The original translation of "Bai Juyi: Song of Everlasting Sorrow"
The Emperor of the Han Dynasty was obsessed with beauty and wanted to overwhelm the country, and he could not find it for many years.
There is a daughter in the Yang family who has just grown up. She is raised in a boudoir and no one knows her.
It’s hard to give up on natural beauty. Once you choose it, you will be on the side of the king.
Looking back, you can smile and be charming, the pink and white in the Sixth Palace are colorless.
In the cold spring, you can bathe in Huaqing Pool, and the hot spring water will wash away the fat.
The waiter lifts up the weakling, which is the beginning of new grace.
The flowers on the temples are swaying with golden steps, and the hibiscus tent warms the spring night.
The spring night is short and the sun is rising, and the king will not go to court early from now on.
There is no leisure for Cheng Huan to serve banquets, and he spends all his time traveling from spring to night.
There are three thousand beauties in the harem, and three thousand people love them all.
The golden house is made up to serve as a charming servant at night, and the jade house is drunk and spring after the banquet.
Sisters and brothers are all nobles, and they are poor and glorious.
This makes the hearts of parents all over the world not to be reborn as boys but to be reborn as girls.
Translation: The emperor of the Han Dynasty valued the beauty of the city and the country, and was determined to find a peerless beauty. It's a pity that after many years in the country, he has been nowhere to be found. There was a newly grown girl in the Yang family. She was raised in a boudoir and no one had ever seen her face. Her natural beauty cannot be buried, and she is finally chosen to be with the emperor. She turned around and smiled, all kinds of charm appearing at the same time. The pink, white and dark green of the Sixth Palace immediately lost their color. In the cold spring, she was given a bath in Huaqing Pool. The hot spring water was smooth and washed her skin like condensed oil. The maid helped her out of the bath, but she was too lazy and weak. It was at this moment that she first accepted her grace. The face is like a flower, the hair is like clouds, and the golden steps are shaking on the head. Beautiful spring night, spring night is too short! The sun was so high that the sky opened its eyes. From then on, I never went to the morning to meet with those ministers again. Chasing pleasure and serving banquets, she was always by the emperor's side. Spring comes with spring outings, and the nights are exclusive to her. There were three thousand beauties in the harem, and all their favors were concentrated on her. At night in the palace, she dressed up and went to serve the Holy King. At the banquet in the Jade Tower, Chun got drunk with her. My sister and brothers have all achieved great status. It’s so enviable. The whole family is prosperous. It’s the kind of parents in the world who feel that giving birth to a boy is worse than giving birth to a girl.
Original text
The blue clouds enter from the heights of Li Palace, and the wind of fairy music can be heard everywhere.
Slow singing, slow dancing, silk and bamboo, the emperor can't see enough.
The sound of Yuyang's flying rhinoceros stirred the earth, shocking the song of colorful clothes and feathers.
Smoke and dust arose from the Jiuchong City Tower, and thousands of horses rode southwestward.
The green flowers wavered and stopped, more than a hundred miles west of the capital.
The Sixth Army had no choice but to turn around and die in front of the horse.
There is no one to collect the flowers and flowers, and the jade-winged gorse scratches his head.
The king hid his face and could not be saved. Looking back, blood and tears flowed.
The yellow leaves are scattered in the wind, and the clouds linger in the sword pavilion.
There are few people walking at the foot of Mount Emei, and the flags are dull and the sun is thin.
The Shujiang River is green and the Shushan Mountains are green, and the Holy Lord is in love with him day and night.
Seeing the moon in the palace makes me sad, and hearing the heartbreaking sound of bells in the rainy night.
The Li Palace, a summer resort, is high in the sky. Immortal music floats in the palace and can be heard everywhere in the world. There was slow singing and dancing in the palace, and the piano was played slowly and the flute was played slowly. The emperor watched all day long and could never get enough. Who knew that Yuyang's rebellious war drums would beat the ground and shock the colorful feathers? Smoke and dust appeared in the royal city, and Tianyu's cavalry, a thousand chariots and ten thousand horses, fled to the southwest. We just walked a hundred miles, walking and standing. What should we do if the Sixth Army refuses to advance? Wanwan Momei died in front of the emperor's horse. Her mother-of-pearls were left on the ground and no one collected them, as well as the jade crown on her head, her gold bird, and her jade scratch on her head. The emperor covered his face, thinking that he could not be saved. Looking back, tears and blood flowed together. The plank road winds up to the sword pavilion through the clouds, and the yellow dust blown by the wind is particularly desolate. There are not many pedestrians on the Emei Road, the sky flags have lost their luster, and the sunshine is so thin. The water of the Shu River is so green and the Shu Mountain is so verdant. The Emperor cannot stop thinking about him day and night. When I leave the palace, I see the moonlight with a sad color, and at night I hear the sound of rain and bells ringing with heartbreak.
Original text
The sky spins and the earth turns back to Long Yu, and now he hesitates and cannot go.
In the soil at the foot of Mawei slope, there is no place where Yuyan died.
The emperor and his ministers looked after each other with all their clothes, and looked eastward to the capital to return home.
After returning, the ponds and gardens are all still the same, with lotuses and willows blooming in Taiye.
The hibiscus is like a face and willows are like eyebrows, how can I not shed tears about this.
The peach and plum blossoms bloom in the spring breeze, and the sycamore leaves fall in the autumn rain.
There are many autumn grasses in the south of the West Palace, and the fallen leaves are full of red leaves that are not swept away.
The disciples in Liyuan have new white hair, and the prisoner Qing'e in Jiaofang is old.
The fireflies in the evening palace are quietly thinking, and the solitary lamp has been exhausted before they fall asleep.
