Tuesday, 22 July 2014

七月星 青梅竹馬 靜聽流水 山林奔走 Since childhood the two of us



《留春令 。青梅令》七月星

青梅竹馬,靜聽流水,山林奔走。
共賞銀河佈繁星,託月老,心聲透。

歲歲春秋人事舊,訪童年朋友。
相見重逢喜難禁,笑往事,堪回首


TUNE: “Spring-Detention Ci
TITLE: “Green Plum Song”
-- by 七月星 ‘Seven Moon Star’
-- Translated by Frank C Yue

Since childhood the two of us have been playmates and friends;
Softly, we listened to what the flowing streams have to say.
Running we had done
Down the hills, through the woods, as one!
Together we gaze long at the Milky Way,
Gleaming with dots of twinkling stars without end.
My Cupid dear, with your darts,
Please, please just pierce our twin hearts!

Visiting my friend child-hood,
Year after year, the past lives on.
Here, my friend, we do meet again –
Laughing at old events (-- as if in a song).
What a joy, and they’re ne’er in vain!
Good for recalling, as they should.

Monday, 21 July 2014

秦少游 鶯嘴啄花紅溜 The oriole's beak pecks at the red flow'r

《如夢令》北宋 • 秦觀

         鶯嘴啄花紅溜,
         燕尾剪波綠皺。
         指冷玉笙寒,
         吹徹小梅春透。
         依舊,依舊,
         人與綠楊俱瘦。

TUNE: Rú Mèng Lìng "Song Like A Dream"
TITLE: "The oriole's beak pecks at the red flow'r that sparkles"
-- by QIN SHAOYOU (Northern Song Dynasty)
-- Translated by Frank C Yue

The oriole's beak pecks at the red flow'r that sparkles;
The swallow's tail scissors out the green waves' wrinkles.
With cold fingers, she plays the jade Sheng chilly,
Bathing the chill'd plum tree with warm memories.

It's just like before, like before --
Both m'Lady and the willow green, thin ever-more!

from the net:

< 观,字少游、太虚,号淮海居士,高邮(属江苏)人。宋神宗元丰八年(1085进士。文才为 苏轼 赏识,是 苏门四学士” ** 之一。在新旧党争中屡遭贬谪,死于放还途中藤州。他的词风格接近 李煜 柳永,在婉约词中成就最高。他善于以长调抒写柔情,语言淡雅,委婉含蓄,留有余韵。多是男女离愁别恨及身世伤感之作。词集有《淮海词》。>

【注
  玉笙:珍贵的管乐器
《小梅》:乐曲名。唐《大角曲》里有《大梅花》、《小梅花》等曲

赏析
这是一首春日怀人之作。眼前莺嘴啄花,燕尾剪波的春光春色,触动了怀人的心绪。《小梅》一曲,传出了绵绵相思之情。这首词构思新颖,轻柔典雅,工丽含蓄。>

** “苏门四学士”:

< 苏轼 的众多门生和崇拜者中,他最欣赏和重视这四个人。最先将他们的名字并提和加以宣传的就是 苏轼 本人。他: “如黄庭 鲁直、晁补之无咎、 太虚张耒 文潜之流, 皆世未之知, 轼独先知。” (《答李昭书》由于 苏轼 的推誉,四人很快名满天下。《宋史·文苑黄庭坚传》记载:黄庭 张耒、陈师道、秦观 俱游 苏轼 门,天下称为四学士。

苏门四学士这一称号只是表明这四位作家得到过 苏轼 的垂青和指导,接受过他的文学影响,而并不意味着他们或他们与 苏轼 可以统称为一个文学流派实际上四学士造诣各异,受 苏轼 影响的程度有差别,文学风格也大不相同。比如 黄庭 诗自创流派,与 苏轼 并称 苏黄; 的主要成就在词,但是他的词却不走 苏轼 的路子,作品内容多写抒情,亦有感伤身世之作。风调婉约清丽,辞情兼胜。>

