《留别王侍御维》是唐代诗人孟浩然在长安(今陕西西安)失意后创作的赠别王维之诗作。此诗先述说自己在京没有什么希望,天天在寂寞失望中度日,想离京却又不舍得与好友分别,表达了心中的怅惘和矛盾。接着慨叹自己无人援引,只好甘守寂寞,回乡隐居。全诗语调低沉,有对朝廷压抑人才的怨愤,有不忍远别知心朋友的留恋,还有怀才不遇的嗟叹。语言浅显,表达直率,对偶不求工整,但却自然流畅,显示出一种不事雕琢的自然之美。
留别王维
孟浩然
寂寂[1]竟何待,
朝朝空自归。
欲寻芳草[2]去,
惜与故人违。
当路[3]谁相假[4],
知音世所稀。
只应守寂寞,
还掩故园扉。
注释:
[1] 寂寂:安静,无人声。
[2] 芳草:古代比喻忠贞志士,高尚情操。
[3] 当路:当政。
[4] 相假:互相凭借。
Parting from Wang Wei
Meng Haoran
Lonely, lonely, what is there to hope for?
Day by day I come back without an end.
I would seek fragrant grass in native shore.
How I regret to part with my old friend!
I’m one whom those in high place would elude,
For there are few connoisseurs in the state.
I can but keep myself in solitude
And go back to close my old garden gate.
The poet will leave the capital after his failure in the civil service examinations.