can you come? It means once he leaves, he may never come back.能得几回来：还能再来几次呢？意思是这一走，以后很难再来了。
便使biàn shǐ: biàn shǐ: even if.便使：即使、就算。
尊前zūn qián: zūn qián: before the wine cup, at the feast. Zūn is a wine vessel.尊前：酒杯前，指酒席上。尊，酒杯。
徘徊pái huái: pái huái: to linger, walking back and forth, not wanting to leave.徘徊：走来走去，舍不得离开。
沙河塘shā hé táng: shā hé táng: Shahetang, a busy district in the south of Hangzhou, near the Hall of Beauty.沙河塘：杭州城南一处热闹的街区，靠近有美堂。
灯初上dēng chū shàng: dēng chū shàng: the lamps have just been lit.灯初上：灯火刚刚点亮。
水调shuǐ diào: shuǐ diào: the name of a tune, said to date from the Sui dynasty, with a sad sound.水调：曲调名，相传是隋炀帝时的曲子，声音悲凉。
谁家shuí jiā: shuí jiā: someone, no one knows who.谁家：哪一家，不知是谁。
夜阑yè lán: yè lán: deep in the night. Lán means coming to an end.夜阑：夜深了。阑，将尽。
一江yì jiāng: yī jiāng: the whole river, the Qiantang River.一江：满满一江，指钱塘江。
碧琉璃bì liú lí: bì liú lí: green glass. It pictures the river under the moon, clear and shining. Liú lí is a bright colored glass.碧琉璃：碧绿的琉璃，比喻月光下江水又清又亮。琉璃，一种光亮的彩色玻璃。

Background创作背景

In 1074 Su Shi was deputy governor of Hangzhou. The governor, Chen Xiang, also called Shugu, was being moved to another post. Before leaving, he held a feast for his colleagues at the Hall of Beauty on Wu Hill, and Su Shi wrote this ci at the table as a gift for him. From the hall one could see West Lake and the Qiantang River. The ci first shows the lovely hills and water, then the city at night and the river under the moon, hiding the sadness of parting inside the scenery.

宋神宗熙宁七年（1074年），苏轼在杭州做通判（知州的副手）。知州陈襄，字述古，要调到别的地方去。临走前他在吴山上的有美堂请同僚喝酒，苏轼就在酒席上写了这首词送给他。有美堂可以看到西湖和钱塘江。词里先写眼前的好山好水，再写夜里的城市和月下的江水，把送别的不舍藏在景物里。

The poet作者

Su Shi (1037–1101), also called Dongpo, was a great Northern Song writer, excellent at poems, ci, essays, calligraphy and painting. He served twice in Hangzhou and loved its lakes and hills, writing many poems about West Lake. He got along very well with Chen Xiang, and around the time Chen left, Su Shi wrote several ci to see him off.

苏轼（1037—1101），号东坡居士，北宋大文学家，诗、词、文章、书法、绘画都很出色。他两次在杭州做官，很爱这里的山水，写过许多关于西湖的诗词。他和陈襄相处得很好，陈襄离任前后，苏轼写了好几首送他的词。

The mood意境

The first stanza stands up high. West Lake and the hills spread for a thousand li, so lovely that no one wants to leave. Then comes a gentle question, how many more times can you come, and the parting is out in the open. Once you go, will you ever come back? So even if we are drunk, let us stay a little longer. The second stanza moves on in time. Night falls, the city lamps come on, and someone far off sings the sad Water Melody. Late at night the wind is still and everyone is about to go. Only the moonlit river remains, clear and bright like green glass. The poem never says the word sorrow, but that quiet moonlight is full of not wanting to say goodbye.

上片站在高处：西湖和群山铺开千里，美得让人舍不得走。接着一句“使君能得几回来”，轻轻一问，就把离别说出来了：你走了，还能回来几次呢？所以就算喝醉了，也要再多待一会儿。下片时间往后推：天黑了，城里灯火亮起，远处有人唱着悲凉的《水调》；夜深风静，大家要散了，只剩一江明月，江水像碧绿的琉璃一样又清又亮。最后没有说一个“愁”字，可那安静的月光里，满是不舍。