Nostalgia | Clear the stage of the fallen yellow leaves

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by Cui Guofu (c678 - c755)

Translation © by Ryan Xie

古意

Language: Chinese (中文)

Our translations: ENG ENG ENG

凈掃黃金階，
飛霜皎如雪。
下簾彈箜篌，
不忍見秋月。

Text Authorship:

by Cui Guofu (c678 - c755), "古意" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Yulian Konstantinovich Shchutsky (1897 - 1938) , "Старинное" ; composed by Borys Mykolayovych Lyatoshynsky.
Also set in Ukrainian (Українська), a translation by S. Balatsky ; composed by Borys Mykolayovych Lyatoshynsky.

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ENG English (Qi Feng Wu) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Kairui (Kerry) Zhou) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Ryan Xie) , "Nostalgia", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Nostalgia

Language: English after the Chinese (中文)

Clear the stage of the fallen yellow leaves,
the dew is as bright as snow.
Curtains shut, she hears the sound of an exotic harp,
a reminder of her long lost lover.

Translator's Note for line 3: This ancient plucked instrument (kōnghóu in Mandarin) has been revived in a modernized form in the 20th century (a large concert pedal harp with two rows of strings). During the Tang dynasty it referred to all “foreign” plucked instruments at court. The name, referring to a variety of ancient Central Asian harps found in ancient Chinese courts, may derive from "čangaryā" or “čingaryā” (in the Sogdian language, an Iranian language formerly spoken near the border of modern Uzbekistan and Tajikistan).

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a text in Chinese (中文) by Cui Guofu (c678 - c755), "古意"
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This text was added to the website: 2023-09-08
Line count: 4
Word count: 32