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六忆诗四首
沈约
（一）
忆来时，
灼灼[1]上阶墀[2]。
勤勤叙别离，
慊慊[3]道相思。
相看常不足，
相见乃忘饥。
（二）
忆坐时，
点点罗帐前。
或[4]歌四五曲，
或弄两三弦。
笑时应无比，
嗔[5]时更可怜[6]。
（三）
忆食时，
临盘动容色。
欲坐复羞坐，
欲食复羞食。
含哺如不饥，
擎瓯[7]似无力。
（四）
忆眠时，
人眠强未眠。
解罗不待劝，
就[8]枕更须牵。
复恐傍人见，
娇羞在烛前。
注释：
[1] 灼灼：鲜亮的样子。
[2] 墀：涂色的台阶。
[3] 慊慊：心中不满足的样子。
[4] 或：有时。
[5] 嗔：嗔怪。
[6] 可怜：可爱。
[7] 擎瓯：手中拿着杯子。
[8] 就：靠近，接近。
Six Recollections
Shen Yue
(Ⅰ) She Came in Beauty
I think of when she came
Up marble steps like bright, bright flame.
Talking long, long of when we parted,
Of sad, sad yearning, broken-hearted,
We were ne’er tired to gaze our fill;
Our hunger often came to nil.
(Ⅱ) She Sat in Beauty
I think how she was seen
Sitting before the dotted screen.
Now four or five songs she would sing;
Now twice or thrice she’d pluck her string.
Smiling, she was beyond compare;
When vexed, more lovable than e’er.
(III) She Ate in Beauty
I think of how she ate:
Her face changed color o’er the plate
She felt too shy to take her seat,
Too bashful to begin to eat.
As if not hungry, she’d not dine,
Too weak to hold her cup of wine.
(IV) She Slept in Beauty
I think of her in bed:
Sleepy, she lowered not her head.
Till coaxed, she’d not undress her gown,
Nor put on pillow her head down.
Ashamed to be seen by her mate,
In candlelight she’d blush and wit.
