這首詞是陸游四七歲任夔州通判時所寫的。他到夔州到寫這首詞時不過一年多,卻連上歲尾年頭,開口便虛稱“三年”,且云“流落”,從一入筆就已有波瀾之情。
《木蘭花·立春日作》 陸游
三年流落巴山道,
破盡青衫塵滿帽。
身如西瀼渡頭云,
愁抵瞿塘關上草。
春盤春酒年年好,
試戴銀旛判醉倒。
今朝一歲大家添,
不是人間偏我老。
Magnolia Flower
Spring Day
Lu You
A roamer from the east to the west for three years,
Worn out in my blue gown, dusty my hat appears.
Like floating cloud over the ferry of west stream,
Or grass overgrown in Three Gorges, my grief would seem.
From year to year spring plate is as good as spring wine;
We vie to be drunk adorned with ribbons fine.
All of us have grown older by one year today;
I'm not the only one to olden in my way.