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英译

ZHOU Bangyan – Lyrics to the Melody of the West River (In remembrance of bygone eras at Jinling)
In this prosperous region, who remembers the South's grand eras?
Mountains and fields of the countryside and the winding Yangtze
Surround and build up away from the city.
Raging billows like loneliness towards a solitary castle heave,
On the distant horizon navigate sails and masts of ships.
Off the precipice rugged trees overhang still,
Who still comes here to secure the boat of a gent who never worried?
All that remains on a historic site is sentimentality.
And fog has come to one half of a castle conceal.
Deep in the night, over the parapet the moon shines,
In grief I look towards the east where pass the waters of River Huai.
What a flourishing city full of wine vendors' pennants and operatic drumming!
Faint is the memory of the Wangs, the Xies and their neighbourhoods,
Swallows have come and gone for generations that all have lost count of.
There are now ordinary people along the same streets and alleyways,
Telling tales of the rise and fall of former times in the setting sun.

赏析

　　词作上片写金陵的地理形势。开首即以赞美的口吻称之“佳丽地”。“南朝盛事”，点出南京古来即有盛名，扣题。起二句为总括。“南朝”，指从公元420年刘裕代晋到580年陈亡，建都建康（金陵）的宋、齐、梁、陈等朝代。以“谁记”提起，加以强调：“南朝盛事”已随流水逝去，人们早已将它遗忘了。

　　“山围故国绕清江，髻鬟对起”，可是，金陵的山川形胜却依然如故。这两句主要写山，水为陪衬，描绘出金陵独特的地理形势一群山环抱，耸起的山峰，隔江对峙；且以美人头上的“髻鬟”形容山峦，以“清字形容江水，不仅形象，而且显示出金陵山清水秀的美好景色。如今，旧时王朝的都城，却“怒涛寂寞打孤城，风樯遥度天际”，当年“豪华竞逐”的金陵，而如今却是座“孤城”，潮水的拍击声正反衬出环境的寂静冷漠，天际的风帆给人一种空旷落寞之感。词人通过景物描绘，极力渲染这些历史遗迹的冷落，正在被遗忘，与上文“谁记”相应，抒发了深沉的怀古之情。