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板桥[1]晓别
回望高城落晓河[2]，
长亭窗户压微波[3]。
水仙欲上鲤鱼[4]去，
一夜芙蓉红泪[5]多。
这是一首送别之作，情深而不俗气，典雅而意味绵长，且十分富有想象力。
注释：
[1]板桥：指开封城西的板桥。
[2]晓河：指银河。
[3]微波：指银河之波，也指长亭下水渠之波。
[4]鲤鱼：典故出自《列仙传》，一名赵国人琴高，会神仙术，曾乘赤鲤来，留月余复入水去。
[5]红泪：《拾遗记》记录，魏文帝美人薛灵芸离别父母登车上路，用王唾壶承泪，壶呈红色，及至京师，壶中泪凝如血。
Parting at Morning on the Wooden Bridge
The Milky Way fades over the high city wall;
The parting pavilion overlooks the rippling stream.
The fairy riding a carp goes up the waterfall,
Leaving the lotus bloom shed red tears in her dream.
Note:The poet describes the parting of two lovers at dawn,comparing the one who leaves to a fairy and the other who stays to a lotus flower.
