艷色天下重,西施寧久微。
朝為越溪女,暮作吳宮妃。
賤日豈殊眾,貴來方悟稀。
邀人傅脂粉,不自著羅衣。
君寵益嬌態,君憐無是非。
當時浣紗伴,莫得同車歸。
持謝鄰家子,效顰安可希。
《西施咏》原文賞析
【簡析】:以詠西施為題,比喻一個人縱然有才也還需要機遇,也反映出世態的炎涼。結尾兩句,可以解作姿色是天生的,並沒有用,有什麽必要效顰?
【註解】:
1、持謝:奉告。
2、安可希:怎能希望別人的賞識。
【韻譯】:
艷麗的姿色向來為天下器重,
美麗的西施怎麽能久處低微?
原先她是越溪的一個浣紗女,
後來卻成了吳王宮裏的愛妃。
平賤時難道有什麽與眾不同?
顯貴了才驚悟她麗質天下稀。
曾有多少宮女為她搽脂敷粉,
她從來也不用自己穿著羅衣。
君王寵幸她的姿態更加嬌媚,
君王憐愛從不計較她的是非。
昔日一起在越溪浣紗的女伴,
再不能與她同車去來同車歸。
奉告那盲目效顰的鄰人東施,
光學皺眉而想取寵並非容易!
【評析】:
這是一首借詠西施,以喻為人的詩。“朝為越溪女,暮作吳宮妃”寫出了人生浮
沈,全憑際遇的炎涼世態。
詩開首四句,寫西施有艷麗的姿色,終不能久微。次六句寫西施一旦得到君王寵
愛,就身價百倍。末了四句寫姿色太差者,想效顰西施是不自量力。語雖淺顯,寓意
深刻。
沈德潛在《唐詩別裁集》中說:“寫盡炎涼人眼界,不為題縛,乃臻斯詣。”此
言頗是。
--引自"超純齋詩詞" 翻譯、評析:劉建勛
THE BEAUTIFUL XI SHI
Since beauty is honoured all over the Empire,
How could Xi Shi remain humbly at home? --
Washing clothes at dawn by a southern lake --
And that evening a great lady in a palace of the north:
Lowly one day, no different from the others,
The next day exalted, everyone praising her.
No more would her own hands powder her face
Or arrange on her shoulders a silken robe.
And the more the King loved her, the lovelier she looked,
Blinding him away from wisdom.
...Girls who had once washed silk beside her
Were kept at a distance from her chariot.
And none of the girls in her neighbours' houses
By pursing their brows could copy her beauty.转自lookup.tw