284. 夜雨寄北（李商隐）
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君问归期未有期，巴山夜雨涨秋池。
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你问我什么时候回去，我却还没有确定的归期；此刻巴山正下着夜雨，秋日的池塘都涨满了水。
“君”指寄诗的对象，旧说多以为寄给妻子，也有寄友之说。“未有期”说明归期难定，话里含歉。巴山在今四川东部一带，点出诗人客居之地；夜雨涨满秋池，既写实景，也写一夜未眠、愁绪随雨而涨。
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何当共剪西窗烛，却话巴山夜雨时？
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什么时候才能和你一同在西窗下剪去烛花，回头再来说说今夜巴山夜雨中的情景呢？
“何当”是“何时能够”。“共剪西窗烛”写两人久别重逢、灯下长谈，剪烛花是为了让灯更亮、谈得更久。“却话”是回过头来叙说。诗人把今夜孤单的巴山夜雨，设想成将来重逢时的一段谈资：此刻的苦，正留给日后作温情的回忆。
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同一个“巴山夜雨”，两种心情 · One "Night Rain on the Ba Mountains," Two Moods
全诗只有二十八字，“巴山夜雨”却出现两次。第一次是此刻——人在巴山，雨下个不停，归期无着落；第二次是将来——重逢之后，两人灯下一起回望这个雨夜。同一个词，前一次是苦，后一次是甜。诗人用重复把现在和未来缝在一起，时间便在短短四句里拐了个弯。
The poem is only twenty-eight characters, yet night rain on the Ba mountains appears twice. The first time is now—he is in the Ba mountains, the rain will not stop, and there is no date for going home. The second is the future—after they meet again, the two of them looking back at this rainy night by lamplight. The same words are bitter the first time and sweet the second. By repeating them the poet stitches present and future together, and time bends within four short lines.
把苦留到重逢时说 · Saving the Bitterness for the Reunion
一般写思念，多直说愁苦；李商隐却设想将来如何向对方讲述今晚。他不说“我很想你”，而是问“什么时候能和你一起剪烛花，再谈今夜这场雨”。这份期待把孤独撑开了一道缝：今天的雨声，将来说给她听，就成了共同的回忆。含蓄处正在于此。
Poems of longing usually state the sorrow plainly; Li Shangyin instead imagines how he will tell the other about tonight. He does not say I miss you; he asks when they can trim the candle together and talk over this rain. That expectation opens a crack in his loneliness: the sound of rain tonight, told later, will become a memory they share. Here lies the reserve.