玉楼春·桃溪不作从容住

注释

桃溪：虽说在宜兴有这地名，这里不作地名用。周济《宋四家词选》所谓“只赋天台事，态浓意远”是也。刘晨阮肇天台山故事，本云山上有桃树，山下有一大溪，见《幽明录》、《续齐谐记》。韩愈《梨花发赠刘师命》：“桃溪惆怅不能过。”魏承班《黄钟乐》词：“遥想玉人情事远，音容浑似隔桃溪。”用法均与本篇相同。“秋藕”与“桃溪”，约略相对，不必工稳。俗语所谓“藕断丝连”，这里说藕断而丝不连。赤阑桥：这里似不作地名用。顾况《题叶道士山房》：“水边垂柳赤栏桥。”温庭筠《杨柳枝》词：“一渠春水赤栏桥。”韩偓《重过李氏园亭有怀》：“往年同在弯桥上，见倚朱栏咏柳绵，今日独来春径里，更无人迹有苔钱。”诗虽把“朱栏”“弯桥”分开，而本词这两句正与诗意相合，不仅关合字面。黄叶路点名秋景，赤阑桥未言杨柳，是春景却不说破。列岫：陈元龙注引《文选》“窗中列远岫”，乃谢眺《郡内高斋闲望》诗。全篇细腻，这里宕开，远景如画，亦对偶，却为流水句法。类似这两句意境的，唐人诗中多有，如刘长卿、李商隐、马戴、温庭筠。李商隐《与赵氏昆季燕集》“虹收青嶂雨，鸟没夕阳天”，与此更相近。晏几道《玉楼春》词：“便教春思乱如云，莫管世情轻似絮。”本词上句意略异，取譬同，下句所比亦同，而意却相反，疑周词从晏句变化。《白雨斋词话》卷一：“似拙实工。”又说：“上言人不能留，下言情不能已，呆作两譬，别饶姿态。”

英译

Lotus Root(To the Tune of YulouchunZhou Bangyan

Young, we threw away the pastoral years.Now like a broken lotus root it is impossible to join the present and the past.Then, we waited for each other, standing by the vermilion-railed bridge.Today, I search for the traces, in vain, along the deserted path buried under yellow leaves.Through the mist, all the peaks seem to be highlighting the blue.Setting on the back of a wild goose, the sun turns into a dark red.You left, like a cloud drifting away, across the river.The memory of our passion is like a willow catkin stuck to the ground, after the rain.