临江仙——晏几道

临江仙

--晏几道

梦后楼台高锁，

酒醒帘幕低垂。

去年春恨却来时，

落花人独立，

微雨燕双飞。

记得小苹初见，

两重心字罗衣。

琵琶弦上说相思。

当时明月在，

曾照彩云归。

Riverside Daffodils

Translated by Xu Yuanchong & Xu Ming

Awake from dreams, I find the locked tower high;

Sober from wine, I see the curtain hanging low.

As last year spring grief seems to grow.

Amid the falling blooms alone stand I;

I the fine rain a pair of swallows fly.

I still remember when I first saw pretty Ping,

I silken dress embroidered with two hearts in a ring,

Revealing lovesickness by touching pipa's string.

The moon shines bright just as last year;

It did see her like a cloud disappear.

【赏析】

这是一首感旧怀人的名篇，本词为怀念歌女小苹所作。上片写别后的孤独和刻骨相思，写今日，下片追忆初见小苹时的印象及小苹归去时的情景，写去时的情景，写去年。据作者《小山词》自跋所述，作者好友沈廉叔、陈君友家有莲、鸿、苹、云四个歌女，词人及其好友的新词经常由她们在席间歌唱。作者和词中小苹亦曾有过一段恋情，后沈殁陈病，小苹等人也就风飘云散，不知去向。