After rain the landscape’s fair;
Spring divides its days with equal care.
A thousand flowers rival in their grace.
On painted beams new swallows nest in pairs,
While in a gilded cage a parrot pines for space.
The creeping fig still clings to the wall;
Moss overruns the courtyard, covering all.
From a few mansions floating songs are heard.
Suddenly old memories stir my heart—
Silent, I knit my eyebrows dark as jade uncurled.
雨霁风光，春分天气，
千花百卉争明媚。
画梁新燕一双双，玉笼鹦鹉愁孤睡。
薜荔依墙，莓苔满地，
青楼几处歌声丽。
蓦然旧事上心来，无言敛皱眉山翠。
Composed around 1054 during Ouyang Xiu's magistracy in Yiling, this lyric reflects his deepened understanding of human emotions after political exile. Adopting a courtesan's perspective with rare empathy, it captures solitary melancholy amid spring's vibrancy - a testament to Ouyang's innovative approach to women's interiority in Song poetry.
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