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南乡子
苏轼
怅望送春杯。
渐老逢春能几回。
花满楚城愁远别，
伤怀。
何况清丝急管[1]催。
吟断望乡台。
万里归心独上来。
景物登临闲始见，
徘徊。
一寸相思一寸灰。
注释：
[1]清丝急管：送行酒宴上的音乐。
Song of the Southern Country
Su Shi
Wine cup in hand, I see spring off in vain.
How many times can I, grown old, see spring again?
The town in bloom, I’m grieved to be far, far away.
Can I be gay?
The pipes and strings do hasten spring not to delay.
I croon and gaze from Homesick Terrace high;
Coming for miles and miles, alone I mount and sigh.
Things can be best enjoyed in a leisurely way;
For long I stay,
And inch by inch my heart burns into ashes grey.
注释：
The poet banished to Huangzhou grieves for the departing spring and his heart burned into ashes.
