Shui Tiao Ge Tou:

When will the bright moon come? Ask the blue sky for wine. I don’t know what year it is today in the palace in the sky. I want to ride the wind back home, but I am afraid that it will be cold in the high places. Dancing clear shadow, like in the world.

Turn to the Zhu Pavilion, where the Qihu is low and the light shines without sleep. There should be no hatred, why will things last forever when we say goodbye? People have joys and sorrows, separations and reunions, and the moon waxes and wanes. This is a difficult thing in ancient times. I hope that people will live long and travel thousands of miles to meet Chanjuan.

Annotation translation:

1. Annotation of words and sentences

(1) Bingchen: refers to 1076 AD (the ninth year of Xining, Shenzong of the Song Dynasty). In this year, Su Shi served as the prefect of Mizhou (now Zhucheng City, Shandong Province).

(2) Dadan: Until dawn.

(3) Origin: The name of Su Zhe, Su Shi's younger brother, is called "Three Su" together with his father Su Xun and his brother Su Shi.

(4) Hold the wine: Pick up the wine glass. Hold, hold, hold.

(5) Heavenly Palace (què): refers to the palace in the middle of the moon. Que, the stone platform behind the ancient city wall.

(6) Riding on the wind: riding on the wind; relying on the power of the wind. Go back: Go back to heaven

(7) Qiong (qióng) Lou Yuyu: A building made of beautiful jade, referring to the imaginary fairy palace.

(8) Invincible (old pronunciation shēng): unable to withstand, unable to bear. Win: bear, endure.

(9) Make clear the shadow: It means that the poet dances in the moonlight, and the shadow also dances with it. Nong: play with, appreciate.

(10) He is similar: When is it said? How is it comparable?

(11) Turning around the Zhu Pavilion, looking down at the Qi (qǐ) door, illuminating the sleepless people: The moon moved, turned around the vermilion pavilion, and hung low on the carved windows, illuminating the sleepless people. People (referring to the poet himself). Zhu Pavilion: A gorgeous vermilion pavilion. Kito: Doors and windows with ornate carvings.

(12) There should be no hatred, why should it be long (cháng) to be round when we say goodbye: (Yueer) shouldn't have any regrets (to people), why should it be round when people are separated? What: Why.

(13) This matter: refers to the "huan" and "he" of people and the "clear" and "round" of the moon.

(14) But: only.

(15) Qianli ***chan (chán) Juan (juān): I just hope that the two of you will be safe every year. Even though they are thousands of miles apart, they can still enjoy the beautiful moonlight together. ***: Let’s enjoy it together. Chanjuan: It originally means the beautiful posture of a woman, here it refers to the moon. ?

2. Vernacular translation

On the Mid-Autumn Festival of the Bingchen year, I drank happily until the next morning. I got drunk and wrote this poem. At the same time, I missed my younger brother Su. rut.

When did the bright moon begin to appear? I picked up my wine glass and asked the sky. I don’t know what year or month it is tonight in the palace in the sky. I want to ride the cool breeze back to the sky, but I'm afraid I can't stand the cold for nine days in a building made of beautiful jade. Dancing gracefully and admiring the clear shadows under the moon, how does it feel like you are in the human world?

The moon turned around the vermilion pavilion and hung low on the carved windows, illuminating myself who was not sleepy. The bright moon shouldn't have any regrets for people, right? Why does it become full only when people leave? People undergo changes in joys and sorrows, and the moon undergoes changes in waxing and waning. This kind of thing has been difficult to fully understand since ancient times. I just hope that all the loved ones in this world can be safe and healthy, and that they can enjoy this beautiful moonlight even if they are thousands of miles apart.

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