《宋词100首》汉译英 1

《宋词100首》

 

宋德利译

 

 

 

    宋词是中国古代文学皇冠上光辉夺目的一颗巨钻，在古代文学的阆苑里，她是一块芬芳绚丽的园圃。她以姹紫嫣红、千姿百态的丰神，与唐诗争奇，与元曲斗妍，历来与唐诗并称双绝，都代表一代文学之胜。远从《诗经》、《楚辞》及《汉魏六朝诗歌》里汲取营养，又为后来的明清对剧小说输送了有机成分。直到今天，她仍在陶冶着人们的情操，给我们带来很高的艺术享受。

 

 

1. 宴山亭

 

赵佶

 

 

裁剪冰绡，

轻叠数重，

淡着燕脂匀注。

新样靓妆，

艳溢香融，

羞杀蕊珠宫女。

易得凋零，

更多少、

无情风雨。

愁苦，

问院落凄凉，

几番春暮？

 

凭寄离恨重重，

这双燕何曾，

会人言语？

天遥地远，

万水千山，

知他故宫何处？

怎不思量？

除梦里有时曾去。

无据，

和梦也新来不做。

 

 

Tune：Yanshan Pavilion

 

Zhao Ji

 

White silk is beautifully cut,

And folded several times,

Thin rouge evenly spreads over.

Wearing fashionable dress,

With beauty and fragrance melt
together,

Facing this, maids in imperial
palace feel ashamed.

Beauty is easy to wither,

Let alone,

It has to go thru boundless
coldness.

Feeling distressed,

They ask dreary yard：

How many late springs have passed?

 

Who can help send out
melancholy grievance,

How can this pair of swallows

Understand human's words?

Heaven is distant and earth is
far,

Separated by a myriad of rivers
and ten thousand hills,

Who knows where the palace is
located?

How can't I think?

I once went there only in
dream.

Yet now difficult to have a
dream,

I'm too painful to fall asleep.

 

 

2. 采桑子

 

吕本中

 

恨君不似江楼月，

南北东西。

南北东西，

只有相随无别离。

恨君却似江楼月，

暂满还亏。

暂满还亏，

待得团圆是几时？

 

 

Tune: Picking
Mulberries

 

Lu Benzhong

 

I grieve you're unlike the moon
above the riverside building,

South, north, east and west.

South, north, east and west,

Only accompanying without
parting.

I grieve you're like the moon
above the riverside building,

Temporarily full but wane
again.

Temporarily full but wane
again,

 But when will reunion be coming?

 

 

3. 踏莎行

 

吕本中

 

雪似梅花，

梅花似雪。

似和不似都奇绝。

恼人风味阿谁知？

请君问取南楼月。

记得去年，

探梅时节。

老来旧事无人说。

为谁醉倒为谁醒？

到今犹恨轻离别。

 

 

Tune: Treading on
Grass

 

Lu Benzhong

 

Snow is like plum blossom,

Plum blossom is like snow.

Like or unlike, it's with
extreme wonder.

The boring feelings who knows?

Please ask the moon above the
southern tower.

I still remember

The season to appreciate plum
blossom last year.

No one talks about old things.

Be drunk and awaken for whom?

I still hate you since you
despised parting.

 

 

4. 鹧鸪天

 

建康上元作

 

赵鼎

 

客路那知岁序移，

忽惊春到小桃枝。

天涯海角悲凉地，

记得当年全盛时。

花弄影，

月流辉，

水精宫殿五云飞。

分明一觉华胥梦，

回首东风泪满衣。

 

Tune: Partridge Sky

 

Lantern Festival

 

Zhao Ding

 

Not realizing season passage on
journey,

I suddenly find spring has come
onto peach branches.

In this remote sad and dreary
place,

I still remember the then
flourishing times.

Flowers danced with shadows,

The moon gave out flowing
light,

Clouds flew over the crystal
palace.

Awakening from a beautiful
dream and turning around,

I have my clothes wetted with
tears in the east wind.

