The Original Translation of Grandma Sun's Sword Dance

The original translation of Grandma Guan Sun's Sword Dance is as follows:

Original: On October 19th, the second year of Dali, when Kui Fu was driving Yuan Mansion, he saw Lin Ying and Li Shierniang dancing swords, causing them to fall. He asked his teacher, Disciple Sun Auntie. In the third year of Kaiyuan, when I was a child, I thought of the besieged city of Gongsun's family, and the sword-dancing equipment was vigorous and clear, and I was frustrated. When he won the championship alone, he worshipped outside the second geisha workshop in Yichun Liyuan, Gaotou, and Xiao was a dancer. At the beginning of Emperor SHEN WOO of Wensheng.

Gongsun is just a person. The jade looks gorgeous, and I am bald. I am a disciple of this school, and I am not proud. Distinguish its source, you can know the waves and be generous, and you can talk about it as a "sword." Zhang Xu, a former Wu native, is good at cursive writing. He often saw Gong Sundaniang dancing Xihe Sword in Yexian County. From then on, cursive script grew up and was grateful, which was known to Sun. A few years ago, there was a beautiful Gongsun who danced her dagger from all directions.

With her movements, heaven and earth move back and forth, and the audience is like mountains lost between them. When archers shot nine suns into the sky, the sky was so bright and scorched like a group of emperor's dragons. She began to be like a thunderbolt, venting its anger and ending the shining calm like rivers and seas. But those red lips and pearl sleeves disappeared, and no one except this student smelled of her fame. Linying Beauty is still dancing and singing happily in Bai Di. When we answer each other's questions, we sigh together and feel sad for the changes that have taken place. There are 8,000 ladies-in-waiting in the harem, but none of them can dance short sword like Mrs. Sun.

Fifty years have passed, and the royal family was overthrown in a stroke of a finger. The disciples in the pear garden dispersed like smoke, and one or two female musicians were trying to charm the cold sun. There are also people who are big and burly next to the tomb of the Golden Emperor, and the Tang Shicheng, which is bleak and bleak. The song has been sung, the slow-string allegro has stopped, the joy is in full swing, the moon in the east rises, and the sadness follows. I have to sharpen my feet on the lonely hill, heading for illness and despair, and I, a poor old man, don't know where to go.

On October 19th, the second year of Tang Dali, I saw Li Linying Twelve Niangs dancing swords in a private house in Kuifu. I think dancing is very energetic, varied and spectacular, so I asked her who she learned it from. She said: I am a student in Gong Sundaniang. In the third year of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, I still remember seeing Gong Sundaniang's dances "Sword" and "Huntuo" in the besieged city when I was a child. They were smooth and elegant, with clear rhythm.

Outstanding, contemporary first, from Yichun and Liyuan disciples in the palace to dancers worshiped outside the palace, Gong Sundaniang was the only one who knew this kind of dance in the early years of Tang Xuanzong. At that time, she was beautifully dressed and beautiful. Now I am a bald old man, and her disciple Li Shiniang is no longer a young woman.

Now that we know the origin of her dancing skills, it seems that their dancing skills are in the same strain and full of emotion, so let's write down the poem "Sword and Weapon". According to legend, Zhang Xu, a former Wuzhou native, was good at writing cursive copybook. He often watches Gong Sundaniang's dance drama The Sword of the West River in Yexian County. Since then, cursive calligraphy has greatly improved, and he is bold and unconstrained.

This shows that Gong Sundaniang is an excellent dancer. Once upon a time, there was a beautiful woman named Gong Sundaniang. Whenever she dances a sword, it will cause a sensation. There were many people watching, and their faces changed color because of fear. The world is also infected by her dance, ups and downs. The light of the sword is dazzling, like Houyi shooting for nine days, and the dance is vigorous and agile, like a dragon flying, and the sword is like thunder when dancing.

It makes people hold their breath, and when they dance together, they are calm, such as the waves of rivers and seas. The graceful dance with red lips has passed away, and in her later years, some disciples inherited and carried it forward. Li Shierniang, a beautiful woman in Linying, performed in Baidicheng, and she danced to this song, which was exquisite and radiant. She talked with me for a long time. About the origin of sword dance, I reminisced about the past and recalled the past, adding infinite regret and sorrow.

At that time, there were about 8,000 ladies-in-waiting in Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, and Gong Sundaniang was the only one with the highest swordsmanship. Fifty years is really like flipping your palm. Years of war are filled with smoke, and political affairs are dark and unpredictable. The children in the pear garden disappeared one by one, leaving only Li's dancing to cover the cold light of winter.

The trees in front of the tomb of Xuanzong in Jinsushan have been folded, and the autumn grass in the area of Baidicheng in Qutangxia is bleak and desolate. The hurried music of the harp is over again, and the joy at the beginning of the bright moon is extremely sad, which makes my heart panic. I, an old lady, really don't know where I'm going. I walked hard in the barren hills, and the more I walked, the more sad I became.