如梦令

Tune: Like a Dream

李清照虽然不是一位高产的作家，其词流传至今的只不过四五十首，但却“无一首不工”，“为词家一大宗矣”。这首《如梦令》，便是“天下称之”的不朽名篇。小词借宿酒醒后询问花事的描写，曲折委婉地表达了词人的惜花伤春之情，语言清新，词意隽永，令人玩味不已。

昨夜雨疏风骤,

Last night the wind was strong and rain was fine,

浓睡不消残酒.

Sound sleep did not dispel the taste of wine.

试问卷帘人,

I ask the maid who’s rolling up the screen.

却道海棠依旧.

"The same crab-apple tree," she says, "is seen."

知否?知否? 应是绿肥红瘦.

"Don’t you know, don’t you know the red should languish and the green must grow?‘‘

crab-apple:海棠花，山楂子