 

 

 

5.
忆王孙

 

春

 

李重元

 

萋萋芳草忆王孙，

柳外楼高空断魂。

杜宇声声不忍闻。

欲黄昏，

雨打梨花深闭门。

 

Tune: Recalling The
Prince

 

Spring

 

Li Chongyuan

 

 

 

Facing the green grass I recall
my prince friend,

On the lofty tower among
willows I lost my soul.

It makes me heartbreaking to
hear cuckoo's crying.

Dusk is approaching,

Rain blows pear blossom and I
have my door closed.

 

 

6. 忆王孙

 

夏

 

李重元

 

风蒲猎猎小池塘，

过雨荷花满院香。

沈李浮瓜冰雪凉。

竹方床，

针线慵拈午梦长。

 

Tune: Recalling The
Prince

 

Summer

 

Li Chongyuan

 

Breeze is blowing pampas grass
in the little pool,

After rain lotus spread
fragrance all over the yard.

Soaked in water, melons and
fruits are ice-snow-cool.

Lying in square bamboo bed,

Too tired to do needle work and
have a long noon dream instead.

 

7. 忆王孙

 

秋

 

李重元

 

飕飕风冷荻花秋，

明月斜侵独倚楼。

十二珠帘不上钩。

黯凝眸，

一点渔灯古渡头。

 

Tune: Recall The
Prince

 

Autumn

 

Li Chongyuan

 

Cold wind is blowing the autumn
rushes,

The bright moon declined westward and I lean on the chamber alone.

The twelve pearl curtains are
not held up with hooks.

Focusing my eyes upon the
distance place,

I see a fishing lantern at the
ancient ferry.

 

 

8. 忆王孙

 

冬

 

李重元

 

彤云风扫雪初晴，

天外孤鸿三两声。

独拥寒衾不忍听。

月笼明，

窗外梅花瘦影横。

 

Tune: Recall The
Prince

 

Winter

 

Li Chongyuan

 

Dark clouds and snow were blown
away by the wind and it just got clear,

The crying of two or three
swans came from the sky.

Feeling heart-broken and holding
cold quilt, I sat alone.

Bathed in bright moonlight,

Plum blossom cast a slim shade
outside the window.

 

 

9. 临江仙

 

夜登小阁，忆洛中旧游

 

陈与义

 

忆昔午桥桥上饮，

坐中多是豪英。

长沟流月去无声。

杏花疏影里，

吹笛到天明。

 

　　二十馀年如一梦，

此身虽在堪惊。

闲登小阁看新晴。

古今多少事，

渔唱起三更。

 

Tune: Daffodils By
The Riverside

 

Recall old friend

 

Chen Yuyi

 

I recall drinking on the bridge
at noon before,

There were mostly heroes among
friends.

Moon shade dropped onto the
quiet long flowing river.

Under the dim shade of apricot
flower,

We blew flute till dawn.

 

Over twenty years passed like a
dream,

I feel startled when thinking
I’m still alive.

I leisurely stepped onto the
little pavilion to enjoy the fine day.

Ancient or modern, there are so
many things,

They all turn into midnight
songs of fishing.

 

 

10. 满江红

 

自豫章阻风吴城山作

张元幹

春水迷天，

桃花浪、

几番风恶。

云乍起、

远山遮尽，

晚风还作。

绿卷芳洲生杜若，

数帆带雨烟中落。

傍向来沙嘴共停桡，

伤飘泊。

寒犹在，

衾偏薄。

肠欲断，

愁难著。

倚篷窗无寐，

引杯孤酌。

寒食清明都过却，

最怜轻负年时约。

想小楼、

终日望归舟，

人如削。

 

Tune: The Whole
River Red

 

Wind
blocks my way

 

Zhang Yuanqian

Spring water dims the heaven,

With peach blossom waves
roaring,

The wind runs wild time and
again.

Clouds appear suddenly,

Distant mountains are wholly
covered,

The night wind is still
blowing.

The islet is enveloped with
green grass,

Wetted by rain, several sails
fall down in the mist.

We always moored our boats at
the sand isle,

And fell distressed for our
wandering life.