Friday, 18 July 2014

星河 一詩四讀回文體 蟬鳴泣露霑修竹 曠野田桑 Cicadas cry: weeping dew-drops

夜月星河

欣賞老年兄之一詩四讀回文體佳作!好詩,好詞!
依律雅和七律詩如下,此詩也能四讀

1.《秋日鄉郊》    七律      正讀

蟬鳴泣露霑修竹,  曠野田桑綠柳柔;

懸澗碧塘秋鳥噪,  瑟風寒雁暮雲浮。

綿綿雨岫煙霞散,  寂寂川山遠水流;
圓月照潭幽曲徑,  繞堤長草泛飛鷗。

Ci-Shi Double Palindrome Poem: 
A Unique "Transformer Chinese Poem" 
Readable in 4 Classical Forms --
Form No. 1 (of 4): 56-Character Qī Lǜ --
“Autumn Day in Countryside” 

-- by 夜月星河 'Night Moon Starry River'
-- Translated by Frank C Yue

Cicadas cry: weeping dew-drops wet the bamboos slim and tall;
The wide country fields dott’d by green willows, mulberries big and small.
Amid the hanging stream and blue ponds, Autumn birds a-chirping;
As chilly winds blow, wild geese and clouds fly in the evening.

In continual light rain, haze and smoke o’er the hills dispersing;
Silent the mountains and away the distant river’s flowing.
In full Moon, both the gorge and serene path bathed in soothing light;
From among the tall grass engulfing the bank, sand-gulls take flight.

the translator won't do the other 3 renditions (due to limited abilities). fortunately, the main theme remains the same.

2.  回讀      七律 鄉郊秋日

鷗飛泛草長堤繞,  徑曲幽潭照月圓;

流水遠山川寂寂,  散霞煙岫雨綿綿。

浮雲暮雁寒風瑟,  噪鳥秋塘碧澗懸;
柔柳綠桑田野曠,  竹修霑露泣鳴蟬。


3. 由正讀七律改標點而不改字:

《虞美人.秋日鄉郊

蟬鳴泣露霑修竹,  曠野田桑綠,

柳柔懸澗碧塘秋,  鳥噪瑟風寒雁暮雲浮。

綿綿雨岫煙霞散,  寂寂川山遠,
水流圓月照潭幽,  曲徑繞堤長草泛飛鷗。


4. 上首詞回讀成 另首《虞美人.鄉郊秋日:

鷗飛泛草長堤繞,  徑曲幽潭照,

月圓流水遠山川,  寂寂散霞煙岫雨綿綿。

浮雲暮雁寒風瑟,  噪鳥秋塘碧,
澗懸柔柳綠桑田,  野曠竹修霑露泣鳴蟬。

Thursday, 17 July 2014

老人 詩詞雙回文體一詩四讀 蓮紅水綠垂堤柳 Amid the lotus red and waters green



一老年人  詩詞雙回文體  一詩四讀

1.《七律‧夏岸夕賞》


蓮紅水綠垂堤柳,  眺倚欄杆瘦影投。
前岸泛波流落日,  淡金浮碧映高樓。

煙輕遠岫層林寂,  渡野連舟舶陣稠。
鵑過瞬空幽景美,  韻陽昏夕賞悠悠。


Ci-Shi Double Palindrome Poem: 
A Unique "Transformer Chinese Poem" 
Readable in 4 Classic Forms --
Form No. 1 (of 4): 56-Character Qī Lǜ --

“Admiring Sunset at Summer Bank” 
-- by 一老年人 'A Man of Advanced Years'
-- Translated by Frank C Yue

Amid the lotus red and waters green,
Along the bank there stand hanging willows.
Looking afar, on the railing we lean;
Mimicking our moves lie the long shadows.
Beyond the shore, waves are gently rolling;
Ever so slowly, the Sun is setting.
Colours of pretty light gold, floating green –
Glittering on the tall mansions are seen.
                
Thin haze and smoke just veil the distant hills;
Layers upon layers of woods so still.
By the country ferry, moored side by side,
The waves the long formation of boats ride.
In a jiffy, a-flying past some magpies
Right across the serene beautiful skies.   
O! Truly a wondrous sight -- (my friend) --    
I’m admiring this with my heart without end!


the translator won't do the other 3 renditions (due to his limited abilities). in any case, the main theme remains the same.

