《Tune: Silky Sand Brook》Ouyang Xu
堤上游人逐畫船 People on the dyke follow the ornate boat
拍堤春水四垂天 Spring tides caress the shore their froths unfold
綠楊樓外出鞦韆 From outside the green wall a swing occasionally shows Continue reading
《和梅公儀嘗建茶》歐陽修(1007-1072) 《Tasting Tea from Fujian》Ouyang Xiu
溪山擊鼓助雷驚 They roll drums at Qi Hill to wake up the tea trees
逗曉靈芽發翠莖 Before daybreak they pick tender stems and leaves
摘處兩旗香可愛 Where buds open to two leaves their fragrance protrude
貢來雙鳳品尤精 Tea for the Emperor are marked with phoenix images true Continue reading
夢中作 北宋 歐陽修(1007~1086)
夜涼吹笛千山月 路暗迷人百種花 棋罷不知人換世 酒闌無奈客思家
Written in My Dream Ouyang Xiu
My flute tunes invite the moon to shine on a thousand hills
The roads a maze with hundreds of flowers bloom in goodwill
Whence our chess game ends the world has changed we know it not
Drinking in leisure does not keep me from pining for home a lot
對棋與道源至草堂寺 宋 王安石(1021~1086) Continue reading
候館梅殘 溪橋柳細 草薰風暖搖征轡
離愁漸遠漸無窮 迢迢不斷如春水
寸寸柔腸 盈盈粉淚 樓高莫近危闌倚
平蕪盡處是春山 行人更在春山外
Tune: Treading On Grass Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072) 江紹倫譯
Mume blossoms by the roadside are fading
Willow trees near the small bridge greening
Amid warm air and fragrant grass a rider is set to go
The farther he roams the heavier his parting grief grows
On and on like torrents in the spring river flow
Tender guts hurt inch by inch
On her teary face longing eyes are locked in
Against the railing up high she must not lean
To the end of the plain lies the spring hills
Her rider husband is already beyond her view
輕舟短棹西湖好
綠水逶迤
芳草長堤
隐隐笙歌處處随
無風水面琉璃滑
不覺船移
微動漣漪
驚起沙禽掠岸飛
Tune: Picking Mulberries Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072) 江紹倫譯
On a light boat pedaled by short oars the West Lake is fair
Crystal water white and clear
Beyond the blue grass appears the long dike
Light music echoes hitter and thither delight
Smooth as a mirror is the lake when no breeze blowing
One feels the boat not moving
Ripples their shimmering flare
Frightened water birds skim over the winding shore
群芳過後西湖好
狼籍殘紅
飛絮蒙蒙
垂柳欄幹盡日風
笙歌散盡遊人去
始覺春空
垂下簾右櫳
雙燕歸來細雨中
Tune: Picking Mulberries Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072) 江紹倫譯
Rid of colourful flowers the West Lake stays fair
Scattered red petals everywhere
Catkins fill the air like a mist veil
Wavy willows along rails invite breezes all day
Music and singers gone with visitors
Feeling spring empty
I lower the blinds in vain
A pair of swallows appear returning in drizzling rain
Tune: “Hawthorn Fruit” Zhu Shuzhen* (ca. 1135-1180 CE)
Tr. YK Chan 陳耀國譯
去年元夜时， Last year at Lantern Festival night
花市灯如昼。 Flower mart was lit bright as daylight.
月上柳梢头， To willow top the moon rising up
人约黄昏后。 I met my rendezvous after dusk.
今年元夜时， This year at Lantern Festival night
月与灯依旧。 There still are the same old moon and lights.
不见去年人， Last year’s rendezvous not in sight
泪湿春衫袖。 My sleeves soaked wet by tears I fight.
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*一作【宋】欧阳修. Some regard Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072 CE) as the author of this ci.
庭院深深深幾許，楊柳堆煙，簾幕無重數。
玉勒雕鞍遊冶處，樓高不見章台路。
雨橫風狂三月暮，門掩黃昏，無計留春住。
淚眼問花花不語，亂紅飛過秋千去。
Tune: Butterfly linger flower tr By S L Kong
Deep deep the mansion and courtyards so deep
Veiled by countless willows waving smoke-like screens
Where her master is roaming on jade saddles and bridles she knows not
Standing in her balcony she seeks his whereabouts seeing naught
Fury gusts and pours rage the late spring dusk
She closed all windows and doors to shut out the evening
But spring stays in her feelings like a vane
Tearfully she asks flowers what to do flowers answer not
Only a flurry of pink petals fly her by past the swing