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zhè鹧gū鸪tiān天·zuì醉pāi拍chūn春shān衫xī惜jiù旧xiāng香

yàn晏jǐ几dào道Yan Jidao · Song宋

Partridge Sky: Drunk, I Pat My Spring Robe and Treasure Its Old Scent

zuì醉pāi拍chūn春shān衫xī惜jiù旧xiāng香

tiān天jiāng将lí离hèn恨nǎo恼shū疏kuáng狂

nián年nián年mò陌shàng上shēng生qiū秋cǎo草

rì日rì日lóu楼zhōng中dào到xī夕yáng阳

yún云miǎo渺miǎo渺

shuǐ水máng茫máng茫

zhēng征rén人guī归lù路xǔ许duō多cháng长

xiāng相sī思běn本shì是wú无píng凭yǔ语

mò莫xiàng向huā花jiān笺fèi费lèi泪háng行

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。

Line by line逐句翻译

醉拍春衫惜旧香Drunk, I pat my spring robe and treasure the old scent still on it.醉中拍着春衫，珍惜上面留下的旧日香气，
天将离恨恼疏狂Heaven uses the pain of parting to torment a free and wild man like me.老天偏用离别的痛苦来折磨我这个疏狂的人。
年年陌上生秋草Year after year, autumn grass grows by the road,年年路边都长出秋天的野草，
日日楼中到夕阳and day after day I wait in the tower until the sun sets.天天在楼上从早望到夕阳西下。
云渺渺The clouds are far and faint,云远远的，
水茫茫the waters wide and endless,水茫茫的，
征人归路许多长and the road home for the one far away is so very long.远行的人回家的路是那么长。
相思本是无凭语Longing is only words, with nothing to hold on to,相思本来就是没有凭据的话，
莫向花笺费泪行so do not waste more lines of tears on the flowered letter paper.不要再对着信纸白白流泪了。

Words字词注释

春衫chūn shān: chūn shān: a light robe worn in spring.春衫：春天穿的薄衣服。
惜旧香xī jiù xiāng: xī jiù xiāng: to treasure the old scent left on the robe, which brings back happy times.惜旧香：珍惜衣服上留下的旧日香气，那香气让人想起过去的欢聚。
将jiāng: jiāng: to take, to use.将：拿、用。
离恨lí hèn: lí hèn: the pain of parting.离恨：离别的痛苦。
恼nǎo: nǎo: to torment, to trouble.恼：使人烦恼、折磨。
疏狂shū kuáng: shū kuáng: free and wild, not bound by rules; here it means the poet himself.疏狂：放纵不拘、不受约束，这里指词人自己。
陌上mò shàng: mò shàng: by the road. Mò is a path between fields.陌上：路边。陌，田间小路。
渺渺miǎo miǎo: miǎo miǎo: so far away it looks faint.渺渺：远得看不清的样子。
茫茫máng máng: máng máng: wide and endless, with no edge in sight.茫茫：又宽又远、望不到边的样子。
征人zhēng rén: zhēng rén: someone who has gone far away on a journey.征人：远行在外的人。
许多长xǔ duō cháng: xǔ duō cháng: so very long.许多长：那么长。
无凭语wú píng yǔ: wú píng yǔ: words with nothing behind them, words you cannot rely on.无凭语：没有凭据、靠不住的话。
花笺huā jiān: huā jiān: fine letter paper printed with flowers.花笺：印着花纹的精美信纸。
费泪行fèi lèi háng: fèi lèi háng: to waste line after line of tears.费泪行：白白流下一行行眼泪。

How to read it读音

将jiāng: Here the character means to take or use, and is read jiāng.“天将离恨”的“将”是“拿、用”的意思，读 jiāng。
长cháng: Here the character means long, so it is read cháng, not zhǎng.“许多长”的“长”是长短的长，读 cháng，不读 zhǎng。
行háng: Here the character means a line, as in lines of tears, so it is read háng, not xíng.“泪行”是一行一行的眼泪，“行”读 háng，不读 xíng。

Background创作背景

This lyric is about longing after a parting. We do not know when it was written or for whom. When young, Yan Jidao often drank and listened to songs with friends. Later his family declined, his friends scattered, and those happy days never came back. His lyrics often miss old friends and old times. This one starts from a spring robe that still holds an old scent, and goes on to years and days of waiting and hoping.

这首词写离别以后的相思，具体写作时间和写给谁都不清楚。晏几道年轻时常和朋友饮酒听歌，后来家道衰落，朋友离散，那些欢聚的日子再也回不来了。他的词里常常写对旧人旧事的怀念。这首词从一件留着旧香的春衫写起，写年年月月的等待和盼望。

The poet作者

Yan Jidao (about 1038–1110), also called Xiaoshan, was the seventh son of Yan Shu. He was born rich but was no good at an official career and would not flatter the powerful, so he was poor in later life. He cared deeply about people, and his lyrics are mostly about longing and parting, in clear and sincere words. His friend Huang Tingjian said he was foolish in several ways, and this foolish devotion is what made his lyrics so good.

晏几道（约1038—1110），号小山，晏殊的第七个儿子。他出身富贵，却不会做官，也不肯讨好权贵，晚年生活贫困。他一生重感情，词多写相思和离别，语言清丽，感情真挚。黄庭坚说他有几种“痴”，正是这种痴情成就了他的词。

The mood意境

The opening gesture paints a clear picture. Drunk, the speaker pats a spring robe. The old scent is still on it, but the person is gone. The two lines with year after year and day after day are a neat pair. One shows the years going by, the other shows someone waiting in the tower each day until sunset. The second half uses two short lines, far-off clouds and endless water, to make the view wide and empty, so the road home for the traveler feels even longer. The last two lines sound like the speaker talking to themselves: longing is only empty words, so stop crying over letters. Yet the more they say it, the more we see they cannot let go.

开头一个小动作很有画面感：喝醉了，拍拍春衫，衣服上还留着旧日的香气，人却已经不在身边。“年年”“日日”两句对得工整，一句写时间一年年过去，一句写人一天天在楼上等，等到夕阳西下。下半首用“云渺渺，水茫茫”两个短句，把眼前拉得又远又空，远行的人回家的路就更显得漫长。最后两句好像是自己劝自己：相思说到底是空话，别再对着信纸流泪了。可越是这样劝，越能看出他放不下。