《闺怨》是唐代女诗人鱼玄机创作的一首七言律诗。该诗首联写思妇盼望归人,眼泪汪汪等到傍晚,结果是“闻道邻家夫婿归”;颔、颈二联说四时轮回,光阴荏苒,怨相思永续不变,哀信息久候不见;尾联谓自己久盼的人不到家,思妇的情绪自然是更加倍感孤独凄凉。全诗情景交融,表现出女子孤零零一人黯然神伤的情绪。
鱼玄机·《闺怨》
蘼芜盈手泣斜晖,闻道邻家夫婿归。
别日南鸿才北去,今朝北雁又南飞。
春来秋去相思在,秋去春来信息稀。
扃闭朱门人不到,砧声何事透罗帏。
Bedroom Lament
Yu Xuanji
Fragrant grass fills her hands
as she weeps in the setting sun;
she heard that the neighbors man
has just come back from the front.
Swans of the south
had only gone north
just the other day;
now northern geese
are flying south
on this morning, today.
Though spring comes
and autumn goes,
her feelings for him remain;
as autumn goes
and spring comes,
news from him is scarce.
The doors are closed
at this noble house;
no one ever comes:
What has made desolation
pierce the silken drapes?
(Bannie Chow, Thomas Cleary 译)