 

Coldness still exists,

My quilt is a little bit thin.

With my heart going to break,

I cannot bear my grief.

Sleepless, leaning on the boat
window,

I hold a cup for drinks alone.

Cold Food Festival and Clear
and Ching Ming Festival all passed,

I feel ashamed to have broken
the appointment.

Missing the little building,

I look forward to the returning
boat all day,

The man is pining away.

 

11. 点绛唇

 

朱笠

 

流水泠泠，

断桥横路梅枝桠。

雪花飞下，

浑似江南画。

 

白璧清钱，

欲买春无价。

归来也，

风吹平野，

一点香随马。

 

Tune: Rouged Lips

 

Zhu Li

 

Sparkling water is flowing,

By the roadside broken bridge,
plum branches are swaying.

Snowflakes are flying down,

It looks like a picture
with beautiful south of Changjiang.

 

With white jade and copper
coins,

No one can buy the priceless
spring.

Returning,

I see the breeze blowing the
open fields,

Following the horse, a little
bit of fragrance is drifting.

 

 

12. 好事近

 

胡铨

 

富贵本无心，

何事故乡轻别？

空使猿惊鹤怨，

误薜萝风月。

　　囊锥刚要出头来，

不道甚时节。

欲驾巾车归去，

有豺狼当辙。

 

Tune: Good News Is
Coming

 

Hu Quan

 

Riches and honor are quite
immaterial to me,

But why do I leave home so
easily？

Monkeys and cranes don't
understand me,

So they complain me to leave
home and waist leisure time for nothing.

I want to serve my
homeland, 

But it is out of keeping with
the times.

I want to go living in
seclusion,

But my way is blocked by
wolves.

 

13. 小重山

 

岳飞

 

昨夜寒蛩不住鸣。

惊回千里梦，

已三更。

起来独自绕阶行。

人悄悄，

帘外月胧明。

 

白首为功名。

旧山松竹老，

阻归程。

欲将心事付瑶琴。

知音少，

弦断有谁听？

 

Tune: Small Mountains

 

Yue Fei

 

Crickets constantly cried last
night.

I returned into a thousand-mile
dream,

It was already midnight.

After getting up I walked
around the steps.

People kept quiet,

The moon was dim outside the
curtain.

 

For honor and rank I worked
till my hair got white.

Pines and bamboo in old
mountains already aged,

My way back was blocked.

I want to put my grief into
music.

But there are simply few bosom
friends,

Willing to listen to the sound
of my broken strings?

 

 

14. 满江红

 

岳飞

 

怒发冲冠，

凭阑处、

潇潇雨歇。

抬望眼、

仰天长啸，

壮怀激烈。

三十功名尘与土，

八千里路云和月。

莫等闲，

白了少年头，

空悲切。

 

靖康耻，

犹未雪；

臣子恨，

何时灭。

驾长车，

踏破贺兰山缺。

壮志饥餐胡虏肉，

笑谈渴饮匈奴血。

待从头、

收拾旧山河，

朝天阙。

 

Tune: The Whole
River Red

 

Yue Fei

 

Bristling with anger,

I leaned on the balustrade,

When rain stopped.

Looking up,

I cried to the air,

With lofty aspirations.

Thirty years of honor and rank
are equal to dust and earth,

The eight-thousand-mile way is
covered by clouds and moonlight.

Don't be easily waiting,

Till getting white hair when so
young,

And mournful for nothing.

 

The insult of Jingkang

Hasn't been avenged;

My hatred can be removed

In what time?

I'm willing to drive chariot,

Running thru Mt. Helan.

I'm determined to eat the
enemies' flesh when hungry,

And talk smilingly about
drinking the enemies' blood when thirsty.

When our old homeland

Is rebuilt,

I'll go to the capital
reporting victory. 

 

15. 长相思

 

游西湖

 

康与之

 

南高峰，

北高峰，

一片湖光烟霭中。

春来愁杀侬。



郎意浓，

妾意浓，

油壁车轻郎马骢。

相逢九里松。

 

Tune: Miss You

 

Visit the West Lake

 

Kang Yuzhi

 

The southern high peak,

The northern high peak,

The whole lake is enveloped in
mist.

