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Re: 唐朝詩 Poems from Tang Dynasty (618AD to 907AD)

Author: CHUNG Yoon Ngan
Date: 02-09-12 00:34

唐朝詩 Poems from Tang Dynasty (618AD to 907AD)

宋之問之詩 A poem by Song Zhiwen (656AD to 712AD)

途中寒食 [*1A] 題黃梅臨江驛 [*2B] 寄崔融 [*3C]
Sending a message to Cui Rong while on my way to Station Huang Mei Jiang
on Eating Cold Festival

馬上逢寒食,---Ma3 shang4 feng2 han2 shi2,
愁中屬暮春.---Chou2 zhong shu3 mu4 chun.
可憐江浦望,---Ke3 lian2 Jiangpu [*4D] wang4,
不見洛陽人.---Bu4 jian4 Luoyang ren2.

北極懷明主,---Beiji [*5E] huai2 ming2 zhu3,
南溟作逐臣.---Nanming [*6F] zuo4 zhu2 chen2.
故園腸斷處,---Gu4 yuan2 chang2 duan4 chu3,
日夜柳條新.---Ri4 ye4 liu3 tiao2 xin.
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The explanations in plain Chinese and English.

(1) 在旅途中, 逢上一年的寒食節.
It was the festival of Eating Cold while I was on my way to the south,
(2) 這時, 我正因為被貶, 內心很是憂愁, 而時間也到了春末.
At this time, I felt sad as I was demoted and it was the end of Spring time.
(3) 最可悲的是我在長江邊上向北眺望,
The saddest thing was that, while standing on the Yangtze River bank and
looking north,
(4) 卻看不到你這住在洛陽的朋友.
I could not see all my friends living in Luoyang City.

(5) 雖然, 我被貶逐到荒遠的南海邊上,
Although I was demoted and exiled to the far away south sea,
(6) 但我卻始終懷念著京城裏賢明的國君!
Yet I was always thinking of my wise Monarch living in the capital.
(7) 故鄉啊! 真是個讓我想念得傷心斷腸的地方.
Oh my hometown! This was really a place that making me grieved to think
of it
(8) 如今, 那些楊柳大概正一天天長出新綠的枝葉吧!
Now, those poplar and willow trees were growing new leaves everyday.

Notes:
[*1A] 寒食
節名﹐冬至後一百零五日﹐約在清明節前二日
(Please refer to my article of "The origin of Qing Ming Festival).

[*2B] 黃梅臨江驛
黃梅﹐縣名﹐在今湖北省。
黃梅縣南七十五里有太子驛﹐唐朝改名臨江驛。

[*3C] 崔融
崔融字安成﹐唐朝齊州全節人 (在今廣西省)。

[*4D] 江浦
在湖北銅零口﹐長江邊上。

[*5E] 北極
古以北極星喻稱帝王﹐此處用以喻指京都。

[*6F] 南溟
南海﹐宋之問被貶至廣東瀧州﹐故以南溟喻稱謫地。
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[The author was an official who was demoted and sent to serve in Dayu Ling
in Guangdong province (廣東省) by Empress Wu (武則天女皇帝 690AD to 705AD].

The back ground of the poem

這首詩也是宋之問在被貶途中所寫的﹐懷念朋友﹐兼示謫臣的哀怨

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By CHUNG Yoon-Ngan (鄭永元)

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