Lyrics to the Melody Dedicated to Lady Yu

Beyond the meandering balustrades skies and waters seem alike,
Against the same balustrade I also leaned that night.
At first I took a bright moon for a sign that could us reunite,
Especially on days with a full moon, for his return I would pine.

Worn is my dress, yet there lingers a fragrance of days that have gone by,
There's nothing to sway me from what I've decided.
One spring's parting leaves me melancholy and lethargic to strings tighten.
Two trails of tears roll freely as I sit before a zither that is priceless.

　　這首詞寫的是懷人怨別的傳說(shuō)超標(biāo)。在刻畫女主人公的行動(dòng)和心態(tài)時(shí)，卻很有很有藝術(shù)特色。上片寫圓月夜倚欄盼望人歸，突出期盼之急切，下片寫癡情不改、滿懷離恨的愁苦幽怨，上片寫倚欄望月盼歸，下片寫整個(gè)春天都充滿離恨別情。上片首句寫景，曲闌干外天如水，昨夜還曾倚。這兩句寫思婦獨(dú)倚欄干夜眺碧天情景，“天如水”的復(fù)合意象描畫出好天良夜清如水的月夜特征，雖未直接寫明月，卻將月輝的圓融、澄澈、空明之美，透過(guò)“天如水”顯現(xiàn)出來(lái)。“昨夜還曾倚”，不僅寫了思婦對(duì)明月碧天如水之良辰美景的珍惜，而且在昨夜、今夜 至明月倚欄眺望的癡情神往中，流露出對(duì)往昔歡情的眷戀和今日難言的苦衷?！疤烊缢比忠r托女主人公的純情，意境優(yōu)美。“昨夜”暗示出望月已非一日?！俺鯇ⅰ倍鋵戦L(zhǎng)望月圓人歸而空見(jiàn)一次一次的月圓，幽怨轉(zhuǎn)深。下片“羅衣”句寫自己不忘舊情，“舊意誰(shuí)教改”責(zé)備對(duì)方已變初衷，于懷疑中更顯癡情。結(jié)尾二句宕開(kāi)，謂不僅今日盼，昨夜倚欄，而且整個(gè)春天都在離恨中熬煎，想要彈琴抒怨也沒(méi)有意緒，空流兩行清淚而已。詞意曲折深婉，并無(wú)華詞麗句，人物形象卻鮮明生動(dòng)。本詞抒懷怨別之情，寫人傳神，哀婉感人。