燕子樓 (I) (II) (唐)張仲素 (769-819)

Posted on April 14, 2010 by acyho

燕子樓 (I) (唐) 張仲素 (769-819)

樓上殘燈伴曉霜
獨眠人起合歡床
相思一夜情多少
地角天涯未是長

Swallow Pavilion (I) 江紹倫譯

The dying lamp flickers in the frosty dawn
A widow rises from her nuptial bed mourning on and on
How long is her grief through a sleepless night
Longer than the end of land and sky

燕子樓 (II) (唐) 張仲素 (769-819)

北邙松柏鎖愁煙
燕子樓中思悄然
自埋劍履歌塵散
紅袖香銷已十年

Swallow Pavilion (II) 江紹倫譯

Pines and cedars around his grave stand shrouded in smoke
In the Swallow Pavilion she mourns his death with no hope
Since the burial of his sword and cloak her songs had disappeared
The perfume on her dancing dress has faded for ten years

北邙; 山名，今河南洛陽東北，古貴人塚多在此。

乌夜啼* (南唐) 李煜

Posted on April 14, 2010 by YK 1965

林花谢了春红，
太匆匆，
无奈朝来寒雨晚来风。
胭脂泪，
留人醉，
几时重，
自是人生长恨水长东。

In the tune of “Crow Calling at Night”^*

Li Yu (937-978)

Translation by YK Chan 陈耀国译:

Flowers in the grove falling: gone is spring’s brilliance,

Too hastily and soon;

Chilling rain at morn and evening breeze bring helpless gloom.

Blood-rouge tears–

Bewildering but endeared,

When could there be recurrence?

Life-long regrets forever flow like a river thence.

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*又名《相见欢》、《秋夜月》、《上西楼》。This tune title is also known as

“Rendezvous Joy”, “Moonlit Fall Evening”, or “Ascending Western Block”.

《山中問答》__ 李白(701-762）

Posted on April 12, 2010 by acyho

問余何意栖碧山
笑而不答心自閑
桃花流水窅然去
别有天地非人間

Conversation in the Hills Li Bai (701-762) 江紹倫譯

I dwell in among green hills someone asks why
My mind at ease with a smile I give no reply
To watch the stream carrying peach blossoms pass my window by
This place is too wonderful for man it is a paradise

江村即事司空曙 (720-790)

Posted on April 11, 2010 by acyho

釣罷歸來不系船
江村月落正堪眠
縱然一夜風吹去
隻在蘆花淺水邊

Village by Riverside Sikong Shu (720-790) 江紹倫譯

Back from fishing I moor not my boat
‘Tis good time to sleep a low moon my hood
Even if the wind o’ernight blows my craft astray
It’ll be amid the reeds in the shallow waterways

http://www.zww.cn/baike/html/1/1276.shtml

古詩十九首之二

Posted on April 11, 2010 by acyho

青青河畔草
鬱鬱園中柳
盈盈樓上女
皎皎當窗牖
娥娥紅粉妝
纖纖出素手
昔為倡家女
今為蕩子夫
蕩子行不歸
空床難獨守

Nineteen Ancient Poems (II) anonymous 江紹倫譯

Green green is the grass by riverside
Lush lush the garden willows stand with pride
Fair fair is the maiden on the veranda up high
She appears by the window her skin so white
Pink pink is her dress bright as she stands
Stretching out gracefully her slender hands
Born from a mother in a low vocation
Now a wife of a loiterer with no fixed location
Away he wanders with no care for home
She grieves in her empty bed alone

“Nessun dorma” Giuseppe Adami (1878-1946) and Renato Simoni (1875-1952)

Posted on April 10, 2010 by YK 1965

Tenor aria from Puccini’s opera “Turandot”

This is Pavarotti’s signature aria. See him singing it in NYC, 14 Janurary 1980: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOfC9LfR3PI&feature=related

And in 1994 in Los Angeles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VATmgtmR5o4&NR=1

His last performance of this aria was at the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics opening ceremony’s ending: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0Sx5lbVlQA&NR=1

“不准任何人睡” (意) 阿當米与西蒙尼普词

莬蘭杜公主

普茨尼歌劇”莬兰杜”的男高音咏叹調

                                                                             Tr. YK Chan 陈耀国译
Nessun dorma! Nessun dorma!   不准任何人睡！不准任何人睡！
Tu pure, o, Principessa,                       你, 噢，纯诘的公主,
nella tua fredda stanza,                       在你寒冷的房间
guardi le stele                                              看着星星
che tremano d’amore                            在爱情
e di speranza.                                              及希望中颤抖。

Ma il mio mistero e chiuso in me, 但是我的秘密深鎖我身中，
il nome mio nessun saprá!                无人知道我的名字！
No, no, sulla tua bocca lo diró          不，不，我將在你的口上说出它
quando la luce splenderá!                  就是在天亮的时刻！

Ed il mio bacio sciogliera il silenzio 同时我的吻会打开靜寂
che ti fa mia! 使你归屬我！

(Coro: Il nome suo nessun saprá!. … (合唱：无人会知道他的名字！…
e noi dovrem, ahimé, morir) 而我们却不幸的死亡。)

