薛濤(約768~832年),是一個帶有傳奇色彩的唐代女詩人,字洪度。長安(今陜西西安)人。16歲入樂籍,與韋皋,元稹有過戀情,戀愛期間,薛濤自己制作桃紅色小箋用來寫詩,后人仿制,稱“薛濤箋”。脫樂籍后終身未嫁。成都望江樓公園有薛濤墓” 。薛濤與劉采春,魚玄機,李冶,并稱唐朝四大女詩人。卓文君、薛濤、花蕊夫人、黃娥并稱蜀中四大才女。流傳至今詩作有90余首。
薛濤·《竹離亭》
蓊郁新栽四五行,常將勁節(jié)負秋霜。
為緣春筍鉆墻破,不得垂陰覆玉堂。
Bamboo Separated from a Pavilion
Xue Tao
Exuberant growth, newly planted,
four or five rows,
Always bearing strong resolve1
they brave the autumn frost.
It was because their springtime shoots
pierced holes through the wall,
They can no longer cast their shade
over the jadelike hall.