Listen to this article清明
高翥[1]
南北山头多墓田，
清明祭扫各纷然[2]。
纸灰[3]飞作白蝴蝶，
泪血染成红杜鹃。
日落狐狸眠冢上，
夜归儿女笑灯前。
人生有酒须当醉，
一滴何曾到九泉[4]！
注释：
[1] 高翥：宋孝宗时的进士。《千家诗》注说：“言清明之时，纷纷然祭扫于南山北头。纸灰飘白，如蝴蝶之飞；泪洒郊原，若杜鹃之血。日落而狐兔穿眠于冢上，祭扫回家，儿女欢笑于灯前，竟忘死者长眠于冢矣。则纸灰血泪，有何益哉！人生于世，遇酒则宜痛饮，莫待死时空眠孤冢，三牲五鼎，虽一滴之酒，安能到于九泉之下哉！”前一首《清明》说无论贤愚都有一死；这一首更说应该及时行乐。
[2] 纷然：形容纷杂忙乱的样子。
[3] 纸灰：冥钱烧成的灰烬。
[4] 九泉：黄泉，阴间。
The Mourning Day
Gao Zhu
There’re many graveyards in northern and southern hill;
On Mourning Day the mourners come and weep their fill.
Burnt paper money flies as white as butterflies;
The bloodlike tears are shed and dye azeleas red.
At sunset foxes come back to lie there at night;
At home the mourners would laugh by the candlelight.
While he is alive, a man should in wine be drowned.
When dead, could he drink a drop of wine underground?
