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

Author: CHUNG Yoon Ngan
Date: 03-10-12 09:37

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

溫庭筠之詩 A poem by Wen Tingyun (812AD to 870AD)

商山(*1A)早行
Early traveling in Shangshan

晨起動征鐸,---Chen2 qi3 dong4 zheng duo2 (*2B),
客行悲故鄉.---Ke4 xing2 bei gu4 xiang.
雞聲茅店月,---Ji sheng mao2 dian4 yue4,
人跡板橋霜.---Ren2 ji ban3 qiao2(*3C) shuang.

檞葉落山路,---Xie4 ye4(*4D) luo4 shan lu4,
枳花明驛牆.---Zhi3 hua(*5E) ming2 yi4 qiang2.
因思杜陵夢,---Yin si Du Ling(*6F) meng4,
鳧雁滿迴塘.---Fu2 yan4 man3 hui2 tang2.
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The explanations in plain Chinese and English

(1) 清早, 我起來整理行裝, 車馬上的鈴鐸叮噹地響動著.
I get up early in the morning to do my packing and the chariot bell is already
ringing.
(2) 我就要遠行作客, 想起故鄉, 內心便覺得很悲傷.
I am going to travel in a long distance and feel sad when I think of leaving
my native place.
(3) 這時候, 週遭傳來陣陣雞啼, 茅草的旅店上空, 還斜掛著殘月.
At this time, I can hear the cocks crowing everywhere and the oblique moon
is hanging above the thatched inn.
(4) 走過木板的橋上, 白色的霜粉上印下一片足跡.
Pedestrian foot prints can be seen in the white snow on the wooden bridge.

(5) 沿著這條山路走去, 路面飄滿著枯黃的檞葉,
There are many yellow dead leaves fallen on the road.
(6) 枳花也鮮明地點綴著驛站的牆壁.
The wall of the mail-relay-station [*2B] is embellished with the fresh trifoliate
orange flowers.
(7) 走到這裡, 我不覺念起日夜蒙想著的杜陵.
While traveling along I begin to think of Duling [*3] that I often dreamed
of,
(8) 如今, 那池塘中恐怕已棲滿著水鴨和鴻雁了吧!
By now, I presume there are many ducks and geese in the pond.
................................................................

Notes:
(*1A) Shangshan (商山)
is in Shang county (商縣) in Shaanxi province (陝西省).
Shangshan is in the mountain range of Zhongnan (終南山脈) in northern China.

(*2B) 征鐸
行旅車馬的鈴鐸 =Mail-relay-station or Yizhan (驛站) = was a post where,
during ancient times, couriers changed horses or rested.

(*3C) 板橋
河南正陽縣商山道中有板橋﹐有人以為溫庭筠 [人跡板橋霜]﹐
板橋指此。此說拘泥﹐云板橋泛指木板所造之橋即可。

(*4D) 檞葉
木名﹐葉倒披針形。

(*5E) 枳花
木名﹐似橘而小﹐春生白花

(*6F) Duling (杜陵)
was the tomb of Emperor Xuan Di Liu Xun (宣皇帝劉詢 73BC to 49BC) of the
Han Dynasty (漢朝 206BC to 220AD). The tomb is in the southeast of the city
of Changan (長安 which is the present day city of Xian 西安市) in Shaanxi
province. In this context the author is referring Duling as the city of
Changan.

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By CHUNG Yoon-Ngan (鄭永元)

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