岔曲《紫绶金章》

　　紫绶金章，懒做辞王。跳红尘，出世外，闲居旷野，归隐山庄。最喜那槐荫里，小溪旁，黄岗竹楼去纳晚凉。〔过板〕

　　闲来时身披鹤氅，巾带飘扬。足穿那步苍苔，寻幽径，踏遍山河履一双。手拄着号青藜，挥星斗，葫芦斜挂方竹杖。一步步，或山旁，或水旁，飘然潇洒有多舒放。一任他傀儡场中真真假假，装模与作样。怎似我乐天知命，随缘守分，清凉世界，将将就就在壶中包罗乾坤与万象。收收收，放放放。收起那，利锁名缰一点心，放开那，海阔天空的真度量。清晨起，在竹楼上，推窗斜倚靠雕栏望。云中飞雁自成行，鹤鸣九皋在青霄上。片帆只影赴中流，那万顷的烟波只一望。茶饭罢，消烟瘴，见那海边红日高千丈。鲈鱼莼菜饭胡麻，充饥醉饱又何须让。午饭毕，携竹杖。独步前村把良友访，一路上，在这花柳荫中，落红满径，鸟弄笙簧，

　　清溪荡漾，小桥边见蜻蜓戏水，粉蝶纷飞鱼吹浪。霎时来至在隐贤庄，叙礼同登待客堂。着棋饮酒乐非常，瑶琴一曲有多欢畅。只吃得喜孜孜，醉醺醺，乐扬扬，带醉归来见明月上。这正是紫袍玉带皆虚谎，似这等快乐逍遥〔卧牛〕

　　强如将相。我隐居胜似个登金榜，敢比那弃职归山的张子房。

英译：Qianlong Folk Song

Hermit
When purple and gold shall appeal no
more,
Nor allegiance any longer binding to
the throne,
I’ll retire from this all And take my retreat, and peace of mind Under the cool shade of a pagoda tree By the brook and in the hermit shed.

May the Taoist garment replace the
vestment,
And let a bamboo stick, the baton;
Let Mother Nature embrace me in her
Bosom And comfort my heart,
Wearied in that vanity fair.

For one gets real felicity
Not from the scrambling for fame
and fortune
But from a sincere taking
Of whatever Nature
So generously confers.

Take, for instance, the rising sun as
you lean
Upon the bamboo railing in the morn;
And the departing sails
That draw your sight so far,
Far as the river flows and the land
goes;
And take, too, the migrating geese,
Their orderly flight scribing in the sky
Word about autumn’s coming.

Count enough plain food and drink,
Which contributes to bodily health
As does undefiled wisdom to mental
fit.

The road to the friend’s house
Is covered by fallen flowers,
(How he likes it that way!)
With the brook gurgling and birds
whistling
All along the way.

It is a perfect symposium when best
friends gather
When banquet and music entertain
both the host and the guests.

Moon lights my way home
With her silver luster.

O, Moon! How much I prefer my tub
and shack
To a life at court!
Fame and power but enslave;
Yet few know when to stop and
retire.

　　本文将“岔曲”译成Qianlong Folk Song（乾隆民谣），因岔曲始于清·乾隆年间，“曲”字译“民谣”是为区别其它歌唱艺术形式，日本民谣早被译为英文，其意与八角鼓系统艺术类似。
本文英译是意译，并非直译英文，有不妥之处望方家指正。

　　黄少杰 译