近试上张水部
洞房昨夜停红烛，
待晓堂前拜舅姑。
妆罢低声问夫婿，
画眉深浅入时无？
Last night red candles in the bridal chamber burned;
At dawn I shall greet my parents-in-law as custom's learned.
With makeup done, I whisper to my husband near:
Is my brow's painting fashionable, dark or clear?
逐句注释
洞房昨夜停红烛，
洞房指新婚夫妇的卧室；停红烛意为让红烛燃着、安置红烛。此句写新婚次日的清晨场景，借新娘身份起兴，暗喻诗人考前郑重准备、等待被考官方家审视。
The bridal chamber is the newlyweds' room; ting hongzhu means the red candles were left burning. The line opens with a bride's first morning after marriage, an allegorical frame for the poet preparing for examination and awaiting judgment.
待晓堂前拜舅姑。
待晓即等到天亮；舅姑在此指公婆，并非舅父姑母。古代婚礼后有新妇拜见公婆之礼。此处以新妇拜见公婆比喻考生将面对主考官，礼节与忐忑并存。
Dai xiao means waiting for dawn; jiugu here means the husband's parents, not maternal uncle and aunt. The bride's ritual greeting of her parents-in-law parallels the examinee's approaching the examiners, blending ceremony with anxiety.
妆罢低声问夫婿，
妆罢指梳妆完毕；低声表现新妇羞怯、谨慎而期待的心情；夫婿即丈夫。此句以新娘向丈夫低声询问，比喻诗人向张籍委婉探问自己的诗文是否合宜。
Zhuang ba means having finished dressing and makeup; disheng, a low voice, reveals shyness, caution, and hope; fuxu means husband. The bride asking her husband quietly becomes the poet asking Zhang Ji indirectly whether his writing is suitable.
画眉深浅入时无？
画眉指描画眉毛；深浅指眉色浓淡；入时无即是否合乎时尚、是否合时宜，无在此作疑问语气词。表面问眉样是否时髦，实则双关，问自己的诗文能否投合考官口味。全诗用比兴寄托，以闺情写干谒。
Hua mei means painting the eyebrows; shenqian refers to dark or light brow color; rushi wu asks whether it suits current fashion, with wu as an interrogative particle. Overtly the bride asks if her brow style is fashionable; allegorically the poet asks whether his verse will please the examiners. The whole poem uses bi-xing allegory, using boudoir manners to express a literary appeal.
今日赏析
唐代科举前有行卷之风，举子常把诗文呈给有名望的官员，希望得到称誉和推荐。朱庆馀在临近考试时写此诗呈给水部员外郎张籍，借新妇拜见公婆前低声问丈夫画眉是否合时，委婉探问自己的作品是否合考官心意。诗表面写闺情，实为干谒之作，构思巧妙，成为唐代行卷诗中的名篇。
In the Tang dynasty, candidates often submitted their poems and prose to prominent officials before examinations, hoping for praise and recommendation. Near an examination, Zhu Qingyu presented this poem to Zhang Ji, then an official in the Ministry of Waterways. Using the image of a bride asking her husband in a whisper whether her painted brows suit the fashion before she meets her parents-in-law, the poet tactfully asks whether his work will please the examiners. Ostensibly a boudoir poem, it is actually a literary appeal and is admired as a clever example of Tang examination-culture verse.
每日唐诗精选唐代经典作品，提供原文、英文翻译、逐句注释与赏析，适合古诗词学习、双语阅读和日常诗意积累。