Tang poem · five-character regulated verse唐诗 · 五言律诗

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xǔ许hún浑Xu Hun · Tang唐

Early Autumn

yáo遥yè夜fàn泛qīng清sè瑟

xī西fēng风shēng生cuì翠luó萝

cán残yíng萤qī栖yù玉lù露

zǎo早yàn雁fú拂jīn金hé河

gāo高shù树xiǎo晓hái还mì密

yuǎn远shān山qíng晴gèng更duō多

huái淮nán南yí一yè叶xià下

zì自jué觉dòng洞tíng庭bō波

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 this as the first of three poems titled "Early Autumn", with the words "wěi yù lù", "fú yín hé" and "lǎo yān bō". The common text, as in Three Hundred Tang Poems, is titled simply "Early Autumn" and reads "qī yù lù", "fú jīn hé" and "dòng tíng bō", which are used here.

语料是《早秋三首》的第一首，文字作“残萤委玉露，早鴈拂银河”“自觉老烟波”。《唐诗三百首》等通行本题作《早秋》，作“残萤栖玉露，早雁拂金河”“自觉洞庭波”，这里用通行本。

Line by line逐句翻译

遥夜泛清瑟Through the long night, the clear notes of a se drift by.漫长的秋夜里，飘荡着清亮的瑟声，
西风生翠萝The west wind rises and stirs the green vines.西风吹起，绿色的藤萝沙沙作响。
残萤栖玉露The last few fireflies rest on dew as bright as jade.剩下的几只萤火虫，歇在晶莹的露水上；
早雁拂金河Early wild geese brush past the Milky Way.早到的大雁，从银河边上飞过。
高树晓还密At dawn the tall trees are still thick with leaves.清晨看去，高高的树叶子还很茂密；
远山晴更多In the clear air, more far hills come into view.天晴了，远处的山显得更多。
淮南一叶下When I see a single leaf fall,看到一片树叶落下，
自觉洞庭波I feel at once the autumn waves rising on Dongting Lake.我自然就感到洞庭湖上秋波已起。

Words字词注释

遥夜yáo yè: yáo yè: the long night.遥夜：长夜。
泛清瑟fàn qīng sè: fàn qīng sè: the clear sound of a se drifts through the air. The se is an old stringed instrument, a bit like a zither.泛清瑟：飘荡着清亮的瑟声。瑟是一种古代的弦乐器，有点像古筝。
西风xī fēng: xī fēng: the west wind, the autumn wind.西风：秋风。
翠萝cuì luó: cuì luó: green climbing vines.翠萝：绿色的藤萝。
残萤cán yíng: cán yíng: the few fireflies left in autumn.残萤：秋天剩下不多的萤火虫。
栖qī: qī: to rest on, to perch.栖：停留，歇在上面。
玉露yù lù: yù lù: dew as clear and bright as jade.玉露：像玉一样晶莹的露水。
拂fú: fú: to brush lightly past.拂：轻轻擦过。
金河jīn hé: jīn hé: the Milky Way. People long ago linked autumn with metal, so the autumn Milky Way was called the Metal River.金河：银河。古人认为秋天属金，所以秋天的银河叫金河。
晓还密xiǎo hái mì: xiǎo hái mì: at dawn the leaves still look thick. Hái means still.晓还密：清晨看去，树叶还很茂密。还，仍然。
晴更多qíng gèng duō: qíng gèng duō: in the clear weather, more distant hills come into view.晴更多：天晴了，远处的山显得更多、更清楚。
淮南一叶下huái nán yí yè xià: huái nán yī yè xià: the old book Huainanzi says that when you see one leaf fall, you know the year is drawing to a close. Here one falling leaf tells the poet autumn has come.淮南一叶下：《淮南子》里说，看到一片叶子落下，就知道一年快要过完了。这里说看到一片落叶就感到秋天来了。
自觉zì jué: zì jué: to feel it at once, of itself.自觉：自然就感觉到。
洞庭波dòng tíng bō: dòng tíng bō: the autumn waves on Dongting Lake. Qu Yuan's poem "The Lady of the Xiang" pictures the autumn wind raising waves on Dongting Lake as leaves fall.洞庭波：洞庭湖上的秋波。屈原《湘夫人》里有“洞庭波兮木叶下”，写秋风吹起湖波、树叶飘落。

Background创作背景

This poem shows the sights and feelings of early autumn. It begins with the sound of a se and the west wind on a long night, moves to the tall trees and distant hills the next morning, and ends with a single falling leaf that tells the poet autumn has truly come. It borrows from two old books: the Huainanzi and Qu Yuan's poem "The Lady of the Xiang". When and where it was written is no longer known.

这首诗写初秋的景色和感受。诗人从长夜里的瑟声和西风写起，一直写到第二天清晨的高树和远山，最后从一片落叶感到秋天真的来了。诗里用了两个古书里的典故，一个来自《淮南子》，一个来自屈原的《湘夫人》。这首诗具体写于何时、何地，已经不清楚了。

The poet作者

Xu Hun (about 791 to about 858) was a late Tang poet who served as a county magistrate and a prefect. He was best at regulated verse and loved to write about water, rain and the colors of hills. People joked that a thousand poems by Xu Hun are all wet. His collection is called the Dingmao Collection.

许浑（约791—约858），晚唐诗人，做过县令、刺史等官。他最擅长写律诗，诗里特别喜欢写水、雨和山色，有“许浑千首湿”的说法，意思是他的诗总是湿漉漉的。他有一个诗集叫《丁卯集》。

The mood意境

This poem feels like searching for autumn bit by bit. At night the poet first hears it: the cool notes of a se, and the west wind in the vines. Then he sees it: only a few fireflies are left, resting on the dew, and wild geese are already crossing the sky. In the morning the trees are still thick with leaves, as if summer has not left. But the sky is high and clear, and hill after hill appears in the distance. At last a single leaf falls, and he knows at once that autumn is here. He remembers Qu Yuan's autumn waves on Dongting Lake, and a gentle autumn mood rises in his heart. The poem never cries out in sadness. It uses sounds, light and a falling leaf to let you feel the season turning.

这首诗像是在一点一点地寻找秋天。夜里，先是听到：清冷的瑟声，西风吹动藤萝。再是看到：萤火虫只剩几只，停在露水上；大雁已经从天上飞过。到了早晨，树叶还很密，好像夏天还没走；可天变得又高又晴，远山一座座都露了出来。最后，一片叶子落下，诗人一下子明白：秋天真的来了。他想起屈原写的洞庭湖秋波，心里也泛起了淡淡的秋思。诗里没有大声说悲伤，只是用声音、光亮和落叶，让人慢慢感到季节在变。