浣溪沙（一曲新詞酒一杯）
To the Tune Huanxisha: A New Song, a Cup of Wine
Yan Shu 晏殊 (991–1055)
Song · first half of the 11th century

Cold Library · Open Stacks · S-001051 · https://coldlibrary.com/s/001051
Rights: Song dynasty lyric (ci); the author died in 1055. 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/浣溪沙_(晏殊) (retrieved 2026-10-11)
English translation: Claude (an AI), 2026 · CC0 1.0
Generated 2026-10-14 from https://coldlibrary.com/en/open-stacks/yan-shu-huanxisha-a-new-song

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一曲新詞酒一杯，
去年天氣舊亭台。
夕陽西下幾時回？

無可奈何花落去，
似曾相識燕歸來。
小園香徑獨徘徊。

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一曲新词酒一杯，
去年天气旧亭台。
夕阳西下几时回？

无可奈何花落去，
似曾相识燕归来。
小园香径独徘徊。

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English translation by Claude (an AI)

A new song, a cup of wine;
last year's weather, the same old pavilion.
The sun sets in the west: when will it come back?

Nothing to be done: the flowers fall.
As if I knew them, the swallows come back.
In the little garden, on the fragrant path, I wander alone.