1. Original text
Dan Ge Xing
Cao Cao [Han Dynasty]
Singing over wine, what a life!
Like morning dew, it will be more painful every day.
Generosity should be treated with generosity, and worries will be unforgettable.
How to relieve worries? Only Du Kang. (The only work: Wei)
Qingqing Zijin is so long in my heart.
But for the sake of your Majesty, I still ponder it.
Yo yo, the deer roars, eating apples in the wild.
I have a guest who plays the drum, harp and sheng.
It’s as bright as the moon, when can you wipe it off? (Mingming's work: Jiao Jiao)
Worry comes from it and cannot be cut off.
The more unfamiliar you are, the more you cross the border, the more useless you are.
Let's talk about it, thinking about old kindness. (Tan_One Work: Talking about Banquet)
The moon and stars are few and far between, and the crows and magpies are flying south.
Walking around the tree three times, where is the branch to lean on?
The mountains never get too high and the sea never gets too deep.
When Duke Zhou spits out food, the world returns to its heart.
2. Translation
Drinking and singing, how many years will there be in your life.
Just like the morning dew, it is fleeting, too much time has passed!
The singing at the banquet was impassioned, but the sadness in my heart was hard to forget.
What can you do to relieve your depression? Only drinking wine.
You learned and talented people, you make me yearn for you day and night.
It’s just because of you that I still recite it in pain.
Under the sunshine, the deer chirped happily and ate mugwort in the wilderness.
Once talented people from all over the world come to my house, I will play the harp and sheng to entertain the guests.
When can I pick up the bright moon hanging in the sky?
The deep sorrow in my heart can't stop gushing out.
Guests from far away came to visit me through the criss-crossing field roads.
We reunited after a long absence to talk and have a feast, reliving the kindness of the past.
The moonlight was bright and the stars were sparse, and a group of nesting magpies flew south.
They have been flying around trees for weeks without folding their wings. Where can they find shelter?
The mountains are majestic only if they do not abandon the earth and rocks, and the sea is majestic only if it does not abandon the trickle of water.
I would like to be as courteous and courteous as the Duke of Zhou, and I hope that all the heroes in the world will sincerely submit to me.
3. Appreciation
"Dan Ge Xing" is an old title of the Han Dynasty Yuefu and belongs to "Xianghe Ge Ci·Ping Diaoqu". This means that it was originally the name of a piece of music. The original ancient words have been lost. There are 24 songs with the same name collected in Yuefu, the earliest one is Cao Cao's. Of course I don’t know how to sing this kind of music now. However, in Yuefu's "Xianghege Pingdiaoqu", in addition to "Duan Ge Xing", there is also "Long Ge Xing". Wu Jing of the Tang Dynasty's "Explanation of Ancient Yuefu Inscriptions" quoted the ancient poem "Long Songs are Fierce", and Wei Wendi Cao Pi's "Yan Ge" "Singing a short song cannot be long" and "Yan Ge Xing" written by Fu Xuan of the Jin Dynasty, "A long song continues a short song" and other sentences. It is believed that "long songs" and "short songs" refer to "songs have different lengths". Now we can only understand the musical characteristics of "Dan Ge Xing" based on this little bit of information. The music "Dan Ge Xing" originally had corresponding lyrics, which were "ancient Yuefu poems", but this ancient poem has been lost. The earliest "Dan Ge Xing" that can be seen now is the "Dan Ge Xing" written by Cao Cao to imitate Yuefu. The so-called "imitation of Yuefu" is to use old Yuefu songs to supplement new lyrics. Cao Cao's "Dan Ge Xing" has two songs handed down from generation to generation, and the one I want to introduce here is the first one.