The coming spring makes her
anxious.

 

Your affections are strong,

My affections are strong,

The chariot is light and your
piebald horse is beautiful.

 Let's meet in pines woods.

 

 

16. 阮郎归

 

曾觌

 

柳阴庭院占风光，

呢喃清昼长。

碧波新涨小池塘，

双双蹴水忙。

 

萍散漫，

絮飘飏，

轻盈体态狂。

为怜流去落红香，

衔将归画梁。

 

                        Tune: A Handsome Boy
Ruan Returning

 

Zeng Di

 

The willow yard is occupied by spring,

In the long day a pair of swallows are crying.

The little pond is overflowing with green waves,

The two birds are busily flying over the water surface.

 

Duckweed is spreading over,

Willow catkin is dancing,

lightly and gracefully but madly.

Pity for the falling flowers,

The swallows take them onto the roof beam.

 

 17. 长相思令

 

吴淑姬

 

烟霏霏，

雨霏霏，

雪向梅花枝上堆，

春从何处回！

 

醉眼开，

睡眼开，

疏影横斜安在哉？

从教塞管催！

 

Tune: Long Song Of Missing You

 

Wu Shuji

 

Mist
is drifting thick and fast,

Rain
is falling thick and fast.

Snow
is piling onto plum branch and blossom,

Where
does spring comes from?

 

Drunken
eyes are open,

Sleepy
eyes are open,

Where
are the plum blossoms?

Let
the Mongol flute blow them off!

 

 

18. 露天晓角

 

韩元吉

 

倚天绝壁，

直下江千尺。

天际两蛾凝黛，

愁与恨，

几时极？

 

暮潮风正急，

酒醒闻塞笛。

试问谪仙何处？

青山外，

远烟碧。

 

Tune: Morning Horn

 

Hang
Yuanji

 

From the
bold cliff，

The
river is pouring down a thousand li.

The two
mountains seem to be two beauties with brows knitted,

When
will their anxiety and hatred

Will be
removed?

 

Evening
tide is surging in strong wind,

Awaking
from drunken sleep, I heard Mongol
flute.

I'd
like to ask where Li Bai is now?

Beyond
the green mountains,

In the
distant white mist.

 

19. 减字木兰花

 

春怨

 

朱淑真

 

独行独坐，

独唱独酬还独卧。

伫立伤神，

无奈轻寒着摸人。

此情谁见，

泪洗残妆无一半。

愁病相仍，

剔尽寒灯梦不成。

 

Tune: Shortened
Form Of Lily Magnolia Flowers

 

Spring resentment

 

Zhu Shuzhen

 

Walk alone, sit alone,

Sing alone, drink alone, lie
alone.

Stand
a long time, nerve-racking,

Suffering
light coldness, I can do nothing.

Who
can see this sort of feelings?

Tears
washed my makeup,

Less
than half is left.

With
anxiety and illness following,

Lamp
wick is removed but I cannot fall asleep.

 

20. 眼儿媚

 

朱淑真

 

迟迟春日弄轻柔，

花径暗香流。

清明过了，

不堪回首，

云锁朱楼。

午窗睡起莺声巧，

何处唤春愁。

绿杨影里，

海棠亭畔，

红杏梢头。

 

Tune: Charming eyes

 

Zhu
Shuzhen

 

The days are long and warm,

Fragrance
is drifting quietly on the flowery path.

Qingming
Festival passed,

I
cannot bear to look back,

Clouds
envelop the vermilion pavilion.

After noontime snooze, I got up
and heard orioles singing,

Where
can I call spring anxiety?

From
shadow of green poplars,

From place near cherry-apple kiosk,

From tips of red apricot
branches.

 

21. 生查子

 

情景

 

姚宽

 

郎如陌上尘，

妾似堤边絮。

相见两悠扬，

踪迹无寻处。

酒面扑春风，

泪眼零秋雨。

过了别离时，

还解相思否。

 

Tune: Sheng Zha Song

 

Scene

 

Yao Kuan

 

You're like dust on footpath,

I'm like catkin at dike side.

