虞美人

Lyrics to the Melody Dedicated to Lady Yu

Beyond the meandering balustrades skies and waters seem alike,Against the same balustrade I also leaned that night.At first I took a bright moon for a sign that could us reunite,Especially on days with a full moon, for his return I would pine.

Worn is my dress, yet there lingers a fragrance of days that have gone by,There's nothing to sway me from what I've decided.One spring's parting leaves me melancholy and lethargic to strings tighten.Two trails of tears roll freely as I sit before a zither that is priceless.

　　这首词写的是怀人怨别的传说超标。在刻画女主人公的行动和心态时，却很有很有艺术特色。上片写圆月夜倚栏盼望人归，突出期盼之急切，下片写痴情不改、满怀离恨的愁苦幽怨，上片写倚栏望月盼归，下片写整个春天都充满离恨别情。上片首句写景，曲阑干外天如水，昨夜还曾倚。这两句写思妇独倚栏干夜眺碧天情景，“天如水”的复合意象描画出好天良夜清如水的月夜特征，虽未直接写明月，却将月辉的圆融、澄澈、空明之美，透过“天如水”显现出来。“昨夜还曾倚”，不仅写了思妇对明月碧天如水之良辰美景的珍惜，而且在昨夜、今夜 至明月倚栏眺望的痴情神往中，流露出对往昔欢情的眷恋和今日难言的苦衷。“天如水”三字衬托女主人公的纯情，意境优美。“昨夜”暗示出望月已非一日。“初将”二句写长望月圆人归而空见一次一次的月圆，幽怨转深。下片“罗衣”句写自己不忘旧情，“旧意谁教改”责备对方已变初衷，于怀疑中更显痴情。结尾二句宕开，谓不仅今日盼，昨夜倚栏，而且整个春天都在离恨中熬煎，想要弹琴抒怨也没有意绪，空流两行清泪而已。词意曲折深婉，并无华词丽句，人物形象却鲜明生动。本词抒怀怨别之情，写人传神，哀婉感人。