徐灿，字湘蘋，又字明霞、明深，江苏吴县（今苏州市吴中区、相城区）人。陈之遴继配。幼颖悟，通书史。陈之遴两次流徙，均曾随行。康熙十年（1671），奉旨归之遴之骨。晚年学佛，更号紫?。早年雅好吟咏，尤喜为词。被词人陈维崧誉为南宋后闺秀第一。有《拙政园诗馀》《拙政园诗集》。

徐灿·《忆秦娥·春感次素庵》

春时节，

昨朝似雨今朝雪。

今朝雪，

半春香暖，

竟成抛撇。

销魂不待君先说，

悽悽似痛还如咽。

还如咽，

旧恩新宠，

晓云流月。

Yi Qin e:

Spring Sentiments, Following Su’an’s [Chen Zhilin] Rhymes

Xu Can

In the season of spring:

Yesterday it looked like rain, but today it snowed.

Today it snowed;

Half a spring of fragrant warmth

Has been cast away.

The wasting of my heart needs no word from you;

Miserable it is, like a pang, and a whimper.

Like a whimper:

Old love, new favor,

Are but dawn clouds and flowing moon.