Author: CHUNG Yoon Ngan
Date: 02-06-12 22:37
唐朝詩 Poems from Tang Dynasty (618AD to 907AD)
高適之詩 A Tang poem by Gao Shi (702AD to 765AD)
An ancient war song
古從軍行 (The March Of The Ancient Army)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x1DZ-eKIT4&feature=related
白日登山望烽火,---Bai2 ri4 deng shan wang4 feng huo3 [*1A],
黃昏飲馬傍交河.---Huang2 hun yin3 ma3 bang4 Jiaohe [*2B].
行人刁斗風沙暗,---Xing2 ren2 diao dou3 [*3C] feng sha an4,
公主琵琶幽怨多.---Gong Zhu3 [*4D] Pi2 Pa you yuan4 duo.
野營萬里無城郭,---Ye3 ying2 wan4 li3 wu2 cheng2 guo,
雨雪紛紛連大漠.---Yu3 xue3 fen fen lian2 da4 mo4 [*5E].
胡雁哀鳴夜夜飛,---Hu yan4 ai ming2 ye4 ye4 fei,
胡兒眼淚雙雙落.---Hu er2 yan3 lei4 shuang shuang luo4.
聞道玉門猶被遮,---Wen2 dao4 Yumen [*6F] you2 bei4 zhe,
應將性命逐輕車.---Ying jiang xing4 ming4 zhu2 Qing Che [*7G].
年年戰骨埋荒外,---Nian2 nian2 zhan4 gu mai2 huang wai4,
空見萄葡入漢家.---Kong jian4 tao2 pu2 [*8H] ru4 Han jia.
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The explanations in plain Chinese and English.
(01) 白天走到山上望那報警的烽火臺,
In a clear day light, I climb up the warning watch tower,
(02) 黃昏時要拉著馬去喝水, 邊走到交河旁邊.
At dusk I take the horse to the bank of Jiao River to drink water.
(03) 遠行的人聽得軍中敲刁斗的聲音, 覺得風沙有暗沉沉的樣子,
When a traveler hears the copper sticks hitting the hour of the day in the
army camp, he feels as if the sandstorm is blowing.
(04) 這淒涼的景象, 比著從前漢朝的宮主下嫁烏孫國, 她在路上彈出非常幽怨的琵
琶聲, 還要深厚哩!
This miserable scene can be compared with the Princess during the Han Dynasty
when she was playing the pipa while on her way to marry the rule of the
Kingdom of Wusun.
(05) 在曠野裏在紮營, 向遠處望著, 萬里茫茫, 看不見城郭,
Look afar in the distance from the camp in this wilderness there is no city
in sight for thousands of miles.
(06) 只有雨和雪, 紛亂地接連那廣大的沙漠.
There are only snow and rain scattering in the vast desert.
(07) 胡地的雁兒, 悲哀地叫著, 夜夜在那裏飛來飛去,
In this miserable land of the Xiongnu there are only wild geese flying about
crying every night,
(08) 胡人聽了, 也會雙雙地落下眼淚來.
Even the Xiongnu will have tears welling up from their eyes after listening
to geese miserable cry.
(09) 聽說玉門關那邊, 現在還被胡人遮斷歸路,
I hear that the homebound road in the Yumen Gate is still blocked off by
the Xiongnu.
(10) 我們的兵士, 自然要把性命命跟了輕車去作戰.
Naturally, our soldiers are still struggling for their lives.
(11) 一年一年戰死死的骸骨, 埋葬在荒塞外面,
Every year, the bones of our warriors are buried in this frontier wilderness,
(12) 到後來, 祇有空空地望見匈奴把葡萄進貢到漢朝去罷了!
In the end the Xiongnu pay tribute and introduce grapes to the Han Dynasty.
Notes:
[*1A] 烽火 (feng huo3)
Beacon-fire (used to give border alarm in ancient China)
古時守邊烽火臺上舉的火, 為警急惠徵兵之用.
[*2B 交河(Jiao River)
is in the present day Fuyuan county in Xinjang province (新疆省).
在車師國(漢朝時西域國名, 在今新疆省孚遠縣地方), 河水分流
繞城下, 故名. 去長安八千一百五十里.
[*3C] 刁斗 =
In ancient time it was a kind of hitting two copper rods to tell the soldiers
the hour of the night.
古行軍用具, 夜鳴之以警眾報時.
[*4D] 公主琵琶 =
A palace maid (Wang Zhaojun 王昭君) adopted by a Han Emperor as his daughter
and being sent off to marry the ruler of the Kingdom of Wusun.
昔有公主嫁烏孫 (烏孫國, 漢朝時西域國名, 在今新疆省伊犁河流域), 令琵琶馬上
作樂, 以慰其道路之思.
[*5E] 大漠(da4 mo4) means a vast desert.
廣大的沙漠.
[*6F] 玉門 (The Jade Gate) =
The name of a Gate in the present day of Dunhuang county in Gansu province
(甘肅省) 關名, 屬敦煌郡, 去長安三千六百里.
[*7G] 輕車 (Qing Che)
In this case it refers to the nickname of a Han General called Li Guang.
漢李廣曾為輕車將軍.
[*8H] 葡萄 (pu2 tao2)
The grape which was introduced by the Xiongnu to the Han Dynasty (漢朝 202BC
to 220AD) 果名, 漢朝時自西域采葡萄目宿種以歸.
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The Red Army began the Long March in October 1935. It took them one year
and one day to complete their March to the north near the Great Wall of
China. They started with an army of about 100,000 strong. Only about 6 or
7 thousand completed the March.
Song Zuying. Shi Song Hong Jun
十送紅軍 - 歌手 - 宋祖英
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKW0G0WcwiQ
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By CHUNG Yoon-Ngan (鄭永元)
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