《喜见外弟又言别》是唐代诗人李益的诗作。此诗描写了诗人同表弟在乱离中不期而遇而又匆匆话别的伤感场面,抒发了真挚的至亲情谊和人生聚散离合无定的感慨,从侧面反映了社会动乱给人们带来的痛苦。全诗用凝炼的语言,白描的手法,生动的细节,典型的场景,层次分明地再现了社会动乱中人生聚散的独特一幕,具有强烈的生活真实感。
喜见外弟[1]又言别
李益
十年[2]离乱[3]后,
长大[4]一相逢。
问姓惊初见,
称名忆旧容[5]。
别来沧海事[6],
语罢暮天钟[7]。
明日巴陵[8]道,
秋山又几重。
注释:
[1] 外弟:指表弟。古代称呼姑姑、舅舅、姨的比自己小的儿子为外弟。
[2] 十年:指唐代天宝十四年(755)至宝应二年(763)之间的安史之乱。“十年”是举其成数而言之。
[3] 离乱:指诗人与表弟因安史之乱而造成的分离。
[4] 长大:指成人。
[5] 旧容:过去的容貌。
[6] 沧海事:指变化剧烈、巨大的世事。
[7] 暮天钟:指傍晚时候的钟声。
[8] 巴陵:地名。巴陵县(今湖南岳阳)。
Meeting and Parting with My Cousin
Li Yi
We parted young for ten long years;
Not till grown up do we meet again.
At first I think a stranger appears;
Your name reminds me of your face then.
We talk of changes night and day
Until we hear the evening bell.
Tomorrow you’ll go southward way
Over autumn hills, O farewell!
The poet parted with his young cousin in time of war and met with him ten years later when they were grown up.