273. 宫中词（朱庆余）
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寂寂花时闭院门，美人相并立琼轩。
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繁花盛开的时节，庭院里却一片寂静，院门紧闭；两位美人并肩站在华美的长廊下。
“寂寂”写宫中冷清，“花时”点出正该热闹的春天，反衬无人过问的冷落。“院门”紧闭，说明她们活动的范围有限。“相并立”写两人靠在一起，为下文想说私语作准备。
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含情欲说宫中事，鹦鹉前头不敢言。
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她们满怀心事，想要说说宫中的事，可有鹦鹉在跟前，终究不敢开口。
“鹦鹉”能学人说话，宫中豢养鹦鹉，两人怕它把私语传出去，所以有话不敢说。连一只鸟都要提防，可见宫中言谈的谨慎与处境的压抑。
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寂静的春天和不敢说的话 · A Silent Spring and Words Left Unspoken
诗从院门的紧闭写到两个并肩的人，最后落在“不敢言”。全篇最响的声音，是一只可能学舌的鹦鹉。花开得再好，也无人来看；心里的事再多，也无人可说。宫中的压抑不在刑罚，而在这种处处需要提防的日常。
The poem moves from the shut gate to two women standing together, and ends on they do not dare. The loudest presence in the whole piece is a parrot that might repeat them. However fine the flowers, no one comes to see; however much the heart holds, there is no one to tell. The oppression of palace life lies not in punishment but in this everyday need to watch every word.
为什么偏偏是鹦鹉 · Why the Parrot
宫中忌言，可诗人没有写侍卫或宫规，只写一只鹦鹉。鸟不会告密，却会学舌；正因为它无辜，这份“不敢言”才更显得无处可逃。连对着鸟都要收声，那真正想说的话，恐怕一辈子也说不出口。
Palace speech is dangerous, yet instead of guards or rules the poet gives us a single parrot. The bird will not inform on them, but it will imitate them; precisely because it means no harm, the fear of speaking seems to leave nowhere to turn. If they must fall silent even before a bird, the words they truly wish to say may never be spoken at all.