Tune: Magnolia II (Yan Shu)
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English translation
Original Chinese text
池塘水绿风微暖，记得玉真初见面。重头歌韵响琤琮，入破舞腰红乱旋。
English translation
The pond is green, and a faintly warm breeze passes. The speaker remembers the first meeting with Yuzhen. The song begins again, its clear notes ringing like jade; as the music enters its faster concluding section, the dancer’s red skirts whirl.
Original Chinese text
玉钩阑下香阶畔，醉后不知斜日晚。当时共我赏花人，点检如今无一半。
English translation
Beneath the hooked railing and beside the fragrant steps, the speaker was so absorbed in drink that the slanting sun went unnoticed. Of those who once admired flowers together, fewer than half remain when counted now.
词句注释 · Notes
上片 · First stanza
“玉真”可指所忆之人，也可能带有仙真意味，词中未作说明。“入破”是乐曲结构中的急促段落；歌舞场面既鲜明，也成为往日欢会的记忆。
“Yuzhen” may name the remembered person or carry an idealized, immortal quality; the poem does not explain. “Ru-po” refers to a brisk section in musical form. The vivid performance is recalled as part of a past gathering.
下片 · Second stanza
下片由当年的宴游细节转入今日回望。“无一半”是感叹旧友凋零的概括说法，不一定是精确人数；斜日也暗合欢聚已成往事。
The stanza moves from the details of a former gathering to the present act of looking back. “Fewer than half” conveys the loss of old companions, not necessarily an exact count; the setting sun echoes the passing of that time.