A SIGH FROM A STAIRCASE OF JADE

Folk-song-styled-verse
A SIGH FROM A STAIRCASE OF JADE
---Li Bai

Her jade-white staircase is cold with dew;
Her silk soles are wet, she lingered there so long....
Behind her closed casement, why is she still waiting,
Watching through its crystal pane the glow of the autumn moon?

乐府  玉阶怨
---李白

玉阶生白露， 夜久侵罗袜。
却下水晶帘， 玲珑望秋月。

[注释]
①玉阶怨：属乐府《相和歌辞·楚调曲》，从所存歌辞看，主要是写“宫怨”的。玉阶：玉石砌的台阶。
②罗袜：丝织的袜子。
③却下：放下。

[赏析]
这是一首宫怨诗。前两句写无言独立玉阶，露水浓重，浸透了罗袜，主人公却还在痴痴等待。后两句写寒气袭人，主人公回房放下窗帘，却还在凝望秋月。前两句写久等显示人的痴情；后两句以月亮的玲珑，衬托人的幽怨。全诗无一语正面写怨情，然而又似乎让人感到漫天愁思飘然而至，有幽邃深远之美。