宋 Song · 词 Ci lyric
尉迟杯
The Cup of Wei Chi
隋堤路。
渐日晚、密霭生深树。
阴阴淡月笼沙，还宿河桥深处。
无情画舸，都不管、烟波隔南浦。
等行人、醉拥重衾，载将离恨归去。
因念旧客京华，长偎傍、疏林小槛欢聚。
冶叶倡条俱相识，仍惯见、珠歌翠舞。
如今向、渔村水驿，夜如岁、焚香独自语。
有何人、念我无，梦魂凝想鸳侣。
Gradually, the day, late, the dense mist, born, the deep trees.
The dark and dark, the pale moon, veiling the sand,
Still, lodging, the depths of the river bridge.
The heartless painted boat,
All, not caring, the misty waves, separating the South Bank,
Waiting, the traveler, drunken, embracing the heavy quilt,
Carrying away, the parting grief, returning.
Because, thinking, the former guest of the capital,
Long, leaning, the sparse woods, the small railing, the joyous gathering.
The pretty leaves, the charming branches, all, knowing,
Still, used to seeing, the pearl songs, the green dances.
Now, toward, the fishing village, the water post,
The night, like the years, burning the incense, speaking to himself alone.
What man, thinking of me, or not,
The dream soul, congealing, thinking, the mandarin duck companions.
Meaning
A lyric of the parting and the dream, written by Zhou Bangyan. The road of the Sui dyke with the dense mist and the pale moon veiling the sand, lodging in the depths of the river bridge, and the heartless painted boat carrying away the parting grief — the parting of the opening. Thinking the former guest of the capital with the sparse woods and the small railing, the pretty leaves with the pearl songs and the green dances — the memory of the capital. Now toward the fishing village with the water post, the night like the years, speaking to himself alone, and the close's dream soul congealing, thinking the mandarin duck companions — the close's dream. The lyric is the parting and the dream: the heartless boat, the memory of the capital, and the close's dream of the mandarin ducks.
隋堤路。渐日晚、密霭生深树。阴阴淡月笼沙，还宿河桥深处。无情画舸，都不管、烟波隔南浦。等行人、醉拥重衾，载将离恨归去。因念旧客京华，长偎傍、疏林小槛欢聚。冶叶倡条俱相识，仍惯见、珠歌翠舞。如今向、渔村水驿，夜如岁、焚香独自语。有何人、念我无，梦魂凝想鸳侣。
Appreciation
[Plain Paraphrase] The road of the Sui dyke. Gradually, the day, late, the dense mist, born, the deep trees. The dark and dark, the pale moon, veiling the sand, still, lodging, the depths of the river bridge. The heartless painted boat, all, not caring, the misty waves, separating the South Bank, waiting, the traveler, drunken, embracing the heavy quilt, carrying away, the parting grief, returning. Because, thinking, the former guest of the capital, long, leaning, the sparse woods, the small railing, the joyous gathering. The pretty leaves, the charming branches, all, knowing, still, used to seeing, the pearl songs, the green dances. Now, toward, the fishing village, the water post, the night, like the years, burning the incense, speaking to himself alone. What man, thinking of me, or not, the dream soul, congealing, thinking, the mandarin duck companions. [Structure and Thought] The lyric moves from the parting of the Sui dyke and the heartless boat, through the memory of the capital and the joyous gathering, to the close's night like the years with the dream soul thinking the mandarin ducks. [Key Technique] The lyric's art is the contrast of the past and the now: the joyous gathering of the capital against the fishing village of the now, and the close's dream of the mandarin ducks — the loneliness gathered in the contrast and the close's dream. [Emotional Tone] Sorrowful, nostalgic, and lonely: the lyric is the parting, the memory and the close's dream.
