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

Author: CHUNG Yoon Ngan
Date: 02-19-12 17:45

唐朝詩 Poems from Tang Dynasty (618AD to 907AD) (01)

李白之詩 A poem by Li Bai (701AD to 762AD)

關山月 The Moon about Guanshan

明月出天山,---Ming2 yue4 chu Tianshan (*1A),
蒼茫雲海間;---Cang mang2(*2B) yun2 hai3 jian;
長風幾萬里,---Chang2 feng ji wan4 li3,
吹度玉門關.---Chui du4 Yumenguan(*3C).

漢下白登道,---Han4 xia4 Baidengdao (*4D),
胡窺青海灣.---Hu2 kui Qinghai (*5E) wan.
由來征戰地,---You2 lai2 zheng zhan4 di4,
不見有人歸.---Bu4 jian you3 ren2 gui.

戍客望邊邑,---Shu4 ke4(*6F) wang4 bian yi4,
思歸多苦顏;---Si gui duo ku3 yan2;
高樓當此夜,---Gao lou2 dang ci3 ye4,
嘆息未應閒.---Tan4 xi wei4 ying xian2.
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The explanations in plain Chinese and English.

(01) 清明的月光, 從天山那便升起來,
The clear and bright moon comes out from Tianshan,
(02) 望過去蒼茫地在雲海的中間;
Looking at it, it is in the middle of the boundless clouds;
(03) 長長的風, 有數萬里遠,
The wind is from the far distance thousands of miles away
(04) 一直吹過玉門關去.
Blowing through the Gate of Yumen,

(05) 漢軍出發到白登山的路上,
The Han army march out to the road of Baidengdao,
(06) 胡人要想窺伺那青海灣.
With the intention of stopping the people of the Hu tribe eying the Bay
of Qinghai.
(07) 從來軍隊打仗的所在,
From time immemorial, the soldiers fought in battlefields,
(08) 不曾看見過有人活著回來.
Have never returned home alive.

(09) 守邊的兵士望著邊地的景色,
Looking at the scenery of the borders, the defending troops feel homesick,
(10) 不免觸動歸思, 多數人的臉上帶著愁苦的樣子;
Their homesickness can be seen on their sad faces;
(11) 而兵士們的妻子, 在高樓上見了這月光,
Thinking of their separated husbands, the wives of the troops also feel
sad,
when they see the moon hanging brightly in the sky.
(12) 想起了夫婦的離別, 也要發出歎息的聲音而不能安閒自靜了.
Inevitably, they become restless as one can hear them often sighing.

Notes:
(*1A)
Another name of Tianshan (天山) is Xueshan (雪山) which originates from
central Asia in Congling (蔥嶺) to the middle of Xinjiang province (新疆
省) dividing the province into two parts of north and the south.

(*2B) 蒼茫
渺茫無邊的樣子。

(*3C)
The Gate of Yumen (玉門關 or the Gate of Jade) is in the present day Shazhou
county (沙州縣) in Gansu province (甘肅省)。

(*4D) 白登道 (Baidebgdao)
Baideng (白登) was a pavilion which was built in the present day Datong
county (大同縣) in Shanxi province (山西省)。

(*5E) 青海灣 (Bay of Qinghai)
is the name of the big salt lake called Qinhai (青海) or Green Sea in the
province. This lake is the largest lake in China with an area of a few thousand
kilometers. There are abundance of fish in the lake which is renowned for
its breathtaking scenery and abundant of bird life. This 青海省 (Qinghai
province) is named after this lake.

(*6F) 守寇
守寇的兵.
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作法 The technique of writing

先敘其他﹐將題字一一折開﹐便不板滯。
由來二句﹐語極沈痛。未敘征夫思婦﹐情景逼真。
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漢下 means 漢 and Han means Han Dynasty (漢朝 202BC to 220AD).
In this case it refers to the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty

胡人 (Hu tribe) means the people who lived in the land that was not under
the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty.

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By CHUNG Yoon-Ngan (鄭永元)

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