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[汉]蔡邕
青青河边草，
绵绵[1]思远道。
远道不可思，
宿昔[2]梦见之。
梦见在我傍，
忽觉[3]在他乡。
他乡各异县，
展转[4]不可见。
枯桑[5]知天风，
海水知天寒。
入门各自媚[6]，
谁肯相为言[7]！
客从远方来，
遗我双鲤鱼[8]。
呼儿烹[9]鲤鱼，
中有尺素书[10]。
长跪[11]读素书，
书中竟何如？
上言加餐食，
下言长相忆。
注释：
[1]绵绵：形容青草连绵不绝的样子。
[2]宿昔：昨夜。
[3]觉：指梦醒。
[4]展转：形容辗转不定，行踪不定。
[5]枯桑：落叶的桑树。
[6]媚：爱，欢喜。
[7]言：问讯，关心。
[8]双鲤鱼：两块鲤鱼形状的用于藏书信的木板。
[9]烹：煮。此处指打开书函。
[10]尺素书：写信用的绢帛，长约一尺，称“尺素”；素：绢帛；书：信。
[11]长跪：伸直腰跪坐。
A Longing Wife
Cai Yong
Green,green the grass by riverside;
Long,long I miss him far and wide.
He’s far away beyond the stream;
Yet I saw him last night in dream.
I dreamed we side by side did stand;
I woke to find him in far land.
The land’s too far to trace the ground;
I tossed but he could not be found.
A withered tree can feel the breeze;
The sea feels cold though it won’t freeze.
When men come home,with their wives they feel glad.
Who’d talk with me and care if I feel sad?
But a stranger comes from afar;
He brings me a pair of fine carp.
I call my boy to cook the fish,
In which I find a message as I wish.
I kneel to read what my husband does write
In this dear letter on silk white.
He starts:“Take of your health good care,”
And ends:“I’ll think of you fore’er.”
