Tang poem · seven-character quatrain唐诗 · 七言绝句
wáng王chāng昌líng龄Wang Changling · Tang唐
Spring in the Palace
zuó昨yè夜fēng风kāi开lù露jǐng井táo桃
wèi未yāng央qián前diàn殿yuè月lún轮gāo高
píng平yáng阳gē歌wǔ舞xīn新chéng承chǒng宠
lián帘wài外chūn春hán寒cì赐jǐn锦páo袍
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This poem is also titled "Song Before the Hall". It is a palace lament, a kind of poem that speaks for women in the palace who have been forgotten. It uses a story from the Han dynasty. Emperor Wu of Han saw a singing girl named Wei Zifu at Princess Pingyang's house, took her into the palace, and she became his great favorite. Tang poets often used Han stories to write about the Tang court. We cannot tell what year this poem was written.
这首诗又题作《殿前曲》，是一首宫怨诗，就是替皇宫里被冷落的女子诉说心事的诗。诗里用的是汉朝的故事：汉武帝在平阳公主家看中歌女卫子夫，把她带进宫，后来她很受宠爱。唐朝诗人常常借汉朝的事来写唐朝的宫廷。这首诗具体写于哪一年，已经无法确定。
Wang Changling (c. 698–c. 757), also called Shaobo, was a poet of the High Tang. He was the finest writer of seven-character quatrains, and later readers called him the Master of the Seven-Character Quatrain. He is famous for poems about the frontier, such as "Out to the Frontier". He also wrote many palace laments that show the loneliness and sorrow of women shut inside the palace.
王昌龄（约698—约757），字少伯，盛唐诗人。他最擅长写七言绝句，被后人称为“七绝圣手”。他写边塞的诗很有名，比如《出塞》；他也写了不少宫怨诗，细细写出深宫女子的孤单和愁苦。
The poem never once uses the word for grievance, yet grievance fills every line. The first two lines show the palace on a spring night: peach blossoms open, the moon rides high, and all is lovely. The third line says a new singing girl has just won the emperor's favor. The fourth line gives a small detail: worried she will be cold, the emperor gives her a brocade robe, which shows how much he cares for her. So who is watching all this? It is usually read as a palace woman who has lost the emperor's favor. She stands outside the curtain and watches someone else being loved, while she stands alone in the spring chill. The warmer things are inside, the colder she feels. The poet only writes about the other woman's good fortune and lets us feel the onlooker's heartache for ourselves.
这首诗从头到尾没有一个“怨”字，却处处是怨。前两句写春夜的宫廷：桃花开了，月亮高高挂着，一片美好。第三句说，新来的歌女刚刚得到皇帝的宠爱。第四句写一个小细节：怕她冷，皇帝亲手赏她锦袍，可见有多疼她。那么，是谁在看这一切呢？一般认为，是一位已经失宠的宫女。她站在帘外，看着别人被宠爱，自己却在春寒里孤零零的。别人越热闹，她越冷清。诗人只写别人的得宠，让读者自己体会旁观者的心酸。