《采桑子·高城鼓動(dòng)蘭釭灺》是王國維于1905年寫的一首詞,前半闋王國維以想像來構(gòu)思場景,以孤鴻來比喻自己的心緒。后半闋回到眼前,以浮萍來比喻自己的無奈心情。所以這首詞雖短,卻反映了王國維內(nèi)心那種理性與感情之間的矛盾。
《采桑子》 王國維
高城鼓動(dòng)蘭釭灺,
睡也還醒,
醉也還醒,
忽聽孤鴻三兩聲。
人生只似風(fēng)前絮,
歡也飄零,
悲也飄零,
都作連江點(diǎn)點(diǎn)萍。
Tune: "Song of Picking Mulberry"
The drum sounds from the high city wall as he lampwick burns out.
Asleep, yet awake;
Drunk, yet sober—
Suddenly I hear the two or three notes of a wild goose's lone cry.
Life is no more than willow catkins in the wind:
Joy in fragments,
Grief in fragments—
All turn to patches of duckweed spreading on the river.