2. 回讀為另一首《七律夏岸夕賞

悠悠賞夕昏陽韻,美景幽空瞬過鵑。

稠陣舶舟連野渡,寂林層岫遠輕煙。

樓高映碧浮金淡,日落流波泛岸前。
投影瘦杆欄倚眺,柳堤垂綠水紅蓮。

3. 第一首七律順讀更改標點而不改字,成詞一首:

《虞美人夏岸夕賞》


蓮紅水綠垂堤柳,眺倚欄杆瘦。

影投前岸泛波流,落日淡金浮碧映高樓。

煙輕遠岫層林寂,渡野連舟舶。
陣稠鵑過瞬空幽,景美韻陽昏夕賞悠悠。

4. 上首詞回讀又成 另一首《虞美人夏岸夕賞

悠悠賞夕昏陽韻,美景幽空瞬。

過鵑稠陣舶舟連,野渡寂林層岫遠輕煙。

樓高映碧浮金淡,日落流波泛。
岸前投影瘦杆欄,倚眺柳堤垂綠水紅蓮。

Wednesday, 16 July 2014

納蘭性德 辛苦最憐天上月 O! The most pitiful thing in the sky

【蝶戀花】 清 • 納蘭性德

辛苦最憐天上月,
一夕
(昔)如環,夕夕(昔昔)都成(長如)玦。
若似月輪終皎潔,
不辭冰雪爲卿熱。


無那(奈)塵緣(鍾情)容易絕。
燕子依然,軟踏簾鈎說。
唱罷秋墳愁未歇,
春叢認取雙棲蝶。


TUNE: Die Lian Hua
"BUTTERFLIES ROMANCING FLOWERS"
-- by Nalan Xingde
(1655-1685) 

-- Translated by Frank C Yue

O! The most pitiful thing in the sky is the poor Moon --
Once a month, she is full and bright like a piece of jade round.
But all other nights, to be waning or waxing she's found.
Like the clear dear Moon, you were all chaste and loving indeed.
I would freeze myself to drive away your feverish heat.


Alas, what mere mortals can do against their Destiny?
O! It was so easy for our secular union to cease!
The swallows still come, landing on the curtain hooks with ease.
Bird-songs o'er your grave: Autumn gone, but not my sorrows at this hour;
I would identify our Two Butterflies in the Spring flow'rs.
  




the following information is culled from "hudong.com":

<這是一首 悼亡詞

上片三句借月亮為喻,寫愛情的歡樂轉瞬即逝,恨多樂少。
後兩句,寫假如愛情能像月亮那樣皎潔圓滿,付出再大的代價都願意。
"一昔如環,昔昔長如玦",包蘊了無限的哀傷與懷念,表達了對亡妻的真摯愛戀。

下片寫傷逝中的悲痛,用燕子在簾間呢喃,反襯人去樓空,未亡人的孤寂。
結語化用 "雙棲蝶" 的典故,表達了他與亡妻的愛情生死不渝,抒發了無窮盡的哀悼,把永恆的愛寄託在化蝶的理想中。
這首詞把作者內心對愛妻的悲悼之情,盡情表露。
不做作,無雕飾,纏綿淒切,感人至深。>

<名家解讀
【天上月】 作者: 安意如>

< 註釋
:一夜, 《左傳》 :"為一昔之期。"

:圓形玉璧。

:玉佩如環而有缺口。

若似二句:這兩句是說假如愛情能像月亮一樣長在長圓,那麼無論付出多大的代價也心甘情願。 "不辭冰雪為卿熱:劉義慶《世說新語·惑溺》:"荀奉倩與婦至篤,冬月,婦病熱,乃出中庭自取冷還,以身熨之。婦亡,奉倩後少時亦卒,以是獲譏於世。"

無那:即無奈。 奈何,急讀為那。

塵緣:本佛語,佛教認為色、香、味、觸、法為六塵,是污染人心,使生嗜欲的根源。 這裡指人生或人間的情愛。 這句是說沒想到人生如此短促。

燕子二句:這兩句是說人亡室在,雙燕歸來,依然呢喃於簾鉤之上,李賀《賈公閭貴婿曲》:"燕語踏簾鉤。"

