《南鄉(xiāng)子·歸夢寄吳檣》是陸游在淳熙五年(1178)二月自蜀地東歸江行途中所作。這首詞采用鮮明的對比手法,表達了詞人在出川歸鄉(xiāng)途中既急切思歸又怕歸的矛盾心情,真實地表現(xiàn)了詞人當時的復雜心境。此詞語言也富有特色,簡潔明凈,言少意豐,耐人尋味。
《南鄉(xiāng)子·歸夢寄吳檣》 陸游
歸夢寄吳檣,
水驛江程去路長。
想見芳洲初系纜,
斜陽,
煙樹參差認武昌。
愁鬢點新霜。
曾是朝衣染御香。
重到故鄉(xiāng)交舊少,
凄涼,
卻恐他鄉(xiāng)勝故鄉(xiāng)。
Song of a Southern Country
Home-Going
The east-bound ship laden with my home-going dream
Will make from post to post a long trip on the stream.
Thinking of my first mooring by the isle, I frown
At the sundown,
Amid the mist-veiled trees I see the town.
My forehead dotted with new frosty hair, I fear.
Once I wore my official gown
Before the crown;
Now coming home, I'll find fewer friends near.
How sad and drear
To be more familiar abroad than here!