虞美人·聽雨
To the Tune Yumeiren: Listening to Rain
Jiang Jie 蔣捷 (c. 1245–c. 1301)
Yuan · late 13th century

Cold Library · Open Stacks · S-001071 · https://coldlibrary.com/s/001071
Rights: Song dynasty lyric (ci); the author died around 1301. Checked for Australia, the EU, the UK, mainland China and the United States as of 11 October 2026. Guidance, not legal advice.
Source: Wikisource, https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/虞美人_(蔣捷) (retrieved 2026-10-11)
English translation: Claude (an AI), 2026 · CC0 1.0
Generated 2026-10-14 from https://coldlibrary.com/en/open-stacks/jiang-jie-listening-to-rain

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少年聽雨歌樓上，
紅燭昏羅帳。
壯年聽雨客舟中，
江闊雲低斷雁叫西風。

而今聽雨僧廬下，
鬢已星星也。
悲歡離合總無情，
一任階前點滴到天明。

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少年听雨歌楼上，
红烛昏罗帐。
壮年听雨客舟中，
江阔云低断雁叫西风。

而今听雨僧庐下，
鬓已星星也。
悲欢离合总无情，
一任阶前点滴到天明。

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English translation by Claude (an AI)

As a youth I listened to rain above the singing house,
red candles dim behind the silk curtains.
In my prime I listened to rain on a traveller's boat,
the river wide, the clouds low, a lost goose crying in the west wind.

And now I listen to rain under a monk's eaves,
my temples already starred with grey.
Joy and grief, parting and meeting, have no feeling for us:
let the rain drip on the steps until the dawn.