注釋
① 脂車(chē)：在車(chē)輪軸上涂油脂，以利行走。
② 紅淚：女子的眼淚。傳薛靈蕓別父母進(jìn)宮，泣淚如血（見(jiàn)《拾遺記》）。
③ 瓊壺敲盡缺：傳晉王敦酒后常詠曹操“老驥伏櫪”詩(shī)，并用如意擊唾壺為節(jié)拍，壺口盡缺（見(jiàn)《世說(shuō)新語(yǔ)·豪爽》）。
英譯
ZHOU Bangyan – Lyrics to the Adagio of Waves Dredging Sand
The day is leaden, wilted by frost are grasses by the shore,
Enshrouded in fog is the tower of the town.
In the field south of the town is a luxurious carriage ready to depart,
By the East Gate the farewell banquet is drawing to a close.
Swaying in front asking me to stay are drooping willows,
She wipes away her tears, and picks a sprig for me with her bare hands.
Where to have the wild geese from Hangpu flitted?
It has been long without word on where they have been.
Stirred by sentiments, before my eyes lie the expansive land and the vast sky.
As I face the chilly dew and breeze, there is no one around,
All I have with me is my sob throughout the night hours.
I say the most indelible of all is the sorrow of parting.
I haven't yet my jade cup emptied,
Pray that a cloud remnant could a waning moon over the west chamber keep.
Losing its shine is the silk lace of a worn and wrinkled quilt,
Loose is the fragrant sachet, spent is the scent.
My singing of lament goes on, so does my drumming that jags a jade pot.
Regretfully the passing of spring abides by no-one,
Against the colour of the night, on the ground scatter snowy pear blossoms.
賞析
　　這首寫(xiě)離別相思的詞，是一篇曲折回環(huán)、層次豐富、變化多端、完整而又統(tǒng)一的藝術(shù)佳作。
　　全詞共分三片，上片，交待分別的時(shí)間和地點(diǎn)。“曉陰”、“霜凋”、“霧隱”，說(shuō)明是在一個(gè)秋天霧氣很濃的早晨，在“城堞”，女子“掩紅淚”、“玉手親折”，把情人親自送走了。中片，寫(xiě)離別時(shí)，兩人依依遙望和內(nèi)心的傷別情懷�！暗亍笔悄菢舆b“遠(yuǎn)”，“天”是那般寬“闊”，而情人卻奔向那“露冷風(fēng)清無(wú)人處”。“萬(wàn)事難忘”，“唯是”那場(chǎng)“輕別”。此后，只有“斷云”、“殘?jiān)隆�，陪伴自己度過(guò)孤獨(dú)凄清的寒夜。下片，寫(xiě)離別以后的相思與懷念。夜不寐，茶、酒無(wú)味，“恨春去”、“弄夜色”，離情相思意難絕。
　　整個(gè)篇幅，曲折回環(huán)，前呼后應(yīng)，鋪敘委婉，層次清晰，轉(zhuǎn)換變化，頓挫有致，巧妙地把這篇多層次的作品融成一體，既照顧到詞的整體結(jié)構(gòu)，又注意到局部的靈活自如，充分顯示出作者駕馭長(zhǎng)調(diào)、結(jié)構(gòu)長(zhǎng)篇的藝術(shù)才能。陳廷焯對(duì)這首詞評(píng)價(jià)很高，特別是下片。他說(shuō)：“蓄勢(shì)在后，驟雨飄風(fēng)，不可遏抑。歌至曲終，覺(jué)萬(wàn)匯哀鳴，天地變色，老杜所謂‘意愜關(guān)飛動(dòng)，篇終接混�！�也�！