【白话串讲】 周邦彦写《尉迟杯》：“隋堤路。渐日晚、密霭生深树”——“阴阴淡月笼沙，还宿河桥深处”——“无情画舸，都不管、烟波隔南浦”——“等行人、醉拥重衾，载将离恨归去”——他写离别——载将离恨归去。 【意象与手法】 “隋堤路。渐日晚、密霭生深树”写隋堤日晚；“阴阴淡月笼沙，还宿河桥深处”写河桥夜宿；“无情画舸，都不管、烟波隔南浦”写画舸无情；“等行人、醉拥重衾，载将离恨归去”写载将离恨；结以“有何人、念我无，梦魂凝想鸳侣”写凝想鸳侣。含蓄深婉。 【情感与主旨】 周邦彦写离别追忆之作，写隋堤离别、画舸载恨与别后凝想鸳侣的思念，是清真词中离别词的代表。 【名句点睛】 常考“无情画舸，都不管、烟波隔南浦”以画舸无情写离别；“有何人、念我无，梦魂凝想鸳侣”写凝想鸳侣。
Background
Zhou Bangyan (1056–1121), the master of the ci of the Song, wrote this 'The Cup of Wei Chi' of the parting and the dream — the loneliness of the journey. The parting of the Sui dyke with the heartless painted boat, the memory of the capital with the joyous gathering, and the close's night like the years with the dream soul thinking the mandarin ducks — the lyric gathers the loneliness of the journey, the memory of the past. The lyric is one of the famous works of the master's lyrics of the parting.
《尉迟杯》为北宋词人周邦彦所作词。周邦彦（1056—1121），字美成，号清真居士，钱塘（今浙江杭州）人，北宋词人，精通音律，词风典雅精工，为婉约词集大成者，人称「词中老杜」。此词写离别追忆。隋堤为隋炀帝所开运河之堤（汴堤），多植柳。词中「隋堤路。渐日晚、密霭生深树」写隋堤日晚；「阴阴淡月笼沙，还宿河桥深处」写河桥夜宿；「无情画舸，都不管、烟波隔南浦」写画舸无情；「等行人、醉拥重衾，载将离恨归去」写载恨归去；「因念旧客京华，长偎傍、疏林小槛欢聚」写京华旧客；「冶叶倡条俱相识，仍惯见、珠歌翠舞」写珠歌翠舞；「如今向、渔村水驿，夜如岁、焚香独自语」写渔村夜如岁；「有何人、念我无，梦魂凝想鸳侣」写凝想鸳侣。周邦彦此词以隋堤日晚、载将离恨写其离别之情，含蓄深婉，是周邦彦词中的名篇。此篇《尉迟杯》在历代选本中多被收录，其艺术价值与流传之广，正可见此诗在同类题材中的重要地位。诗人以匠心独运之笔写寻常之情事，遂使此作历千载而犹有生气，为后人所称赏不绝。
Art
The lyric's art is the art of the contrast. The parting opens: the road of the Sui dyke — the dyke of the Sui; gradually, the day, late, the dense mist, born, the deep trees — the mist of the deep trees; the dark and dark, the pale moon, veiling the sand — the pale moon veiling the sand; still, lodging, the depths of the river bridge — the lodging of the bridge; the heartless painted boat — all, not caring, the misty waves, separating the South Bank — the heartless boat; waiting, the traveler, drunken, embracing the heavy quilt — carrying away, the parting grief, returning — the parting grief carried away. The memory follows: because, thinking, the former guest of the capital — long, leaning, the sparse woods, the small railing, the joyous gathering — the gathering of the past; the pretty leaves, the charming branches, all, knowing — still, used to seeing, the pearl songs, the green dances — the songs and the dances of the past. And the close gathers the loneliness: now, toward, the fishing village, the water post — the fishing village of the now; the night, like the years, burning the incense, speaking to himself alone — the night like the years; what man, thinking of me, or not — the thinking of me; the dream soul, congealing, thinking, the mandarin duck companions — the dream of the close — the parting, the memory and the close's dream, gathered in the lyric.
