《減字木蘭花》這首詞抒寫了閨中思婦念遠懷人的憂郁愁情。全詞托思婦自訴口吻,以“愁”字貫串始終?!疤煅摹秉c明所思遠隔,“舊恨”說明分離已久,四字寫出空間、時間的懸隔。
秦觀·《減字木蘭花》
天涯舊恨,
獨自凄涼人不問。
欲見回腸,
斷盡金爐小篆香。
黛蛾長斂,
任是春風吹不展。
困倚危樓,
過盡飛鴻字字愁。
Shortened Form of Magnolia Flower
Qin Guan
Gnawed by parting grief as of old,
O who would care for me, lonely and cold?
If you want to know my broken heart,
Just see the incense from golden censer part!
My eyebrows ever knit,
No vernal breeze can smooth them, not a bit.
Weary, I lean on tower high.
What do I see but grievous wild geese passing by!