303. 清平调（三首之二）（李白）
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现代汉语译文
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一枝红艳露凝香，云雨巫山枉断肠。
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她像一枝红艳的花，露水中凝聚着芳香；相比之下，巫山云雨的故事只是白白地令人伤心。
“一枝红艳”以花喻人，写她娇艳如带露之花；“露凝香”写露水凝在花上，香气凝聚不散。“云雨巫山”用宋玉《高唐赋》巫山神女与楚王欢会的典故，泛指男女情爱。“枉断肠”是说那样的传说也比不上眼前人，徒然让人伤感。异文：Gutenberg 底本作“红艳”，chinese-poetry 数据集作“秾艳”，义近，今从读者常见作“红艳”。
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借问汉宫谁得似？可怜飞燕倚新妆。
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请问汉代的宫廷里，有谁能与她相比？只有那可爱的赵飞燕，凭着新妆才勉强可比。
“借问”是请问、试问。“汉宫”指汉代后宫。“得似”即能像、比得上。“可怜”是可爱、令人怜爱。“飞燕”指汉成帝的宠妃赵飞燕，以体态轻盈、能作掌上舞著称；“倚新妆”是靠新妆打扮才显得美。以飞燕相比，既是夸赞，也暗含她须借妆饰，不如眼前人之天生丽质。
赏析 · Commentary
花与人合写 · Flower and Woman Written as One
起句以“一枝红艳”写花，也写人，花人难分。“露凝香”三字把清晨的湿润、花的气味都写出来了。第二句拿巫山云雨的传说作陪衬：那样的佳话，也比不上眼前这一枝。
The opening line writes a single red spray, both the flower and the woman, so the two cannot be told apart. Its dew congealed with fragrance brings out the morning damp and the flower's scent. The second line sets the legend of Mount Wu's clouds and rain alongside as a foil: even that famous romance is no match for this one spray.
拿赵飞燕来比 · Compared to Zhao Feiyan
后两句用赵飞燕作比。飞燕是汉成帝的宠妃，以美色与舞姿闻名，用来比杨贵妃本是很高的赞誉；但“倚新妆”三字又留了余地——飞燕之美要靠妆饰，而眼前人不必。赞中有分寸，是应制诗里少见的巧思。
The closing couplet compares her to Zhao Feiyan. Feiyan, Emperor Cheng's beloved consort, was famed for beauty and dance, and to liken Yang Guifei to her is high praise; yet the words leaning on her new makeup leave room—Feiyan's beauty needed adornment, while this woman does not. Praise with a measure of restraint is a rare touch in an occasional poem.