徐燦,字湘蘋(píng),又字明霞、明深,江蘇吳縣(今蘇州市吳中區(qū)、相城區(qū))人。陳之遴繼配。幼穎悟,通書(shū)史。陳之遴兩次流徙,均曾隨行。康熙十年(1671),奉旨?xì)w之遴之骨。晚年學(xué)佛,更號(hào)紫?。早年雅好吟詠,尤喜為詞。被詞人陳維崧譽(yù)為南宋后閨秀第一。有《拙政園詩(shī)馀》《拙政園詩(shī)集》。
徐燦·《蝶戀花·每寄書(shū)素庵不到有感》
頻寄錦書(shū)鴻不去。
怕近黃昏,
簾幕深深處。
一寸橫波愁幾許,
啼痕點(diǎn)點(diǎn)成紅雨。
倚遍闌干無(wú)意緒。
閑理余香,
獨(dú)自誰(shuí)為語(yǔ)。
盡日懨懨如夢(mèng)里,
斜陽(yáng)一瞬人千里。
Die lian hua:
Stirred by the Frequent Loss of My Letters to Su’an
Xu Can
Often I send brocade letters, but the wild goose fails to go;
I fear the creeping of dusk
Into the depths of my curtains.
How much sadness is there in a single look?
Specks of tear stains form a shower of rouge.
I’ve leaned long over the railing, but remain listless;
Casually I trim the leftover incense
All by myself, with whom can I speak?
Through the day I feel weary as in a dream;
A flash of the setting sun and I’m a thousand miles away.