此词艺术上以「含蓄深婉、今昔对照」见长。全词上片写隋堤日晚与画舸载恨，下片写京华旧客与凝想鸳侣。上片「隋堤路。渐日晚、密霭生深树」写隋堤日晚：隋堤路，渐日晚、密霭生深树；「阴阴淡月笼沙，还宿河桥深处」写河桥夜宿：阴阴淡月笼沙，还宿河桥深处；「无情画舸，都不管、烟波隔南浦」写画舸无情：无情画舸，都不管、烟波隔南浦；「等行人、醉拥重衾，载将离恨归去」写载恨归去：等行人、醉拥重衾，载将离恨归去。下片「因念旧客京华，长偎傍、疏林小槛欢聚」写京华旧客：因念旧客京华，长偎傍、疏林小槛欢聚；「冶叶倡条俱相识，仍惯见、珠歌翠舞」写珠歌翠舞：冶叶倡条俱相识，仍惯见、珠歌翠舞；「如今向、渔村水驿，夜如岁、焚香独自语」写渔村夜如岁：如今向、渔村水驿，夜如岁、焚香独自语；「有何人、念我无，梦魂凝想鸳侣」写凝想鸳侣：有何人、念我无，梦魂凝想鸳侣。全词含蓄深婉，今昔对照，是周邦彦词中的名篇。
Allusions
'The Sui dyke' (Sui di) is the Sui dyke — the dyke of the Sui, the road of the parting; 'the South Bank' (nan pu) is the South Bank — the bank of the south, the separating of the misty waves; 'the pearl songs, the green dances' (zhu ge cui wu) are the pearl songs, the green dances — the songs and the dances of the past; 'the mandarin duck companions' (yuan lü) are the mandarin duck companions — the companions of the pair, the dream of the close.
词中「隋堤」「密霭」「淡月笼沙」「画舸」「烟波」「南浦」「重衾」「离恨」「京华」「疏林小槛」「冶叶倡条」「珠歌翠舞」「渔村水驿」「夜如岁」「焚香」「梦魂」「鸳侣」等语，皆含典故故实。「隋堤」写隋堤（隋炀帝开运河所筑之堤）；「密霭」写浓密之雾气；「淡月笼沙」写淡月笼罩沙岸（化用杜牧《泊秦淮》「烟笼寒水月笼沙」之意）；「画舸」写彩绘之船；「烟波」写烟霭水波；「南浦」用江淹《别赋》「送君南浦，伤如之何」之意，写送别之地；「重衾」写多层之被；「离恨」写离别之恨；「京华」写京城；「疏林小槛」写疏林小槛之处；「冶叶倡条」用李商隐《燕台》「冶叶倡条遍相识」之意，写歌妓舞女；「珠歌翠舞」写珠翠之歌舞；「渔村水驿」写渔村水驿；「夜如岁」写夜长如岁；「焚香」写焚香；「梦魂」写梦中之魂；「鸳侣」写鸳鸯之侣。词人以隋堤、淡月笼沙、画舸、南浦、冶叶倡条、珠歌翠舞、渔村水驿、夜如岁、鸳侣等语入词，不着痕迹，而把离别追忆之情写得真切可感，是善于熔铸典故的体现。
Commentary
This lyric is one of the famous works of Zhou Bangyan's lyrics of the parting, quoted for the contrast of its past and its now. The heartless painted boat, and the dream of the mandarin ducks, are among the admired passages of the master's lyrics. Critics praise the lyric's loneliness: the parting gathered in the boat, to the close's dream.
这首《尉迟杯》，是周邦彦写离别追忆之作，写隋堤日晚、无情画舸、载将离恨之情，含蓄深婉。上片写隋堤日晚与画舸载恨：「隋堤路。渐日晚、密霭生深树」——隋堤路，渐日晚、密霭生深树。写隋堤日晚：隋堤之路，渐日晚、密霭生于深树——隋堤日暮、密霭生树，写尽送别之景；「阴阴淡月笼沙，还宿河桥深处」——阴阴淡月笼沙，还宿河桥深处。写河桥夜宿：阴阴淡月笼沙，还宿河桥深处——淡月笼沙、宿于河桥，化用杜牧烟笼寒水之意；「无情画舸，都不管、烟波隔南浦」——无情画舸，都不管、烟波隔南浦。写画舸无情：无情画舸，都不管烟波隔南浦——画舸无情、载人而去，隔断南浦；「等行人、醉拥重衾，载将离恨归去」——等行人、醉拥重衾，载将离恨归去。写载恨归去：等行人醉拥重衾，载将离恨归去——画舸载将离恨归去。下片写京华旧客与凝想鸳侣：「因念旧客京华，长偎傍、疏林小槛欢聚」——因念旧客京华，长偎傍、疏林小槛欢聚。写京华旧客：因念旧客京华，长偎傍、疏林小槛欢聚——忆京华旧日欢聚；「冶叶倡条俱相识，仍惯见、珠歌翠舞」——冶叶倡条俱相识，仍惯见、珠歌翠舞。写珠歌翠舞：冶叶倡条俱相识，仍惯见珠歌翠舞——京华旧日、歌舞相识；「如今向、渔村水驿，夜如岁、焚香独自语」——如今向、渔村水驿，夜如岁、焚香独自语。写渔村夜如岁：如今向渔村水驿，夜如岁、焚香独自语——今之渔村水驿、夜长如岁，与京华旧日相对；「有何人、念我无，梦魂凝想鸳侣」——有何人、念我无，梦魂凝想鸳侣。写凝想鸳侣：有何人念我，梦魂凝想鸳侣——无人念我，唯梦魂凝想鸳侣。这「有何人、念我无，梦魂凝想鸳侣」，是全词之结：以凝想鸳侣写其深情。全词含蓄深婉，今昔对照，正是周邦彦词中的名篇。
Prosody
Line by line
隋堤路。
The road along the Sui Dyke.
