Strange Note

[Mike_O]

Hi there, I was wondering if anybody here could help me out.

 

This local business recently went under, and the owners have posted the following Chinese note on the door:

二二七析明月攸
玉人何夕上舞釗滯

 

 

I am of course do not know Chinese, and all efforts to translate it via Google etc have come up with semi-random gibberish.

 

The first 3 characters read "227", but then it goes weird from there.  "Analysis", "Jade Emperor", and "stagnation" are about all that I can make from it.

 

Anyone here know what it says?

Thanks so much.

[889]

If you don't know Chinese, then can you be certain you've transcribed the characters correctly?

[Mike_O]

I am certain the transcription is correct.

[Raian]

I'm wondering if you typed wrong with the  "二二七析明月攸 玉人何夕上舞釗滯" ,there's no such a verse. 

[陳德聰]

It looks like gibberish to me.

[Mike_O]

Could you please give me a literal translation, gibberish or not?

[Demonic_Duck]

Do you have a photo of the note?

[Mike_O]

I do, I will try to attach it.

 

[Tiana]

I am certain the transcription is correct.

 

I'm not so sure. The transcription in your post is not exactly what is in the photo.

[imron]

The Chinese in the photo is:

 

二二七桥明月夜
玉人何处舞剑潇

[Demonic_Duck]

Not sure how you came to being "certain" about the transcription when your second line doesn't even have the right number of characters.

 

Anyway, it's classical Chinese. I can't make too much sense of it.

 

227 bridge on a brightly moonlit night

Somewhere a [玉人 (beautiful woman?)] is dancing with swords [潇 (appearance of water? sound of wind and rain?)]

[889]

"I am certain the transcription is correct."

 

Sort of wasting everyone's time here with that sort of attitude. Especially when you are not in fact correct.

 

Nonetheless, you won't be ridiculed anywhere:  与任何处无见笑

[roddy]

This looks to be the original, although whether it's an accidental mangling or a deliberate play on words or what, I have no idea. 

[Shelley]

What did the shop sell or do before it closed down? Might be a clue, might not.

[Mike_O]

The shop was a gas station/restaurant.

 

As for wasting everyone's time here, if I was trying to do that would I have bothered with the picture of the text in question?

 

I appreciate everyone's input.

[Messidor]

二二七桥明月夜，玉人何处舞剑潇

Actually it doesn't make sense to me, maybe it a riddle or puns; but it does remind me of a poem

《寄扬州韩绰判官》 by [唐] 杜牧

青山隐隐水迢迢，秋尽江南草未凋。

二十四桥明月夜，玉人何处教吹箫。