Song lyric · ci to the tune Zhu Ying Yao Hong, 96 characters in two stanzas宋词 · 词，词牌《烛影摇红》，双调九十六字

zhú烛yǐng影yáo摇hóng红·tí题ān安lù陆fú浮yún云lóu楼

liào廖shì世měi美Liao Shimei · Song宋

Zhu Ying Yao Hong: Written on the Floating Cloud Tower at Anlu

ǎi霭ǎi霭chūn春kōng空

huà画lóu楼sēn森sǒng耸líng凌yún云zhǔ渚

zǐ紫wēi薇dēng登lǎn览zuì最guān关qíng情

jué绝miào妙kuā夸néng能fù赋

chóu惆chàng怅xiāng相sī思chí迟mù暮

jì记dāng当rì日zhū朱lán阑gòng共yǔ语

sài塞hóng鸿nán难wèn问

àn岸liǔ柳hé何qióng穷

bié别chóu愁fēn纷xù絮

cuī催cù促nián年guāng光

jiù旧lái来liú流shuǐ水zhī知hé何chù处

duàn断cháng肠hé何bì必gèng更cán残yáng阳

jí极mù目shāng伤píng平chǔ楚

wǎn晚jì霁bō波shēng声dài带yǔ雨

qiǎo悄wú无rén人zhōu舟héng横yě野dù渡

shù数fēng峰jiāng江shàng上

fāng芳cǎo草tiān天yá涯

cēn参cī差yān烟shù树

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 only the tune name. The common text adds the title "Written on the Floating Cloud Tower at Anlu". The words of the poem are the same.

语料库只题词牌《烛影摇红》，通行本有题目“题安陆浮云楼”。正文相同。

Line by line逐句翻译

霭霭春空The spring sky is thick with haze.春天的天空云气迷蒙，
画楼森耸凌云渚The painted tower stands tall by the water, rising into the clouds.彩绘的高楼耸立在水边，高入云霄。
紫薇登览最关情Long ago Du Mu climbed it and looked far, deeply moved,当年杜牧登楼远望，最是动情，
绝妙夸能赋and wrote a wonderful poem that everyone praised.写下绝妙的诗，人人夸他有才。
惆怅相思迟暮Now it is late, I am growing old, and only sad longing remains.可惜如今天色已晚，人也老了，只剩相思惆怅。
记当日朱阑共语I still remember that day when we talked together by the red railings.还记得当日在红栏杆边一起说话。
塞鸿难问It is hard to ask the frontier geese to carry word;边塞飞来的大雁，难以托它问讯；
岸柳何穷the willows on the bank go on without end;岸边的柳树绵延不尽，
别愁纷絮and the sorrow of parting is as tangled as flying willow fluff.离别的愁绪像柳絮一样纷乱。
催促年光Time hurries me along.时光催人老去，
旧来流水知何处Where has the water of the past flowed to now?从前的流水，如今流到哪里去了？
断肠何必更残阳My heart is already broken; why add the setting sun as well?已经伤心到极点，何必再加上一抹夕阳；
极目伤平楚Looking as far as I can, the flat sea of treetops only saddens me more.放眼望去，一片平平的树梢更让人伤感。
晚霁波声带雨The evening clears after rain, yet the sound of the waves still carries the rain.傍晚雨停天晴，水波声里还带着雨意。
悄无人舟横野渡All is still, not a person in sight, only a boat lying across the wild ferry crossing.静悄悄没有一个人，只有小船横在野外的渡口。
数峰江上A few peaks rise above the river,江上露出几座山峰，
芳草天涯green grass reaches the edge of the sky,青草一直长到天边，
参差烟树and far trees stand uneven in the mist.远处的树在烟雾中高高低低。

