《望驿台》是唐代诗人白居易于元和四年(809年)三月为好友元稹《使东川》组诗而创作的十二首和诗中的一首。全诗紧扣“思”字,层层深入地展开,先写闺中绮思,再写驿旅苦思,然后转入失望的刻骨相思,最后迭用两个思字,点明诗旨。此诗用对局开篇,用散句收尾,章法于严谨中有变化,表现了诗的声情之美。
望驿台[1]
白居易
靖安宅[2]里当窗柳,
望驿台前扑地花[3]。
两处春光同日尽,
居人思客客思家。
注释:
[1] 望驿台:在今四川省广元县西南。
[2] 靖安宅:白居易挚友元稹的住宅,在长安城朱雀门街东第二街靖安坊内。
[3] 扑地花:花飘落坠地。
For Roaming Yuan Zhen
Bai Juyi
Your wife gazes at yellowing willows at home;
You on flowers falling on the ground while you roam.
Spring comes to end in two places on the same day;
You think of home and she of you far, far away.
Yuan and his wife long for each other on seeing falling flowers and yellow leaves.