《观梅有感》是元代诗人刘因所创作的一首七言绝句。此诗首句用“东风吹落战尘沙”隐喻宋室灭亡;次句以“梦想西湖处士家”,借林逋的故事暗写故国之思;第三句一个“恐”字,表达作者内心的担忧,而“江南春意减”则暗叹江南备受摧残;第四句点明作诗的深意与梅无关。全诗以观梅而有感,而引发联想,但全文的主旨都与眼前盛开的梅花无关,这样言此物写彼物的手法,让情感更加深厚而沉重,曲折中见深意。
观梅有感
[元]刘因
东风吹落战尘沙,
梦想西湖处士[1]家。
只恐江南春意减,
此心元[2]不为梅花。
注释:
[1]西湖处士:指北宋诗人林逋。他曾隐居在杭州西湖孤山,因喜欢植梅养鹤,故有“梅妻鹤子”之称,后人称林逋这样有德才而隐居不仕者为处士。
[2]元:同“原”,刚开始,初始。
On Seeing the Mume Flower[1]
Liu Yin
The east wind blows up war dust and sand more and more;
I dream of mume-bloom-lover in his lakeside bower.
Spring beauty wanes, I fear, on southern river shore;
My heart longs for the poet more than for the flower.
注释:
[1]Written after the downfall of the Southern Song Dynasty capital where lived Lin Bu (967—1028), the mume-loving poet of the Northern Song Dynasty.