Su Shi [Song Dynasty]
Chen Bing Mid-Autumn Festival, happily drank the next morning, drunk, wrote this word, and missed my brother Su Zhe.
When did the moon begin to appear? I take my glass from a distance. I don't know the palace in the sky, and I don't know the month and time. I'm willing to ride the wind to the sky, I'm afraid I can't stand the cold for nine days in a pavilion of fine jade. Dance to find out what shadows look like on the earth. (what: when; Afraid of another work: only/afraid)
The moon turned into a scarlet pavilion, hanging low on the carved window, shining on the sleepy self. The moon should not have any resentment against people. Why is it round when people are gone? People are sad and happy, and they are separated and reunited. The moon will darken or shine, and it will become round or round. Nothing is perfect, even in the past. I hope people will live for a long time and have a good scenery thousands of miles away. (Long-term work: bias)
Translation:
On the Mid-Autumn Festival of Chen Bingnian (A.D. 1076), I drank happily until dawn, got drunk, wrote this word, and missed my brother Su Zhe.
When did the bright moon begin to exist? I picked up my glass and asked the distant sky. I don't know about palaces in the sky. What year is tonight? I want to go back to the sky with the wind to have a look, but I'm worried that the buildings built with beautiful jade are too high for me to stand the cold. Get up and dance and enjoy your clear shadow in the moonlight. The moon palace is nothing like on the earth.
The moon moved, turned the scarlet pavilion, hung low on the carved window, and shone on people who were not sleepy. Mingyue shouldn't have any resentment against people, but why is it always round when people leave? People have joys and sorrows, and the moon has changed from sunny to sunny, which is difficult to be comprehensive from ancient times to now. I hope people can stay together for a long time, even if they are thousands of miles apart, they can enjoy the beautiful moon together.
Extended data:
Shuidiao Tou is also known as Hui Yuan Song, Kaige, Shuidiao Tou, Flower Offender and Flower Offender. With Mao Kun's Hui Yuan Qu Jin Jiu Zeng Songchong as the main body, it has 95 words with two tones, nine flat rhymes in the upper part and ten flat rhymes in the lower part. In addition, the first paragraph has 95 disyllabic words, 9 four-tone and two-rhyme sentences, and the second paragraph has 10 four-tone and two-rhyme sentences; Two-tone 95 words, the first nine sentences are four tones and five Ye Yun, and the last ten sentences are four tones and five Ye Yun.
Representative works include Su Shi's When does the water turn around, Zhang Demao's Messenger, and Water Turn around and Travel.