Words字词注释

霭霭ǎi ǎi: ǎi ǎi: thick and hazy with clouds and mist.霭霭：云气很浓、迷迷蒙蒙的样子。
画楼huà lóu: huà lóu: a painted tower, here the Floating Cloud Tower at Anlu.画楼：雕梁画栋的楼，这里指安陆的浮云楼。
森耸sēn sǒng: sēn sǒng: standing tall and steep.森耸：高高地耸立着。
凌云渚líng yún zhǔ: líng yún zhǔ: rising above the clouds beside the water. Líng yún means reaching the clouds; zhǔ is a small island or shore.凌云渚：高过云层，立在水边。凌云，高入云霄；渚，水中的小块陆地或水边。
紫薇zǐ wēi: zǐ wēi: the Tang poet Du Mu. He once held a post nicknamed "purple star secretary", so people called him Du Ziwei. He climbed this tower and wrote a poem there.紫薇：指唐代诗人杜牧。杜牧做过中书舍人，这个官又叫“紫微舍人”，所以后人叫他“杜紫微”。他登过这座楼，写过一首诗。
登览dēng lǎn: dēng lǎn: to climb high and look far.登览：登高远望。
关情guān qíng: guān qíng: to stir the feelings.关情：牵动感情，让人动心。
绝妙夸能赋jué miào kuā néng fù: jué miào kuā néng fù: Du Mu's poem was wonderful, and everyone praised his gift for writing. Fù here means to write a poem.绝妙夸能赋：杜牧写的那首诗好极了，人人夸他会作诗。赋，作诗。
迟暮chí mù: chí mù: late in the day, and also late in life.迟暮：天色晚了，也指人老了。
朱阑zhū lán: zhū lán: red railings.朱阑：红色的栏杆。阑，同“栏”。
共语gòng yǔ: gòng yǔ: talking together. Du Mu's poem has a line about leaning on the red railings and talking together, and this line borrows it.共语：一起说话。杜牧那首诗里有“同倚朱栏语”，这里借用了它。
塞鸿sài hóng: sài hóng: wild geese from the frontier. People in old times said geese could carry letters.塞鸿：从边塞飞来的大雁。古人说大雁能传信。
何穷hé qióng: hé qióng: where is the end? It seems endless.何穷：哪有尽头。
纷絮fēn xù: fēn xù: tangled like willow fluff flying everywhere.纷絮：像乱飞的柳絮一样纷乱。
年光nián guāng: nián guāng: the years, the passing time.年光：时光，年华。
旧来jiù lái: jiù lái: in the past.旧来：从前，过去。
断肠duàn cháng: duàn cháng: heartbroken, as if one's insides were torn apart.断肠：伤心到极点，好像肠子都断了。
更gèng: gèng: on top of that, adding.更：再加上。
残阳cán yáng: cán yáng: the sun about to set.残阳：快要落山的太阳。
极目jí mù: jí mù: to look as far as the eye can reach.极目：尽力向远处看。
平楚píng chǔ: píng chǔ: seen from high up, the treetops spread out flat like a plain. Chǔ means a thicket of trees.平楚：从高处往下看，一片平平的树梢，像平原一样。楚，丛生的树木。
晚霁wǎn jì: wǎn jì: the rain stops and the sky clears in the evening.晚霁：傍晚雨停了，天晴了。
野渡yě dù: yě dù: a lonely ferry crossing in the wild. This line borrows from the Tang poet Wei Yingwu: at the wild crossing no one is there, and the boat lies across the water by itself.野渡：荒野里的渡口。这句化用了唐代韦应物的诗句“野渡无人舟自横”。
数峰shù fēng: shù fēng: a few mountain peaks.数峰：几座山峰。
芳草天涯fāng cǎo tiān yá: fāng cǎo tiān yá: green grass stretching to the edge of the sky. In old poems such grass often brings to mind parting and someone far away.芳草天涯：青草一直长到天边。古诗里芳草常让人想到离别和远方的人。
参差cēn cī: cēn cī: uneven, some high and some low.参差：高高低低、不整齐的样子。
烟树yān shù: yān shù: trees veiled in mist.烟树：笼罩在烟雾里的树。

How to read it读音

塞sài: Here this character means the frontier, so it is read sài.“塞鸿”的“塞”指边塞，读 sài。
悄qiǎo: Here this character is read qiǎo, meaning still and silent.“悄无人”的“悄”读 qiǎo，意思是静悄悄的。

Background创作背景

Anlu is today's Anlu in Hubei. In Tang and Song times it was called Anzhou, and it had a tower called the Floating Cloud Tower. The Tang poet Du Mu once came here and wrote a poem on the tower for a friend in Huzhou. It has a line about leaning on the red railings and talking together. Later Liao Shimei climbed the same tower. He thought of Du Mu's poem and of his own time here with someone dear, and wrote this ci. The year it was written cannot be fixed.

安陆就是今天湖北的安陆，唐宋时叫安州，城里有一座浮云楼。唐代诗人杜牧到过这里，写过《题安州浮云寺楼寄湖州张郎中》，诗里有“同倚朱栏语”的句子。廖世美后来登上这座楼，想起杜牧的诗，也想起自己从前和亲友在这里的相聚，写下这首词。具体写在哪一年，已经无法确定。

The poet作者

Liao Shimei was a Song ci poet. Almost nothing is recorded about his life. Even his dates and his home town are unknown. Only a very few of his ci survive. This one was chosen for Three Hundred Song Ci and became his best-known work.

廖世美是宋代词人，生平事迹几乎没有留下记载，连生卒年和籍贯都不清楚。他流传下来的词只有很少几首，这首《烛影摇红》被选进《宋词三百首》，成了他最有名的作品。

The mood意境

The first stanza begins with the tower: a hazy spring sky and a building that reaches the clouds. Then, through Du Mu climbing it long ago, the poet slips into his own memory of talking by the red railings. That person is gone. Even the geese cannot carry a letter. He sees only endless willows, and his sorrow flies about like willow fluff. The second stanza is about time passing: who knows where the old water has flowed? The line about the setting sun is clever: his heart is already broken, and the sunset still adds one more stroke. The ending is a quiet painting. The rain has stopped, the waves still sound wet, the ferry has no one, only a boat lying across. A few peaks, grass to the sky, trees uneven in mist. The sadness is never named, yet it fills the whole empty scene.

上片从楼写起：春空迷蒙，高楼入云。接着借杜牧当年登楼作诗，带出自己“记当日、朱阑共语”的回忆。人已不在身边，想托大雁带信也难，只见岸边柳树看不到头，离愁像柳絮一样乱飞。下片写时光流逝，从前的流水已不知流到哪里。“断肠何必更残阳”说得很妙：心已经碎了，夕阳偏偏还要来添一笔。最后几句是一幅安静的画：雨后晚晴，波声带雨，渡口没有人，只有一只小船横着；远山几座，芳草连天，烟中的树高高低低。愁没有直接说出来，却全在这片空旷的景色里。