We meet
erratically,

No trace can be found.

Your drunken face is like being
blown by breeze,

My tearful eyes are like being
wetted by autumn rain.

After bidding farewell,

Do you still understand love
sickness feeling?

 

22. 剑器近

 

袁去华

 

夜来雨，

赖倩得，

东风吹住。

海棠正妖娆处，

且留取。

 

　　悄庭户，

试细听，

莺啼燕语，

分明共人愁绪，

怕春去。

 

　　佳树，

翠阴初转午。

重帘未卷，

乍睡起，

寂寞看风絮。

偷弹清泪寄烟波，

见江头故人，

为言憔悴如许。

彩笺无数，

去却寒暄，

到了浑无定据。

断肠落日千山暮。

 

Tune: Slow
Song Of Sword

 

Yuan Quhua

 

Rain is coming at night.

Thanks
to the east wind,

It
stops the rain.

Cherry-apples
are beautiful,

They should stay.

 

 It's quiet in the courtyard.

Try to listen carefully,

Orioles and swallows are
singing.

It's clear that they are
anxious as human,

And afraid that spring will
leave.

 

Good trees,

Their green shadow shows noon
has come.

Heavy screen hasn't been held
up.

Just getting up from sleep,

I'm lonely and want to see wind
blow catkin.

Weeping stealthily, I express
my feelings to waves,

Asking them to tell my old
friend,

That I miss him so much that
I'm haggard.

I got countless letters,

Yet except for greeting words,

There is no definite time for
returning.

I'm heart-breaking to see hills
bathed in setting-sun light.

 

 

23. 南乡子

 

陆游

 

归梦寄吴樯，

水驿江程去路长。

想见芳洲初系缆，

斜阳，

烟树参差认武昌。

 

愁鬓点新霜，

曾是朝衣染御香。

重到故乡交旧少，

凄凉，

却恐他乡胜故乡。

 

 

Tune: Song Of
Southern Hometown

 

Lu You

 

I dreamed the previous mast of
Wu,

There was a long way by boat.

I want to see mooring line tied
at Parrot Island,

Under the setting sun,

Thru mist and trees I
recognized Wuchang.

 

Anxiety made my temples grey,

I once had my official robe
bathed in imperial incense smell.

Returning home I met few old
friends,

Too lonely，

I'm afraid an alien land is
better than hometown.

 

24. 鹧鸪天

 

陆游

 

懒向青门学种瓜，

只将渔钓送年华。

双双新燕飞春岸，

片片轻鸥落晚沙。

 

歌缥缈，舻呕哑，

酒如清露鮓如花。

逢人问道归何处，

笑指船儿此是家。

 

Tune: Partridge Sky

 

Lu You

 

Tired to learn melon sowing as
Shao Ping did near Black Gate,

Only killing time by fish
angling.

Pairs of swallows fly over
spring water bank,

Light gulls land on evening
sand.

 

Songs are dimly discernible,

Big ships give out hoarse
sound,

Wine is like clear dew and fish
like flower.

Anyone meeting me asks where I
go,

I point the boat smilingly saying
that 's my home.

 

 

25. 钗头凤

 

陆游

 

红酥手，

黄縢酒，

满城春色宫墙柳。

东风恶，

欢情薄。

一怀愁绪，

几年离索。

错！错！错！

 

春如旧，

人空瘦，

泪痕红浥鲛绡透。

桃花落。

闲池阁。

山盟虽在，

锦书难托

莫！莫！莫！

 

Tune: Phoenix
Hairpin

 

Lu You

 

You hold out your rosy soft
hands,

Offering me Huangfeng wine,

City is flooded by spring
beauty, palace wall is bathed in willows.

The east wind is evilly blowing,

There is little happiness.

I've been soaked thru by gloomy
mood,

Ever since our parting several
years ago.

Error! error! error!

 

Spring is as usual;

You've vainly become thinner,

Tears ruined your making-up and
stained your red silk kerchief.

