Listen to this article徐灿，字湘蘋，又字明霞、明深，江苏吴县（今苏州市吴中区、相城区）人。陈之遴继配。幼颖悟，通书史。陈之遴两次流徙，均曾随行。康熙十年（1671），奉旨归之遴之骨。晚年学佛，更号紫?。早年雅好吟咏，尤喜为词。被词人陈维崧誉为南宋后闺秀第一。有《拙政园诗馀》《拙政园诗集》。
徐灿·《忆秦娥·春归》
东风老，
起来点检残红少。
残红少，
一帘疏雨，
半庭烟草。
燕莺故故将人恼，
千声万语春归了。
春归了，
双蛾谁遣，
镜痕愁小。
Yi Qin e:
Spring’s Leave-Taking
Xu Can
The east wind is waning;
I rise to survey the few remnant blossoms.
The remnant blossoms are few:
A drape of sparse rain;
Half a courtyard of misty grass.
The swallows and orioles purposely vex one,
Their thousand cries and myriad strains singing “Spring is gone.”
Spring is gone:
Who will unknit the eyebrows,
Their image in the mirror tinged with grief?
