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正月崇让宅
密锁重关掩绿苔，
廊深阁迥此徘徊。
先知风起月含晕，
尚自露寒花未开。
蝙拂帘旌[1]终展转，
鼠翻窗网小惊猜。
背灯独共馀香语，
不觉犹歌起夜来[2]。
这是诗人悼念亡妻之作，崇让宅是诗人的岳父、径原节度使王茂元在东都洛阳崇让坊的宅邸，诗人和妻子曾在此居住。此次归来，昔人已不在，重门紧缩，庭院深深，只剩一片凄凉。全诗从白天到夜晚，由门外到宅内，通过这样的描写，衬托出诗人悼念妻子的悲痛心情和复杂的内心活动，不觉让人悲从中来。
注释：
[1]帘旌：帘箔，布门帘，因形似旌旗，故称。
[2]《起夜来》：乐府曲调名，《乐府解题》中说：“《起夜来》，其辞意犹念畴昔思君之来也。”是妻子思念丈夫之辞。
Our Old Abode-Elegy on My Deceased Wife
Doors locked,curtain drawn down,mossy is our ground,
On winding corridor alone I would stroll around.
By lunar halo the rising wind is foretold.
How can the flowers bloom when drenched in dew cold?
I toss in bed when curtain’s hit by a bat;
I am surprised to hear in the net squeak a rat.
Alone I talk with your shadow by the lamplight.
How can I help singing with you“Rising at Night”?
Note:The poet describes his dreary old abode after his wife’s death.