唱罷秋墳: 李賀 《秋來》:"秋墳鬼唱鮑家詩,恨血千年土中碧。"這句是說幽怨至死難消。

春叢:即花叢。梁簡文帝詩:"花樹含春叢。" 雙棲蝶:古代傳說,晉會稽梁山伯與上虞女扮男裝的祝英台同學三年。 後梁訪上虞,始知祝為女,求婚不得,憂疾而死。 後祝適馬氏,過山伯墓,大號慟,墓忽開,祝身隨入,同化為蝴蝶。見《 寧波府志·逸事》。 >

Monday, 14 July 2014

納蘭容若 木葉紛紛歸路 殘月曉風何處 Shredding leaves slimming woods

《如夢令》納蘭容若

木葉紛紛歸路,  殘月曉風何處。
消息半浮沈,  今夜相思幾許。
秋雨秋雨,  
一半西風吹去。

TUNE: Rú Mèng Lìng "Song Like A Dream"
TITLE: "Shredding leaves slimming woods keep on"

-- by Nàlá Róng Ruò (1655-1685)
-- Translated by Frank C Yue
 

Along the road home shredding leaves slimming woods keep on;
The waning Moon and the morning breeze, where have they gone?
With little news and light on high, we're out of touch.
Mutual yearning tonight -- O There is much!

Autumn rain, Autumn rain,
Away by the West Wind half's been blown (again)!

from the net:

... <作者簡介

納蘭性德 (1655-1685),滿族人,字容若,號楞伽山人,是清代最為著名的詞人之一。 他的詩詞不但在清代詞壇享有很高的聲譽,在整個中國文學史上,也以 “納蘭詞” 在 詞壇佔有光采奪目的一席之地。 他生活於滿漢融合的時期,其貴族家庭之興衰具有關聯於王朝國事的典型性。 他雖侍從帝王,卻嚮往平淡的經歷。 這一特殊的生活環境與背景,加之他個人的超逸才華,使其詩詞的創作呈現獨特的個性特徵和鮮明的藝術風格。 流傳至今的  “人生若只如初見,何事秋風悲畫扇?等閒變卻故人心,卻道故人心易變…" 這一富於意境的佳作,是其眾多的代表作之一。>

Friday, 11 July 2014

納蘭性德 誰念西風獨自涼 Who would know I’m engulfed alone

《浣溪沙》·納蘭性德

誰念西風獨自涼,蕭蕭黃葉閉疏窗,
沉思往事立殘陽。

被酒莫驚春睡重,賭書消得潑茶香,
當時只道是尋常。


TUNE: Huàn Qī Shā "Silk-Washing Stream"
(Memorial Song for Late Wife)
-- by Nàlán Xìngdé(1655~1685)

-- Translated by Frank C Yue

Who would care Im engulfed alone in chilly West Wind blowing?

My slim windows almost covered by the yellow dead leaves flying.
In deep thoughts of past events, I stand in the red Sun sinking;

I used to be drunk in Spring, from sound sleep you would not wake me;
We played literary games to vie for the first cup of tea.
I thought then these were just ordinary things as things could be!   


Translator's Note:

"賭書" "潑茶":
南宋時,著名女詞人李清照與丈夫趙明誠也喜歡行茶令,他們開創了“賭書消得潑茶香”的獨特形式,即“言某事在某書、某卷、第幾頁、第幾行,以中否角勝負,為飲茶先後……”(宋·李清照《金石錄後序》) 

following copied from wikipedia:

禹之鼎作《納蘭容若像》

< 納蘭性德(1655年1月19日-1685年7月1日...),納喇氏,原名成德,避太子保成諱改名為性德,字容若,號飲水、楞伽山人,室名通志堂、淥水亭、珊瑚閣、鴛鴦館、繡佛齋。滿洲正黃旗人,清朝政治人物、詞人、學者。


... 納蘭性德十九歲時(約1674年)娶兩廣總督盧興祖之女為妻,夫妻十分恩愛。可惜好景不長,才過了三年多的時間,盧氏就因難產而去世。納蘭性德為她寫下了許多感人至深的悼亡詞。又過了三年多,他續娶官氏為繼室。兩人感情也不錯。... >