《情书》是晚唐女诗人鱼玄机所做的一首五律。鱼玄机，女，晚唐诗人，长安（今陕西西安）人。初名鱼幼微，字蕙兰。咸通（唐懿宗年号，860—874）中为补阙李亿妾，以李妻不能容，进长安咸宜观出家为女道士。后被京兆尹温璋以打死婢女之罪名处死。鱼玄机性聪慧，有才思，好读书，尤工诗。与李冶、薛涛、刘采春并称唐代四大女诗人。鱼玄机其诗作现存五十首，收于《全唐诗》。有《鱼玄机集》一卷。其事迹见《唐才子传》等书。
鱼玄机·《情书》
饮冰食檗志无功，晋水壶关在梦中。
秦镜欲分愁堕鹊，舜琴将弄怨飞鸿。
井边桐叶鸣秋雨，窗下银灯暗晓风。
书信茫茫何处问，持竿尽日碧江空。
A Love Note
Yu Xuanji
Living a simple life
in austere faithfulness
my aim has no connection
with ordinary success.
Still there I my dreams
Remains the scenery of yore,
rivers and mountains of the West
where we were before.
Now the mirror of our union
lies broken on the floor;
as I was going to strum the lute,
my lover was there no more.
By the well, the autumn leaves
make the fall rain cry;
by the window, early dawn breeze
makes the silver lamp die.
Where in the world can I ever inquire
Where your letters are?
By the azure river I wait all day
for news of you from afar.
（Bannie Chow, Thomas Cleary 译）
