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zhè鹧gū鸪tiān天·chóng重guò过chāng阊mén门wàn万shì事fēi非

hè贺zhù铸He Zhu · Song宋

Partridge Sky: Passing Changmen Gate Again, Everything Has Changed

chóng重guò过chāng阊mén门wàn万shì事fēi非

tóng同lái来hé何shì事bù不tóng同guī归

wú梧tóng桐bàn半sǐ死qīng清shuāng霜hòu后

tóu头bái白yuān鸳yāng鸯shī失bàn伴fēi飞

yuán原shàng上cǎo草

lù露chū初xī晞

jiù旧qī栖xīn新lǒng垄liǎng两yī依yī依

kōng空chuáng床wò卧tīng听nán南chuāng窗yǔ雨

shuí谁fù复tiǎo挑dēng灯yè夜bǔ补yī衣

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 source text titles it Half-Dead Tung Tree, a name He Zhu gave to the Partridge Sky tune, taken from a line in this lyric. In the seventh line the source writes lǒng (grave mound) with a variant form; here it uses the common form.

底本题作“半死桐”，这是贺铸给《鹧鸪天》这个词牌另起的名字，取自词中“梧桐半死”一句。底本第七句作“新垅”，“垅”是“垄”的异体字，这里按通行写法作“垄”。

Line by line逐句翻译

重过阊门万事非Passing Changmen Gate again, I find everything has changed.再一次经过阊门，一切都和从前不一样了。
同来何事不同归We came here together; why can we not go home together?我们一同来到这里，为什么不能一同回去？
梧桐半死清霜后Like a tung tree half dead after the cold frost,就像经过寒霜以后，梧桐树死了一半，
头白鸳鸯失伴飞like a white-headed mandarin duck flying alone, its mate lost.又像白了头的鸳鸯，失去伴侣独自飞。
原上草On the grass of the open plain,原野上的青草，
露初晞the dew has only just dried.露水刚刚被晒干。
旧栖新垄两依依Our old home and the new grave, I cannot bear to leave either one.从前住过的老屋和新起的坟墓，都让我恋恋不舍。
空床卧听南窗雨Lying on the empty bed, I listen to the rain at the south window.我躺在空空的床上，听着南窗外的雨声，
谁复挑灯夜补衣Who will ever again lift the lamp wick late at night and mend my clothes?还有谁会在深夜挑亮灯火，为我缝补衣裳？

Words字词注释

重过chóng guò: chóng guò: to pass by once again.重过：再一次经过。
阊门chāng mén: chāng mén: the west gate of Suzhou; here it stands for the city of Suzhou.阊门：苏州城的西门，这里代指苏州。
万事非wàn shì fēi: wàn shì fēi: everything is no longer as it was.万事非：一切都和从前不一样了。
何事hé shì: hé shì: why?何事：为什么。
梧桐半死wú tóng bàn sǐ: wú tóng bàn sǐ: the tung tree is half dead. Tung trees were often used to stand for husband and wife, so half dead means one of the pair is gone.梧桐半死：梧桐树死了一半。古人常用梧桐比喻夫妻，半死就是夫妻中失去了一个。
清霜qīng shuāng: qīng shuāng: cold autumn frost.清霜：寒冷的秋霜。
鸳鸯yuān yāng: yuān yāng: mandarin ducks, water birds that stay in pairs, a symbol of a loving couple.鸳鸯：一种水鸟，常常雌雄成对，比喻恩爱的夫妻。
失伴shī bàn: shī bàn: to lose one's mate.失伴：失去了伴侣。
原上yuán shàng: yuán shàng: out on the open plain, where the grave lies.原上：原野上，这里指墓地所在的地方。
露初晞lù chū xī: lù chū xī: the dew on the grass has just dried. People once used quickly drying dew to stand for how short life is. Xī means to dry.露初晞：草上的露水刚刚被晒干。古人用露水很快干掉比喻人生短暂。晞，干。
旧栖jiù qī: jiù qī: the old home they shared.旧栖：从前两人一起住的地方。
新垄xīn lǒng: xīn lǒng: a new grave. Lǒng is the mound of earth over a grave.新垄：新坟。垄，坟墓上的土堆。
依依yī yī: yī yī: unwilling to part, lingering.依依：恋恋不舍的样子。
复fù: fù: again.复：再。
挑灯tiǎo dēng: tiǎo dēng: to lift the lamp wick so it burns brighter.挑灯：把灯芯挑起来，让灯更亮。

How to read it读音

重chóng: Here the character means once again, so it is read chóng, not zhòng.“重过”的“重”是“再一次”的意思，读 chóng，不读 zhòng。
挑tiǎo: Here the character means to lift the lamp wick so the light burns brighter, and is read tiǎo.“挑灯”是把灯芯挑起来，让灯更亮，“挑”读 tiǎo。

Background创作背景

This lyric mourns the poet's late wife. He Zhu's wife, of the Zhao family, lived with him in Suzhou and later died there. From the lyric we see she was hardworking and caring, mending his clothes late at night. Later, passing through Suzhou again, He Zhu thought about how they had come together but he had to leave alone, and he wrote this lyric. Accounts differ on the exact year. Like Su Shi's lyric for his own late wife, it is one of the best-known Song lyrics of mourning.

这是一首悼念亡妻的词。贺铸的妻子赵氏曾和他一起住在苏州，后来在苏州去世。从词里看，她勤劳体贴，常在深夜为他缝补衣服。后来贺铸重新经过苏州，想起和妻子一起来、却只有自己一个人回去，写下了这首词。具体写作年份说法不一。它和苏轼的《江城子·十年生死两茫茫》一样，是宋代有名的悼亡词。

The poet作者

He Zhu (1052–1125), courtesy name Fanghui, was a Northern Song lyric poet. He was a distant grandson in the family of Empress He, wife of the first Song emperor, and he married a woman of the imperial clan. He was tall with a bluish face, so people called him Ghost-Head He. His lyrics come in many styles, some bold and some tender. A famous line about rain in plum-ripening season earned him the nickname Plum He.

贺铸（1052—1125），字方回，北宋词人。他是宋太祖贺皇后的族孙，娶的是宗室的女子。他长得高大，脸色发青，人称“贺鬼头”。他的词风格多样，有豪放的，也有深情婉转的。《青玉案》里“梅子黄时雨”一句写得极好，人们又叫他“贺梅子”。

The mood意境

The first line says that the places are still there, but the person is gone, and everything has changed. The second line is a question: we came together, so why can we not go back together? It is a simple question with no answer, and it hurts to read. Then come two pictures: a tung tree half killed by frost, and a white-headed mandarin duck that has lost its mate. Both show the poet losing his wife in old age. The second half shows the grass on the grave and the dew that dries so fast, reminding us how short life is. The last two lines move us most. On the empty bed he hears the rain, and no one will ever again lift the lamp wick late at night to mend his clothes. He never describes what his wife looked like. He only shows her mending clothes, and all their love is in that small act.

第一句“重过阊门万事非”，景物还在，人却不在了，一切都变了样。第二句是一个问题：一同来的，为什么不能一同回去？问得很简单，却没有答案，读来让人心痛。接着用两个比喻：经霜半死的梧桐、白头失伴的鸳鸯，都是在说自己老来失去了妻子。下半首写坟上的青草和很快晒干的露水，提醒我们生命多么短暂。最后两句最打动人：空床上听着雨声，再也没有人深夜挑灯为他补衣了。词人没有写妻子长什么样，只写了一个补衣的小动作，夫妻之间的深情就全在里面了。