细雨
帷飘白玉堂,
簟[1]卷碧牙床。
楚女[2]当时意,
萧萧[3]发彩[4]凉。
白玉堂,指天宫,碧牙床,指天空,细雨由天上洒落,有如天宫白玉堂前飘拂下垂的帷幕,又像是从天空这张碧牙床上翻卷下来的簟席。该诗极富想象力。
注释:
[1]簟:竹席。
[2]楚女:指《楚辞》里描写的神女。
[3]萧萧:凉意。
[4]发彩:发光可鉴。
A Fine Rain
Screen wafting before the hall of white jade,
Mat rolled down from bed of ivory made.
Hair falling down of a fair Southern Flower,
Coolness of breath exhaled shower by shower.
Note:A fine rain is compared to a wafting screen,a mat rolled down from bed,hair falling on fair shoulders or cool breath exhaled by a beauty.