冯子振,元代散曲名家,1253-1348,字海粟,自号瀛洲洲客、怪怪道人,湖南攸县人。自幼勤奋好学。元大德二年(1298)登进士及第,时年47岁,人谓“大器晚成”。朝廷重其才学,先召为集贤院学士、待制,继任承事郎,连任保宁(今四川境内)、彰德(今河南安阳)节度使。晚年归乡著述。世称其“博洽经史,于书无所不记”,且文思敏捷。下笔不能自休。一生著述颇丰,传世有《居庸赋》、《十八公赋》、《华清古乐府》、《海粟诗集》等书文,以散曲最著。
冯子振·《鹦鹉曲·城南秋思》
新凉时节城南住,
灯火诵鲁国尼父。
到秋来宋玉生悲,
不赋高唐云雨。
[么]一声声只在芭蕉,
断送别离人去。
甚河桥柳树全疏,
恨正在长亭短处。
Autumn Thoughts at the South of the City
to the tune of Parrot
Feng Zizhen
I live in the south of the city when it is cool,
And often read Confucius under a lamplight.
Autumn comes, I would feel sad as would Song Yu1 do,
No longer compose poetry for love and delight.
Drop by drop, the autumn rain beats the banana leave,
As if sending off him who takes leave.
Willow branches2 by the river bridge are all broken,
Watching wayside pavilions I feel my griefs woken.
1. Song Yu, a scholar and writer in Warring period, whose work entitled “Nine Defenses” begins with an elegy to the sad autumn.
2. A willow branch was often used by the ancient Chines as a toke n of sending off one’s dear ones or best friend.
(辜正坤 译)