白日左右浮天潢,朝晡影入东西墙。
昔为儿童在阴戏,当时意小觉日长。
东邻侯家吹笙簧,随阴促促移象床。
西邻田舍乏糟糠,就影汲汲舂黄粱。
因思九州四海外,家家只占墙阴内。
莫言墙阴数尺间,老却主人如等闲。
君看眼前光阴促,中心莫学太行山。
白日左右浮天潢,朝晡影入东西墙。
昔为儿童在阴戏,当时意小觉日长。
东邻侯家吹笙簧,随阴促促移象床。
西邻田舍乏糟糠,就影汲汲舂黄粱。
因思九州四海外,家家只占墙阴内。
莫言墙阴数尺间,老却主人如等闲。
君看眼前光阴促,中心莫学太行山。
太阳左右运行如浮于天河,
早晨和下午的影子投入东西墙。
从前作为孩童在墙阴下游戏,
那时心思稚嫩觉得白日漫长。
东边邻居侯爵家吹奏笙簧,
随着阴影匆匆移动象牙床。
西边邻居农家缺少糟糠,
就着影子急切地舂着黄粱。
因而想到九州四海之外,
家家户户都只占据着墙阴之内。
别说墙阴只有几尺之间,
它使主人老去却若无其事。
请看眼前的光阴如此急促,
内心切莫学那太行山般固执不移。
The white sun floats left and right in the celestial stream,
Morning and evening shadows enter east and west walls.
Once as children we played in the shade,
Back then, young in mind, the day felt long.
East neighbor, a noble house, blows reed pipes,
Following the shade, hastily moving ivory beds.
West neighbor, a farmhouse, lacks even chaff,
Chasing the shadow, urgently pounding yellow millet.
Thus I think of all within the Nine Provinces and beyond the Four Seas,
Every household only occupies the space within the wall's shadow.
Don't say the wall's shade is but a few feet wide,
It ages its master as if it were nothing.
Look, the time before your eyes is short,
In your heart, don't imitate the Taihang Mountains.
刘禹锡借墙阴移动感慨时光流逝与世态炎凉。
诗人以墙阴为隐喻,揭示了时间对个体认同的无情塑造过程。
通过墙阴移动的日常景象,揭示社会贫富差异与光阴易逝的哲理。
光阴 · 贫富 · 主人 · 等闲 · 促促
本诗为杂言古诗,押平声韵。
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