Translation and Annotation of Liu Yong's "Recalling the Emperor's Capital, Thin Pillow and Cool Weather"

Dynasty: Song Dynasty

Author: Liu Yong

Original:

Thin pillow, cool weather, at first glance, feels like parting. It's colder when you get up, and you still sleep. After all, I can't sleep, and the night is as long as years old.

I also want to wait, but I want to ask for it; Fight for resistance again, and have already made plans. Ten thousand kinds of thoughts, many solutions, only lonely and tired. It's my whole life, and I've shed a thousand tears for you.

Translation and Notes

Translation

After a nap, I was awakened by a thin quilt, and suddenly I felt an indescribable feeling of leaving. Tossing and turning, I counted the knocking times in the cold night, got up and went to sleep again. After repeated tossing, I couldn't sleep, and the night was as long as a year.

I also tried to rein in my horse and return, but I was helpless. I started on my way for my livelihood and fame. How can I return in vain? Thousands of thoughts, always trying to enlighten and explain in various ways, can only be so lonely and boring in the end. I will tie you to my heart all my life, but I have failed to live up to your endless sad tears!

Note

(1) Remembering the Imperial Capital: the epigraph name, composed by Liu Yong, was named after Gai for remembering his wife in Bianjing, and "Nanlu Tune" was noted in the Collection of Movements. Double-tone 72 words, with six sentences and four rhymes on the top and seven sentences and four rhymes on the bottom.

⑵ thin quilt (q Ρ n): a thin quilt. Small pillow: just a little pillow.

(3) suddenly feel: suddenly feel.

(4) exhibition: the same as "tossing and turning", tossing and turning. "Chu Ci Liu Xiang": "Worry unfolds and melancholy." Gēng: Counting the cold nights because I can't sleep. In ancient times, from dusk to dawn, one night was divided into five periods: A, B, C, D and E, which was called "Five Watches" and "Five Drums". Every watch is divided into five points, and the drums are played, and the gongs are played at five points to tell the time.

(5) to be prepared: to be prepared. Xiang Ziyin's "Plum Blossom Introduction, Played by Li Shiming": "On the edge of the flower shade, on the edge of the willow shade, I will wait for a few times to steal pity." Pèi: The bridle of a traveling horse, which means a traveling horse. Pan Wenqi's "Things on the Way from Cizhou to Handan": "Stop collecting cigarettes in the afternoon, how many cooks are there?"

[6] why not? Zhang Xian's "Bai Mei Niang Zhu Que Wu Yun Fairy": "Happiness also knows that it will be saved later, and it will be in front of the eyes?"

(7) Travel plan: the plan to travel.

⑻ only (nèn): that's all. Xin Qiji's "Buji Drinking without Writing Books": "Thousands of books only rest, and they are in the cup." Boredom: the same as "weak and tired", the appearance of listlessness.

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