隋堤路。
The road along the Sui Dyke.
首句写隋堤之路，起笔即见其地。「隋堤路」写隋堤路，「隋堤」写隋堤（隋炀帝开运河所筑之堤）、「路」写其路。一句以隋堤写其地、以路写其途，写尽送别于隋堤之路——古堤长路，正是别离之地。起笔点地，为全词写离别追忆作铺垫，是「以地起兴」的妙笔。此句以寥寥数语写尽深意，情韵兼胜，正是全诗点睛之笔。其于字句之间暗藏波澜，于平易之中寄寓曲折，尤当反复涵泳，方能得其三昧。
The opening names the road along the Sui Dyke and fixes the place at the first stroke. 'The Sui Dyke' was the embankment built when Emperor Yang of Sui dug the canal; 'road' names the way. One phrase names the place and the path, writing the farewell on the long road of that ancient dyke — an old embankment and a long road are precisely where partings happen. Pointing to the place at the opening is the skill of 'raising feeling through place,' preparing for the farewell and memory that fill the ci. In a few words it carries deep meaning, matching sentiment and tone; waves are hidden between the characters, and turns are lodged in the plainness — worth repeated pondering to grasp its inner quality.
无情画舸，都不管、烟波隔南浦。
The heartless painted boat, all, not caring, the misty waves, separating the South Bank.
无情画舸，都不管、烟波隔南浦。
The heartless painted barge cares nothing that misty waves divide the southern shore.
此三句写画舸无情，是全词写离别之关键。「无情画舸」写无情画舸，「无情」写其无情、「画舸」写彩绘之船；「都不管、烟波隔南浦」写都不管烟波隔南浦，「都不管」写全不顾、「烟波隔南浦」写烟波隔断南浦。三句一写无情画舸、一写都不管、一写烟波隔南浦，以画舸无情写其载人而去、以烟波隔南浦写别后之隔，写尽画舸无情、烟波隔断南浦之情。以物写恨，含蓄而深挚，是「以物写恨」的点睛之笔。
These three phrases write the painted barge as heartless and are central to the ci's farewell. 'Heartless painted barge' — 'heartless' and the painted, decorated boat; 'cares nothing that misty waves divide the southern shore' — 'cares nothing' means utterly disregarding, and 'misty waves divide the southern shore' names the parting cut by mist and water. One phrase each: the heartless barge, its disregard, the mist dividing the south bank. The heartless vessel carries the traveler away, and the misty waves divide the lovers after leaving — writing the barge's cruelty and the cut of separation through a thing, restrained and deep. It is an illuminating stroke of 'writing grief through objects.'
等行人、醉拥重衾，载将离恨归去。
They wait for the traveler, drunk and wrapped in double quilts, and carry the sorrow of parting home.
等行人、醉拥重衾，载将离恨归去。
It waits for the traveler, drunk and clutching heavy quilts, and carries his parting grief away home.
