Tang poems and Song Ci

闻雁 韦应物 故园 [1] 眇 [2] 何处， 归思方悠 [3] 哉。 淮南 [4] 秋雨夜， 高斋闻雁来。 注释： [1] 故园：故乡。 [2] 眇：同“渺”。形容距离很远。 [3] 悠：长。 [4] 淮南：淮水之南。时诗人任滁州刺史，滁州在唐代属于淮南道（今安徽省滁县）。 On Hearing Homing Wild Geese Wei Yingwu My native land’s far, far away, My nostalgia grows day by day. Alone on rainy autumn night I hear homing wild geese in flight. The poet longs for his home on hearing the home going wild geese. 《闻雁》是唐代诗人韦应物创作的一首五绝。这首诗是诗人韦应物在秋雨之夜、归思正深之际，听到自远而近的雁叫声，有感而作。此诗描写了由远飞的大雁引起游子对故土的怀念，表达了诗人思乡之情。全诗语言质朴自然，意境凄切古澹。\ The poem “On Hearing Homing Wild Geese” is a poem written by Wei Yingyou in the Tang Dynasty. This poem was written by Wei Yinwu when he heard the sound of geese calling from afar on a rainy autumn night, when he was deep in his thoughts of returning home. The poem depicts the nostalgia of the wanderer for his homeland caused by the distant flying geese, expressing the poet’s homesickness. The language of the poem is simple and natural, and the mood is poignant and ancient.

寒食 [1] 寄京师诸弟 韦应物 雨中禁火 [2] 空斋冷， 江上流莺 [3] 独坐听。 把酒看花想诸弟， 杜陵 [4] 寒食草青青。 注释： [1] 寒食：《荆楚岁时记》云：“冬至后一百五日谓之寒食。” [2] 禁火：古代寒食节“禁火三日”（《荆楚岁时记》）。 [3] 流莺：莺声圆啭如流。 [4] 杜陵：汉宣帝陵，在西安府城东南十五里。韦应物是杜陵人，以此代指对家乡的思念。 For My Brothers in the Capital on Cold Food Day Wei Yingwu No fire is made in empty room on rainy days; I hear alone the riverside orioles’ lays. Drinking, I gaze on flowers and miss my brothers dear; On Cold Food Day homeland grass grows green and drear. In ancient China the Cold Food Day fell three days ahead of the Mourning Day, that is, the fourth or fifth day in the third lunar month. No fire was made on Cold Food Day because an ancient sage burned himself in the mountains, so people would eat cold food in mourning for him. 《寒食寄京师诸弟》是唐代诗人韦应物创作的一首七言绝句。这首诗从环境写起，言“雨中”、“禁火”、“空斋”，极力渲染孤寂凄冷的氛围，思乡念亲之情已寓其中。接下来写“听莺”、“把酒”、“看花”等活动，虽是赏心乐事，但思乡念亲之情始终无法排遣，以乐景写哀情。末句写家乡杜陵芳草萋萋，以景结情，含蓄隽永 The poem “Sending My Brothers to the Capital on the Winter Eclipse” is a seven-line poem written by Wei Yingyou, a po...

淮上 [1] 即事寄广陵亲故 韦应物 前舟已眇眇， 欲度 [2] 谁相待。 秋山起暮钟， 楚雨连沧海。 风波离思满， 宿昔容鬓改。 独鸟下东南， 广陵 [3] 何处在。 注释： [1] 淮上：淮阴。 [2] 度：同“渡”。 [3] 广陵：今江苏扬州。 For Kinsfolk and Friends at Guangling Wei Yingwu Gone is the ferry boat. Who’ll carry me afloat? At dusk uphill bell rings; Over seaside rain sings. Grief saddens the waves cold; My face and hair look old. Southeast flies a lone bird; Your voices can’t be heard. The poet, lonely at the ferry on River Huai, thinks of kinsfolk and friends at Guangling. 《淮上即事寄广陵亲故》是唐代诗人韦应物创作的一首五言古诗。首二句叙事，匆匆赶到渡口，天色已晚，又无渡船，诗人徘徊踟蹰。三、四句写景，秋山暮钟，茫茫楚雨，孤寂之感加重。五、六句转入写人，点出离情别绪，将诗人因“离思”而憔悴不安的面容映在风波、楚雨、暮钟、秋山之中。七句写眼前景，以“独鸟下东南”暗寓对广陵亲故的思念，又写人在西北，离亲日远的不畅。八句用反问句式把离情传达在空旷的原野，将思亲念远的情绪汇入风声、雨声、钟声之中。全诗在暮钟荡出的悠远情思笼罩下，情调哀婉，具有深沉的韵致。 A poem in five lines written by Wei Yingyou, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, is entitled “For Kinsfolk and Friends at Guangling”. In the first two lines, the poet hastily arrives at the ferry, but it is late and there is no ferry, so the poet wanders and hesitates. In the...

淮上喜会梁川故人 [1] 韦应物 江汉 [2] 曾为客， 相逢每醉还。 浮云一别后， 流水十年间 [3] 。 欢笑情如旧， 萧疏鬓已斑 [4] 。 何因不归去， 淮上有秋山。 注释： [1] 淮上：淮水边。梁川，今陕西南郑县东。 [2] 江汉：指今湖北一带。 [3] “浮云”句：指人生聚散无常，如浮云不定。李白《送友人》：“浮云游子意”。 [4] 斑：指头发斑白。 Meeting with Friends on River Huai Wei Yingwu We met on River Huai; Not till drunk did we go. We went as clouds float by; In ten years waves still flow. We laugh as in old days, Though our hair has turned white. Why don’t I go away? I love autumn hills bright. Meet or part, the river will ever flow and the poet will ever love his homeland. 《淮上喜会梁川故友》是唐朝诗人韦应物所作的一首五言律诗，该诗借景抒情，表达了诗人在淮水重逢久别十年的故人的喜悦心情，以及岁月流逝，年华易老的人生感喟。 This poem is a five-verse poem written by Wei Yingyu, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. It expresses the poet’s joy at meeting his old friend in the Huai River after a long absence of ten years, and his sadness at the passing of the years.