《金陵酒肆留別》是唐代偉大詩人李白即將離開金陵東游揚州時留贈友人的一首話別詩,篇幅雖短,卻情意深長。此詩由寫仲夏勝景引出逸香之酒店,鋪就其樂融融的贈別場景;隨即寫吳姬以酒酬客,表現(xiàn)吳地人民的豪爽好客;最后在觥籌交錯中,主客相辭的動人場景躍然紙上,別意長于流水般的感嘆水到渠成。
《金陵酒肆留別》 李白
風吹柳花滿店香,吳姬壓酒勸客嘗。
金陵子弟來相送,欲行不行各盡觴。
請君試問東流水,別意與之誰短長?
Farewell by the River
The breeze blows the willow-scent in from the dell,
While Phyllis with bumpers would fain cheer us up:
Dear friends press around me to bid me farewell:
Goodbye! and goodbye!—and yet just one more cup…
I whisper, Thou'lt see this great stream flow away
Ere I cease to love as I love thee to-day!