《菩薩蠻》是唐代大詩人李白的作品。此詞雙片四十六字,傷今懷古,托興深遠。上片以月下簫聲凄咽引起,已見當年繁華夢斷不堪回首。次三句,更自月色外,添出柳色,添出別情,將情景融為一片,想見慘淡迷離之概。下片揭響云漢,摹寫當年極盛之時與地。而“咸陽古道”一句,驟落千丈,凄動心目。再續(xù)“音塵絕”一句,悲感愈深。“西風”八字,只寫境界,興衰之感都寓其中。其氣魄之雄偉,實冠今古。古人對此詞評價很高,譽之為“百代詞曲之祖”。
李白 《憶秦娥》
簫聲咽,
秦娥夢斷秦樓月。
秦樓月,
年年柳色,
霸陵傷別。
樂游原上清秋節(jié)。
咸陽古道音塵絕。
音塵絕。
西風殘照,
漢家陵闕。
Dream of Qin Maiden
Li Bai
The flute is mute,
Waking from moonlit dream, she feels a grief acute.
O moon, O flute,
Year after year, do you not grieve
To see 'neath willows people leave?
On Merry-making Plain, on Mountain-Climbing Day,
She receives no letter from ancient Northwest way.
Over ancient way,
The sun declines, the west wind falls
Over royal tombs and palace walls.