此三句写载恨归去，是全词写离恨的关键。「等行人、醉拥重衾」写等行人醉拥重衾，「等行人」写等着行人、「醉拥重衾」写醉拥多层之被；「载将离恨归去」写载将离恨归去，「载将」写载着、「离恨归去」写离恨而归。三句一写等行人醉拥重衾、一写载将离恨归去，以醉拥重衾写其醉卧、以载将离恨写其恨随船行，写尽画舸载将离恨归去之情。以恨写别，含蓄而深挚，是「以恨写别」的点睛之笔。
These three phrases write carrying grief away and are central to the ci's parting sorrow. 'It waits for the traveler, drunk and wrapped in double quilts' — waiting for the traveler, drunk and clasping heavy bedding; 'carries his parting grief home' — carrying, and the grief of parting departing with the boat. One phrase each: the drunk traveler in thick quilts, the barge bearing his grief away. The drunken reclining and the grief that travels with the vessel write the barge carrying parting sorrow home. Writing farewell through grief, restrained and deep, it is an illuminating stroke of 'writing farewell through grief.'
有何人、念我无，梦魂凝想鸳侣。
What man, thinking of me, or not, the dream soul, congealing, thinking, the mandarin duck companions.
有何人、念我无，梦魂凝想鸳侣。
Is there anyone who remembers me? In dreams my soul fixes on my mate.
尾三句写凝想鸳侣，是全词立意的落点。「有何人、念我无」写有何人念我无，「有何人」写有何人、「念我无」写念我与否；「梦魂凝想鸳侣」写梦魂凝想鸳侣，「梦魂」写梦中之魂、「凝想鸳侣」写凝想鸳鸯之侣。三句一写有何人念我无、一写梦魂凝想鸳侣，以有何人念我写其无人念、以梦魂凝想鸳侣写其情深，写尽无人念我、唯梦魂凝想鸳侣之情。以想写情，含蓄而深挚，是全词最动人处，也是「以想写情」的点睛之笔。
The closing three phrases write the soul fixed on a mate and are where the ci's meaning lands. 'Is there anyone who remembers me?' — who, and whether they remember; 'in dreams my soul fixes on my mate' — the dreaming soul, and the fixated thought of the paired lover. One phrase each: who remembers me, the dreaming soul fixed on its mate. 'Is there anyone who remembers' writes that no one remembers; 'the soul fixes on its mate' writes depth of feeling. It writes the loneliness of being forgotten by all, with only the dreaming soul dwelling on the beloved. Writing feeling through longing, restrained and deep, it is the most moving place of the ci and an illuminating stroke of 'writing feeling through longing.'
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Related Reading
Liu Yong's 'The Bell of the Rain' — 'the cold cicadas, mournful and cutting' — is the parting of the boat of the riverside; Zhou Bangyan's 'The Cup of Wei Chi' — 'the heartless painted boat' — is the parting of the boat of the Sui dyke — the two boats of the parting, the one of the cicadas, the other of the dyke.
柳永《雨霖铃·寒蝉凄切》「留恋处，兰舟催发。执手相看泪眼，竟无语凝噎」，写离别之凄切、兰舟催发，是宋词写离别的名篇；周邦彦《尉迟杯》则以「无情画舸，都不管、烟波隔南浦」「等行人、醉拥重衾，载将离恨归去」写画舸无情、载恨归去。两词同写离别之恨与画舸载愁：一写留恋处兰舟催发、以催发写别，一写无情画舸载将离恨归去、以载恨写别；一为柳永之婉约、一为周邦彦之精工，并读正可见宋词写「舟载离恨」的两种笔法，皆以舟写离别之恨。
八声甘州·对潇潇暮雨洒江天 Eight Beats of Ganzhou: Facing the Evening Rain 柳永 · 同写羁旅追忆、今昔对照，一写叹年来踪迹何事苦淹留、一写因念旧客京华珠歌翠舞，皆于羁旅中见今昔之慨 Related readingCompare this related work with the poem above through theme, imagery, tone, and emotional movement.
柳永《八声甘州·对潇潇暮雨洒江天》「叹年来踪迹，何事苦淹留」，写羁旅淹留之慨，是宋词写羁旅的名篇；周邦彦《尉迟杯》则以「因念旧客京华，长偎傍、疏林小槛欢聚」「如今向、渔村水驿，夜如岁、焚香独自语」写京华旧日、渔村今时。两词同写羁旅追忆、今昔对照：一写叹年来踪迹何事苦淹留、以淹留写慨，一写因念旧客京华珠歌翠舞、以今昔写慨；一为柳永之婉约、一为周邦彦之精工，并读正可见宋词写「羁旅今昔」的两种笔法，皆于羁旅中见今昔之慨。