Beautiful peach flowers felled
down.

The elegant pond is dried out.

Love oath still exists,

I want to send you letters, but
difficult.

Don't! don't! don't!

 

 

26. 卜算子

 

咏梅

 

陆游

   

 

驿外断桥边，

寂寞开无主。

已是黄昏独自愁，

更著风和雨。

 

无意苦争春，

一任群芳妒。

零落成泥碾作尘，

只有香如故。

 

Tune: Song Of
Divination

 

Ode to plum blossom

 

Lu You

   

By broken bridge outside post
station,

They are blooming lonesome.

Anxious when dusk comes,

Worse to be assailed by wind
and rain.

 

Unwilling to struggle bitterly
in spring,

Let other flowers to be
jealous.

Reduced to mud and crushed into
dust after falling,

They've only fragrance left as
usual.

 

27. 点绛唇

 

陆游

 

采药归来，

独寻茅店沽新酿。

暮烟千嶂。

处处闻渔唱。

 

醉弄扁舟，

不怕粘天浪。

江湖上。

遮回疏放。

作个闲人样。

 

Tune: Rouged Lips

 

Lu You

 

Back after medicine-herb
picking,

I look for thatched the store
to buy new wine.

Thousand mountains are
enveloped by dusk mist.

Everywhere fishermen can be
heard singing.

 

Boating drunken,

I fear no waves reaching the heaven.

In all corners of the country,

Unconventional and free,

To be an idler I'll try.

 

 

28.钗头凤

 

唐琬

 

世情薄，

人情恶，

雨送黄昏花易落。

晓风乾，

泪痕残，

欲笺心事，

独语斜栏。

难，难，难！

 

人成各，

今非昨，

病魂常似秋千索。

角声寒，

夜阑珊，

怕人寻问，

咽泪装欢。

瞒，瞒，瞒！

 

Tune: Phoenix
Hairpin

 

Tang Wan

 

Worldly affairs are hard to
handle,

Human feelings are evil,

Rain sees dusk off and flowers
are easy to fall.

Morning wind is dry,

Tear stains keep residual.

Going to write letters,

But I can only murmur alone at
the slanting rail.

Hard, hard, hard!

 

We've parted so long a time,

Today is not yesterday,

Eaten up with diseases as a
swing chain,

I feel cold,

At midnight,

Afraid to be asked,

I pretend to be happy though
secretly weeping.

Concealing , concealing, concealing!

 

 

29. 蝶恋花

 

范成大

 

春涨一篙添水面。

芳草鹅儿，

绿满微风岸。

画舫夷犹湾百转。

横塘塔近依前远。

江国多寒农事晚。

村北村南，

谷雨才耕遍。

秀麦连冈桑叶贱。

看看尝面收新茧。

 

Tune: Butterflies Lingers
Over Flowers

                                                                                               

Fan Chengda

 

Stirred by barge pole spring
water is soaring higher.

With fragrant grass and geese,

River bank is fully greened by
breeze.

A painted pleasure boat irresolutely
zigzags its way.

The pagoda at the pond seems near but far away.

Frequently cold, farming starts
later in water areas.

North to the village, south to
the village,

Though
plow just finished on Grain Rain Day.

On the hillside, wheat headed
and mulberry leafs became cheaper.

Farmers happily taste new wheat
flour noodles and feed new silk-worms.

 

 

30. 霜天晓角

 

梅

 

范成大

 

晚晴风歇，

一夜春威折。

脉脉花疏天淡，

云来去，

数枝雪。

胜绝，

 

愁亦绝。

此情谁共说。

唯有两行低雁，

知人倚，

画楼月。

 

Tune: Morning Horn
Under Frosty Sky

 

Plum Blossom

 

Fan Chengda

 

It cleared up and wind stopped;

Spring showed power at night.

Flowers are few and scattered
under clear sky,

Clouds come and go,

With few branches of snow.

Extremely wonderful.

 

Extremely melancholy too.

With whom I can talk about it?

Only two lines of lowly flying
wild geese

Know I'm leaning on

The painted mansion bathed in moon
light.