Dilegua, o notte!                                                噢，黑夜，消失吧！
Tramontate, stelle!                                         星星，降落吧！
Tramontate, stelle!                                        星星，降落吧！
All’alba vinceró!                                               黎明时我将获胜！
vinceró, vinceró!                                            我将获胜！我将获胜！

古詩十九首之六

Posted on April 9, 2010 by acyho

涉江采芙蓉
蘭澤多芳草
采之欲遺誰
所思在遠道
還顧望舊鄉
長路漫浩浩
同心而離居
憂傷以終老

Nineteen Ancient Poems (VI) anonymous 江紹倫譯

I gather lotus blooms wading through the stream
Fragrant plants fill the orchid swamp in sweet beam
To whom I wish to present this beautiful bouquet
My love who is roaming far away
Towards my old village I turn my eyes
The way back there is far and wide
In separation our hearts are same as one
In grief we will console each other till we grow old

《浪淘沙》(南唐) 李煜

Posted on April 9, 2010 by YK 1965

南唐李后主

帘外雨潺潺，春意阑珊。
罗衾不耐五更寒。
梦里不知身是客，一晌贪欢。

独自莫凭栏，无限江山，
别时容易见时难。
流水落花春去也，天上人间。

In the Tune of “Waves Sifting Sand” Li Yu (937-978)

Tr. YK Chan 陈耀国译

Outside the curtain rain sprinkles: Spring is wearing off.

Silk bedding cannot fend off the fifth-watch chill.

Lost in dreamland I know not myself as a guest—indulging in pleasure for the moment.

I ought not to be alone looking out by the railings: boundless kingdom,

Parting is easy but returning is hard.

Water flowing, flowers dropping—spring’s gone, to homeland in heaven!

蝶戀花 (北宋) 周邦彥(1056-1121)

Posted on April 8, 2010 by acyho

月皎驚鳥栖不定
更漏将闌轤轆牽金井
喚起兩眸清炯炯
淚花落枕紅綿冷

執手霜風吹鬓影
去意徘徊别語愁難聽
樓上闌幹橫鬥柄
露寒人遠雞相應

Butterflies linger on flowers Zhou Bang Yan (1056-1121) 江紹倫譯

The nesting birds are unsettling in bright moonlight
The water-clock is about to drip out the night
As the windlass lifts water from the Well of Gold
I wake suddenly to see your staring eyes so bright
Your pillow is wet with tears now cold

I grasp your hands as the frosty breeze lifts your hair in flow
I loath to leave
Fearing to hear you say adieu
When the Plough appears beyond the railing upstairs
I’ll be far from here in the cold of dews
Only the cock’s crow will remain with you

清明 (唐) 杜牧*

Posted on April 3, 2010 by YK 1965

Qing Ming^** Du Mu (803-852)

清明时节雨纷纷，路上行人欲断魂。
借问酒家何处有，牧童遥指杏花村。

Tr. YK Chan 陈耀国译

Endless rain at Qing Ming^** Festival drizzling

A traveler’s haste on the road turns nerve-racking

Whereabouts a tavern may be found

To Apricot Blossom Village afar off a cowherd points

___________

* For a discussion of the authorship of this poem, see http://tv.sohu.com/20100402/n271287421.shtml

^**Literally meaning “Clear Brightness”, a festival on the 15th day after spring solstice for traditional visit of ancestral graves.

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燕子樓 (I) (II) (唐)張仲素 (769-819)

乌夜啼* (南唐) 李煜

《山中問答》__ 李白(701-762）

江村即事司空曙 (720-790)

古詩十九首之二

“Nessun dorma” Giuseppe Adami (1878-1946) and Renato Simoni (1875-1952)

古詩十九首之六

《浪淘沙》(南唐) 李煜

帘外雨潺潺，春意阑珊。
罗衾不耐五更寒。
梦里不知身是客，一晌贪欢。

独自莫凭栏，无限江山，
别时容易见时难。
流水落花春去也，天上人间。

蝶戀花 (北宋) 周邦彥(1056-1121)

清明 (唐) 杜牧*

Qing Ming^** Du Mu (803-852)

清明时节雨纷纷，路上行人欲断魂。
借问酒家何处有，牧童遥指杏花村。

Endless rain at Qing Ming^** Festival drizzling

A traveler’s haste on the road turns nerve-racking

Whereabouts a tavern may be found

To Apricot Blossom Village afar off a cowherd points

___________

帘外雨潺潺，春意阑珊。 罗衾不耐五更寒。 梦里不知身是客，一晌贪欢。

独自莫凭栏，无限江山， 别时容易见时难。 流水落花春去也，天上人间。

Qing Ming** Du Mu (803-852)

清明时节雨纷纷，路上行人欲断魂。 借问酒家何处有，牧童遥指杏花村。

Endless rain at Qing Ming** Festival drizzling

A traveler’s haste on the road turns nerve-racking

Whereabouts a tavern may be found

To Apricot Blossom Village afar off a cowherd points

___________

帘外雨潺潺，春意阑珊。
罗衾不耐五更寒。
梦里不知身是客，一晌贪欢。

独自莫凭栏，无限江山，
别时容易见时难。
流水落花春去也，天上人间。

Qing Ming^** Du Mu (803-852)

清明时节雨纷纷，路上行人欲断魂。
借问酒家何处有，牧童遥指杏花村。

Endless rain at Qing Ming^** Festival drizzling