At the beginning of the long night, the stars are about to dawn.
The mandarin duck tiles are heavy with frost, and the emerald quilt is cold.
After so many years of separation between life and death, my soul never came to sleep.
Translation: Finally one day, the world turned upside down and the Holy Spirit returned to the capital, and ended up here again - making people linger and couldn't bear to leave. The land where the beauty died in vain can no longer be found in the dirt at the bottom of Mawei slope. The monarch and his ministers looked at each other, with tears streaming down their clothes, and looked eastward, trusting the horse to return to the capital. Come back and take a look at the palace gardens. Taiye Pond, Lotus Weiyang Palace and Green Willows are still charming. The hibiscus flowers are so much like her face, and the willow leaves are so much like her eyebrows. How can one not shed tears when seeing flowers and willows?
How can you not feel it, on this day when the spring breeze blows the peach and plum blossoms, and on this autumn day when the sycamore leaves fall! The Supreme Emperor lived in the south and west palaces. The autumn grass grew in the courtyard, and if you didn't sweep it away, the steps were covered with red fallen leaves. At that time, Qingmei, the supervisor of the Jiao Room, was already old, and the disciples in the Liyuan had new gray hair on their heads. At night, fireflies flew over the palace, and the Emperor quietly thought about it. At night, I couldn't sleep because of the broken lantern, and I could only hear the bells and drums in the palace beating slowly. The night is so long, look at the Milky Way still shining in the sky. It's almost dawn, but it's not bright yet! The frost is so heavy, the tiles on the house are so cold, the green quilt is cold, who can support me? You are dead, but I am still alive. Years have passed since we parted, and your soul has never entered my dreams.
Original text
Linqiong Taoist priest Hongdu Ke can reach the soul with his sincerity.
To appreciate the king's thoughts, he taught the alchemists to search diligently.
The emptied air rushes like lightning, ascending to the sky and entering the earth to seek for everything.
The poor blue sky above and the yellow spring below, both places are nowhere to be seen.
Suddenly I heard that there was a fairy mountain on the sea, and the mountain was ethereal.
The exquisite pavilions are filled with five clouds, and there are many fairies among them.
There is a character in the book who is too real, with a snow-skinned and colorful appearance.
Knocking on the jade fan in the west chamber of the Golden Palace, he converted to teach Xiaoyu and reported double success.
Hearing that the emperor of the Han family was envoys, the dream soul in Jiuhua tent was frightened.
Wandering around while holding clothes and pushing pillows, the bead foil silver screen meanders open.
The cloud bun is half fresh and sleeping, and the flower crown is not neat when she comes out of the hall.
The wind blows and the fairy mantle is fluttering, just like the dancing of colorful clothes and feathers.
The jade face is lonely and full of tears, and a branch of pear blossom brings rain in spring.
Looking at the king with affection, his voice and appearance are vague.
Love is overwhelming in Zhaoyang Palace, and the sun and moon grow long in Penglai Palace.
Looking back and looking down at the world, I can see the dust and mist in Chang'an.
I only express my affection for old things, and send my hairpin to the future.
Leave one strand of the hairpin and combine it into a fan; break the hairpin into gold and combine it into two pieces.
But the heart of teaching is as strong as gold, and we will meet in heaven and on earth.
I sent my farewell message again with sincerity, in which I vowed to know each other.
On July 7th, in the Palace of Eternal Life, no one was whispering in the middle of the night.
I would like to be a winged bird in the sky, and a twig on the ground.
The eternity of heaven and earth will eventually come to an end, and this hatred will last forever.
Translation: There is a Linqiong Taoist priest in the capital who has practiced Taoism and can attract the souls of the dead with his sincerity. What was touching was the emperor's deep affection for her, which made the alchemists diligently search for her. He controlled the air and moved the clouds like a bolt of lightning, flying up to nine heavens and then down to the underworld, but there was no sign of her. Suddenly I heard that there was a fairy mountain on the sea, which was in the middle of nothingness. The fairy mountain pavilions are as exquisite as colorful clouds, and there are many wonderful fairies. One of them is named Taizhen, with snow-like skin and colorful appearance, and it sounds like he is the person he is looking for. The alchemist arrived at the Immortal Palace and knocked on the door of the west chamber. The ones who reported the news were the immortals Xiaoyu and Dong Shuangcheng. When she heard that Tianyu of the Han family had sent envoys, she couldn't help but break the dream in the Jiuhua tent of the Xian family. I pushed open the pillow, put on my clothes and got out of bed. The silver screen and bead curtain were opened in sequence. I saw that her bun was half tilted to the side. She had just woken up and walked down the hall before the flower crown was finished. The wind blew her fairy clothes fluttering and swirling, just like the colorful feathers she danced with back then. Yu Rong's lonely pair of tears fell down, just like a pear blossom carrying rain in spring. She expressed her sincere thanks to the king: since the separation between life and death, it was difficult to see him and there was no news at all. The love in Zhaoyang Palace has been cut off from now on, and the days and moons in Penglai Palace are so long! Looking down at the human world, I only see clouds and mist and cannot see Chang'an. I can only show my deep affection with old things and bring back two things, the golden hairpin and the box. Keep one share of the gold hairpin, one share of the hairpin box, and our family will share half of it. As long as our hearts are as strong as gold and tin, we can still see each other even though we are far apart in heaven and earth! There is one more important thing to say before leaving. Only he and I know this oath. On July 7th, there was no one in the Hall of Eternal Life in the middle of the night. The two of us whispered quietly: In the sky, we hope to be winged birds forever, and on the ground, we hope that water will be like branches. As time goes by, it will end one day. This hatred will last forever and will never be eliminated.