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李煜《后庭花破子·玉树后庭前》- The Lyrics of Li Yu – Chinese Poems – (Southern Tang)

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后庭花破子

玉树后庭前,

瑶草[1]妆镜边。

去年花不老,

今年月又圆。

莫教偏[2],

和月和花,

天教[3]长少年。

北宋陈旸《乐书》中说:“《后庭花破子》,李后主、冯延巳相率为之,其词如上,但不知李作抑冯作也。”高阳在《金缕鞋》第337页谈到“李煜的那首《后庭花破子》”,所以这里译出,作为李后主的存疑作品。

李词第一句“玉树后庭前”,是从陈后主的“玉树流光照后庭”脱胎而来的。第二句的“瑶草”有好几种解释:仙草、灵芝、香草等。李白《清平调》中有一句“会向瑶台月下逢”,可见瑶台是月中仙子居住的地方,因此“瑶草”可能是指月中仙草。“妆镜”是仙子梳妆用的铜镜,镜是圆的,可以用来代指圆月,所以下面第四句是“今年月又圆”。去年花开花残,今年玉兰花并不老;月亮虽然缺过,现在却像妆镜一样暂亏还满。看到玉树妆镜、花好月圆,词人就祝愿天神不要偏爱花月,而要一视同仁,让青春岁月长驻人间。

注释:

[1]玉树、瑶草:中国古代传说中的仙树仙草。

[2]偏:偏失,这里指变化,改变。

[3]教:使得,让。

Flowers in the Backyard Broken Form

The jadelike trees in flower

Stand still before the inner bower;

The moonlit jasper grass

Reflected in the mirror of brass.

The flowers of last year

Still fresh now reappear;

The moon this year won’t wane

But wax as full again.

Do not favour alone

The flowers and the moon!

O Heaven should have told

The young not to grow old.

 

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Li Yu
Li Yu
Also known as Li Hou Zhu or Li Houzhu. Li YU was the last emperor of the Southern Tang dynasty, deposed in 975. His works focus on the loss of comfort and luxury.
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