译文及注释:
Translation:
Funeral Song: A song sung by mourners to mourn the deceased referring to poems or lamentations for the loss of the deceased or the demise of old things.
Not a short life: It means that death is a natural law so there is no distinction between long and short life.
Yesterday evening: Last night. Still alive: Referring to those who are still alive in the world.
This morning: This morning. Recorded in the ghost list: Listed as dead.
Soul and spirit: Referring to a person's spiritual consciousness. Zuo Zhuan · Zhao Gong Seven Years commentary: The attached form of the spirit is called the soul and the attached spirit is called the spirit. Where does it scatter: Where does it scatter?
Withered body: Withered corpse.
Mysterious empty wood: Placed in the coffin.
Seek: Look for.
Thousand autumns: Thousands of years describing a long time.
Clear wine cup: It means that the empty wine cup in the past is now filled with clear libation.
Spring wine: Spring wine. Floating ants: Foam on the wine surface. Wen Xuan · Zhang Heng's 'Nan Du Fu': The wine is spread over an inch and the floating ants are like...
Poignant dishes: Placed in front of the table friends and relatives mourn beside me.
Want to speak but voiceless want to open eyes but no light.
In the past I slept peacefully in the high hall but now I lie in a deserted grassland.
Once I leave for burial I don't expect to return.
Vast wilderness withered grass bleak autumn wind shaking the white poplar.
It is already mid-September with frost. Relatives send me to a distant burial ground.
Lonely and desolate no one around the tomb is high and extremely cold.
The horse mourns with a long cry and the wind makes a mournful sound.
The tomb is closed and dark never to see the dawn.
Never to see the dawn the wise and the accomplished will also face this fate.
The people who just attended the funeral have returned to their homes.
Relatives may still be grieving while others have already forgotten and are singing happily.
What else can be said after death entrusting this body to the mountain.
Annotations:
Funeral Song: A song sung by mourners to mourn the deceased referring to poems or lamentations for the loss of the deceased or the demise of old things.
Not a short life: It means that death is a natural law so there is no distinction between long and short life.
Yesterday evening: Last night. Still alive: Referring to those who are still alive in the world.
This morning: This morning. Recorded in the ghost list: Listed as dead.
Soul and spirit: Referring to a person's spiritual consciousness. Zuo Zhuan · Zhao Gong Seven Years commentary: The attached form of the spirit is called the soul and the attached spirit is called the spirit. Where does it scatter: Where does it scatter?
Withered body: Withered corpse.
Mysterious empty wood: Placed in the coffin.
Seek: Look for.
Thousand autumns: Thousands of years describing a long time.
Clear wine cup: It means that the empty wine cup in the past is now filled with clear libation.
Spring wine: Spring wine. Floating ants: Foam on the wine surface. Wen Xuan · Zhang Heng's 'Nan Du Fu': The wine is spread over an inch and the floating ants are like...
Poignant dishes: Placed in front of the table friends and relatives mourn beside me.
Want to speak but voiceless want to open eyes but no light.
In the past I slept peacefully in the high hall but now I lie in a deserted grassland.
Once I leave for burial I don't expect to return.