采桑子

欧阳修

轻舟短棹西湖好，

绿水逶迤，

芳草长堤，

隐隐笙歌处处随。

无风水面琉璃滑，

不觉船移，

微动涟漪，

惊起沙禽掠岸飞。
 

Gathering Mulberry Leaves

Translated by Xu Yuanchong & Xu Ming

Viewed from a light boat with short oars, West Lake is fair.

Green water winds along

The banks overgrown with sweet grass; here and there

Faintly we hear a flute song.

The water surface is smooth like glass when no wind blows;

I feel the boat moves no more.

Leaving ripples behind, it goes,

The startled waterbirds skim the flat sandy shore.

【赏析】

这首词是作者晚年《采桑子》组词中的一首。它以轻松淡雅的笔调，描写泛舟颖州(今安徽阜阳)西湖时所见的美丽景色。全词色调清丽，风格娟秀，充满诗情画意，读来清新可喜。