竹枝词二首·其一
杨柳青青江水平
闻郎江上唱歌声
东边日出西边雨
道是无晴却有晴
Between the willows green the river flows along;
My gallant in a boat is heard to sing a song.
The west is veiled in rain, the east enjoys sunshine;
My gallant is as deep in love as the day is fine.
逐句注释
杨柳青青江水平
首句以起兴开篇，描绘春江景色：杨柳碧绿，江面平静。景中含情，为少女听到情郎歌声铺设温柔、明亮的氛围。‘平’字既写水势平稳，也暗示心境的平静与期待。
The opening line uses the xing technique, setting a bright spring scene of green willows and calm, level river water. This peaceful atmosphere anticipates the lover’s song, while the word ping suggests both the smooth river and the girl’s quietly expectant mood.
闻郎江上唱歌声
从视觉转到听觉。‘闻’字引出郎的歌声，是情感的触发点；歌声随风飘来，让少女骤然心动。‘唱歌声’为下文的谐音双关埋下伏笔。
The perspective shifts from seeing to hearing. The word wen introduces the beloved’s singing, which stirs her heart. The singing voice also foreshadows the pun on qing/affection and qing/fair weather in the final line.
东边日出西边雨
眼前天气晴雨交织，看似客观写景，实则暗喻男方态度难以捉摸：忽而热烈，忽而冷淡。这是民歌中常见的比兴手法。
The simultaneous sunlight and rain seem to be objective description but metaphorically suggest the lover’s ambivalent attitude—sometimes warm, sometimes remote. It is a characteristic bixing analogy drawn from folk song.
道是无晴却有晴
全诗关键句。‘晴’与‘情’谐音双关，字面说“无晴却有晴”（西边下雨，东边日出），实际说“无情却有情”。以多变天气比喻爱情，含蓄展现少女既疑虑又欣喜的复杂心理。
This is the pivotal line. Qing/sunny is a pun for qing/love. On the surface, the weather cannot be called sunny all over, yet there is sunshine; beneath the surface, the beloved seems indifferent, yet his singing suggests affection. The weather metaphor captures her mingled doubt and joy.
今日赏析
这首诗作于唐穆宗长庆年间（约822—824），刘禹锡任夔州刺史时。夔州地处长江沿岸，是巴楚民歌“竹枝”盛行的地区。刘禹锡在贬谪西南期间吸收民间歌谣的养分，以清新、活泼的笔调创作了文人竹枝词。此诗写长江边一位少女听到情郎歌声后的内心波澜，借当地夏日常见的晴雨变化作比喻，表达爱情中“看似无情却有情”的微妙感受。
This poem was written around 822–824 during the Changqing era of Emperor Muzong, when Liu Yuxi served as governor of Kuizhou along the Yangtze, a region where local Ba-Chu folk songs known as bamboo branch songs flourished. Drawing upon folk traditions during his banishment in the southwest, Liu transformed these village tunes into refined literati quatrains. The poem depicts a young woman on the riverbank stirred by her lover's song, using the region’s changeable summer weather to express the delicate feeling of love that seems absent yet is truly present.
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