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zhè鹧gū鸪tiān天·yuán元xī夕yǒu有suǒ所mèng梦

jiāng姜kuí夔Jiang Kui · Song宋

Partridge Sky: A Dream on the Night of the Lantern Festival

féi肥shuǐ水dōng东liú流wú无jìn尽qī期

dāng当chū初bù不hé合zhòng种xiāng相sī思

mèng梦zhōng中wèi未bǐ比dān丹qīng青jiàn见

àn暗lǐ里hū忽jīng惊shān山niǎo鸟tí啼

chūn春wèi未lǜ绿

bìn鬓xiān先sī丝

rén人jiān间bié别jiǔ久bù不chéng成bēi悲

shuí谁jiào教suì岁suì岁hóng红lián莲yè夜

liǎng两chù处chén沉yín吟gè各zì自zhī知

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 writes the chén in the last line with an older form of the character; here it uses the common modern form. The source gives no subtitle; the commonly taught text adds A Dream on the Night of the Lantern Festival.

底本末句作“两处沈吟”。“沈”是“沉”的古写法，这里按通行写法作“沉”。底本没有题目，通行本题作“元夕有所梦”。

Line by line逐句翻译

肥水东流无尽期The Fei River flows east and never ends.肥水向东流去，永远没有尽头，
当初不合种相思I should never have planted this seed of longing.当初真不该种下这份相思。
梦中未比丹青见In my dream you were less clear than a painted portrait,梦里见到的你，还比不上画像清楚，
暗里忽惊山鸟啼and in the dark a mountain bird's cry suddenly woke me.昏暗中，忽然被山鸟的叫声惊醒。
春未绿Spring has not yet turned green,春天还没变绿，
鬓先丝but my temples have already turned white.我的鬓发却已经白了。
人间别久不成悲Apart so long in this world, even my sorrow has gone numb.在人间分别得太久，连悲伤都麻木了。
谁教岁岁红莲夜Who made it so that every year, on the night of the lotus lanterns,是谁让我们每年到了元宵灯夜，
两处沉吟各自知in two places we each brood in silence, and only we ourselves know?在两个地方各自默默想念，只有自己知道？

Words字词注释

肥水féi shuǐ: féi shuǐ: the Fei River, which flows past today's Hefei in Anhui.肥水：河名，流经今天的安徽合肥。
无尽期wú jìn qī: wú jìn qī: with no end in time.无尽期：没有尽头的时候。
不合bù hé: bù hé: should not have.不合：不应该。
种相思zhòng xiāng sī: zhòng xiāng sī: to plant the seed of longing, that is, to fall in love.种相思：种下相思的种子，就是爱上了一个人。
未比wèi bǐ: wèi bǐ: not as good as.未比：比不上。
丹青dān qīng: dān qīng: red and blue-green paints, meaning a painted portrait.丹青：红色和青色的颜料，指画像。
暗里àn lǐ: àn lǐ: in the dark, in the dim haze of the dream.暗里：黑暗中，也指梦里模模糊糊的时候。
惊山鸟啼jīng shān niǎo tí: jīng shān niǎo tí: startled awake by the cry of a mountain bird.惊山鸟啼：被山鸟的叫声惊醒。
鬓bìn: bìn: the hair at the temples, in front of the ears.鬓：耳朵前面的头发。
丝sī: sī: white silk, meaning the hair has turned white.丝：白丝，指头发变白了。
不成悲bù chéng bēi: bù chéng bēi: after so long apart, even sorrow goes numb and tears will not come.不成悲：分别太久，连悲伤都麻木了，哭不出来。
教jiào: jiào: to make, to let.教：使、让。
红莲夜hóng lián yè: hóng lián yè: the night of the Lantern Festival, when many lanterns were shaped like red lotuses.红莲夜：元宵节的夜晚。那时挂的花灯很多做成红莲花的样子。
两处liǎng chù: liǎng chù: two places; he and she, each in a different place.两处：两个地方，指他和她各在一方。
沉吟chén yín: chén yín: to brood quietly.沉吟：默默地想心事。

How to read it读音

种zhòng: Here the character means to plant, so it is read zhòng, not zhǒng.“种相思”的“种”是种下的意思，读 zhòng，不读 zhǒng。
教jiào: Here the character means to make or let, and is usually read jiào today. The meter wants a level tone here, so some readers say jiāo.“谁教”的“教”是“使、让”的意思，现在一般读 jiào。按词的格律这里要用平声，所以也有人读 jiāo。

Background创作背景

This lyric was written at the Lantern Festival of 1197. The subtitle means a dream on the Lantern Festival night. As a young man, Jiang Kui met a woman in Hefei. They loved each other deeply, but they had to part and were never together again. Scholars believe several of his lyrics were written in memory of her. That year, on the festival night, he dreamed of her, and when he woke he wrote this lyric.

这首词写于宋宁宗庆元三年（1197年）的元宵节。题目“元夕有所梦”，就是元宵节夜里做了一个梦。姜夔年轻时在合肥认识了一位女子，两人感情很深，后来却不得不分开，再也没能团聚。据学者考证，他有好几首词都是怀念这位女子的。这一年元宵，他梦见了她，醒来后写下这首词。

The poet作者

Jiang Kui (about 1155–about 1221), who called himself the Daoist of White Stone, was a Southern Song lyric poet and also a musician. He never held office; he lived on help from friends and moved from place to place. He knew music well and could write his own tunes and then the words, and some of his scores survive. His lyrics are cool, airy and carefully worded. The ones that remember his love in Hefei are especially tender.

姜夔（约1155—约1221），号白石道人，南宋词人，也是音乐家。他一生没有做官，靠朋友接济，四处漂泊。他精通音乐，能自己作曲再填词，有些词还留下了曲谱。他的词清冷空灵，用字讲究，怀念合肥那段恋情的作品写得尤其深情。

The mood意境

The first line compares longing to the Fei River: the water flows east without end, and so does the longing. The second line says he should never have fallen in love. It sounds like regret, but it is the angry talk of someone who loves too much. In the dream he sees her, but only dimly, less clearly than a painting, and then a mountain bird wakes him, so even that faint meeting is lost. The second half says he has grown old: spring is not yet green, but his hair is already white. The line about sorrow going numb is the saddest. It is not that he does not grieve; they have been apart so long that the grief is past tears. At the end, every Lantern Festival night, two people in two places think of each other, and only they know. The lively festival makes them feel even more alone.

第一句用肥水作比：河水东流没有尽头，相思也没有尽头。第二句说“当初不合种相思”，好像在后悔，其实是爱得太深才说气话。梦里见到她，却模模糊糊，还不如一张画像，偏偏又被山鸟叫醒，连这一点模糊的相见也没了。下半首写自己老了：春天还没绿，头发先白了。“人间别久不成悲”最让人心酸：不是不悲伤，而是分别太久，伤心得哭都哭不出来。最后写每年元宵灯夜，两个人在两个地方各自想念，只有自己知道，热闹的节日更显得孤单。