这首诗可能作于诗人赴慧州途中，题为《寄内》，是寄给妻子的诗。他的别后心情，所谓“黯然消魂”者，在这首小诗里有充分而含蓄的表现。
《寄内》 孔平仲
试说途中景，方知别后心。
行人日暮少，风雪乱山深。
Letter to Wife
Kong Pingzhong
Let me try to describe to you a scene of the journey,
and you will see what has informed my heart since our parting:
the sun setting, few stragglers trudging,
hills tangled deep in the wind and snow.
