南园十三首·其五
男儿何不带吴钩
收取关山五十州
请君暂上凌烟阁
若个书生万户侯
A man—why not take up the Wu hook bright,
And win back the fifty states by right?
Pray climb with me the Lingyan Hall of fame,
Which scholar there has won a marquis' name?
逐句注释
男儿何不带吴钩
男儿：有志气的男子。何不：为什么不，反问语气，使起笔激昂有力。吴钩：吴地所产的弯刀，后泛指宝刀、兵器，象征投身军旅、建功立业。全句以反问开篇，表达弃文就武、报效国家的豪情。
A true man—why not take up the Wu hook? The rhetorical question gives an impassioned opening. The Wu hook is a curved blade from the Wu region, later a general symbol of weapons and military valor, expressing the desire to take up arms and serve the state.
收取关山五十州
收取：收复。关山：关塞山河，代指国土。五十州：泛指当时藩镇割据的大片州郡。此句以借代和夸张写收复失地、削平割据的抱负，气势豪迈。
Recover the lost lands and fifty provinces. Guan shan, passes and mountains, stands for the realm; fifty provinces is a hyperbolic and representative figure for territories held by regional military governors. The line expresses the grand ambition to reclaim lost land and restore unity.
请君暂上凌烟阁
请君：请您。暂：暂且。凌烟阁：唐太宗贞观十七年图画长孙无忌、魏徵等二十四位开国功臣像于阁上，后成为功勋卓著、名垂青史的象征。此句由抒情转入劝勉，借历史典故激发功业之思。
Please ascend for a moment the Lingyan Pavilion. The pavilion was where Emperor Taizong of Tang had portraits of twenty-four founding ministers painted; it became a symbol of supreme merit and lasting historical fame. The line turns from personal feeling to exhortation through historical allusion.
若个书生万户侯
若个：哪个、谁。书生：读书人。万户侯：食邑万户的侯爵，泛指高官显爵、显赫功业。全句以反问作结：哪个书生能封万户侯？并非鄙弃读书，而是激愤于文士难获重用、功业难成，反衬投笔从戎之志。
Which scholar has become a marquis of ten thousand households? The closing rhetorical question is not a simple contempt for learning but an outburst of frustration that men of letters rarely win great office or glory. It sets off the poet's resolve to abandon the desk for the sword.
今日赏析
此诗为李贺《南园十三首》组诗中的第五首。南园是李贺在昌谷（今河南宜阳）的家园，组诗多写乡居生活、读书感怀与身世之叹。中唐时期藩镇割据、国势衰微；李贺才华横溢，却因避父讳不得应进士试，仕途受阻，仅任奉礼郎等小官，郁郁不得志。此诗借南园抒怀，表现渴望投笔从戎、收复失地、建功立业的豪情，也流露出书生失意、壮志难酬的愤懑。
This is the fifth poem in Li He's South Garden series. South Garden was the poet's home in Changgu, modern Yiyang, Henan; the group reflects country life, reading, and personal frustration. In the mid-Tang, regional military governors divided the empire and national power declined. Li He was brilliant but was barred from the imperial examination because of a naming taboo involving his father's name, so his official career was blocked and he held only low posts. The poem expresses his longing to join the army, recover lost territory, and win glory, together with a scholar's frustration at unfulfilled ambition.
每日唐诗精选唐代经典作品，提供原文、英文翻译、逐句注释与赏析，适合古诗词学习、双语阅读和日常诗意积累。