Recalling Qin E·The sound of the flute swallowed
Li Bai
The sound of the flute swallowed, Qin E dreamed of cutting off the moon in the Qin Tower. Qin Lou is full of moon, willows are colored every year, and Baling is sad to say goodbye.
Enjoy the Qingqiu Festival in Yuanyuan, and the sound of the Xianyang ancient road is excruciating. The sound is gone, the west wind is lingering, and the Han family mausoleum is still there.
Notes
⑴Xiao: a bamboo wind instrument.
⑵囯: whimper, describing the low and sad tune played by the flute, which sounds like weeping and complaining.
⑶Dream interruption: The dream is interrupted, that is, the dream is awakened.
⑷Baling: Located in the east of Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province today, it is the location of the tomb of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty. There is a bridge there, which is the only way to go to North, Northeast and Southeast China. Volume 6 of "Sanfu Huangtu": "The Baling Mausoleum of Emperor Wen was seventy miles east of Chang'an City. ... A bridge was built across the water. The Han people sent guests to this bridge and broke willows to say goodbye."
⑸ Farewell : Sad for parting.
⑹ Leyouyuan: Also called "Leyouyuan", it is located in the southeastern suburbs of Chang'an. It is the former site of Leyouyuan of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty. It is located on a high ground and can be seen from a distance. It was a tourist place in the Tang Dynasty.
⑺ Qingqiu Festival: refers to the Double Ninth Festival on September 9th of the lunar calendar. It was a festival when people climbed high on the Double Ninth Festival.
⑻Xianyang Ancient Road: Xianyang, the capital of Qin, is hundreds of miles northwest of Chang'an. It was an important route from the capital to the northwest for military and business purposes during the Han and Tang Dynasties. Ancient Xianyang was twenty miles east of present-day Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province. People in the Tang Dynasty often used Xianyang to refer to Chang'an, and the "Xianyang Ancient Road" was Chang'an Road.
⑼ Sound: generally refers to news, here it refers to the sound and dust raised when the car is moving.
⑽Afterglow: refers to the brilliance of the setting sun.
⑾Han family: Han Dynasty.
⑿Lingque: The emperor’s tomb and palace.
Translation
The sound of the jade flute was mournful and sobbed. When Qin E woke up from her dream, a bright moon was hanging upstairs in the Qin family. The waning moon above Qin's house, and the green willow color beside the bridge every year, are all imprinted with the sad farewell on Baling Bridge.
Looking at the desolate autumn festival in Leyouyuan, the news on the ancient road leading to Xianyang has long been cut off. The west wind blows the light of the setting sun, and in front of you are only the tombs and palaces left by the Han Dynasty.