Farewell on the Ancient Plain with Grass - Bai Juyi
/赋得古原草送别 - 白居易/
草間無盡離別意
離離原上草
The lush grass covers the ancient plain,
一歲一枯榮
Year after year, it withers, then thrives again.
野火燒不盡
Wildfires cannot entirely consume it,
春風吹又生
Come spring winds, it grows anew.
遠芳侵古道
Its distant fragrance spreads across old roads,
晴翠接荒城
Lush greens now stretch to meet deserted walls.
又送王孫去
Once more we bid farewell to dear friends,
萋萋滿別情
Lamenting sorrow, thick as these clustering blades.
《賦得古原草送別》是白居易以早春野草的頑強生命力來寄寓送別之情的名作。草木在枯榮之間反覆循環，彷彿暗示人生聚散離合的常態，卻也流露出不因外力而斷絕的生機。詩中「野火燒不盡，春風吹又生」不僅刻劃草木不屈不撓，更象徵情誼與思念的源源不絕；「遠芳侵古道，晴翠接荒城」則展示了在蒼涼景象中仍有一抹清新，營造出時空交錯、思念綿延的氛圍。全詩透過簡潔有力的章句，從原野景色進入送別場景，從草木頑強映射出人情中的難捨，讀來既蘊含人生哲理，也流露出深刻的告別惆悵。
重點
此詩用頑強的草木象徵離別不斷、生生不息的情懷，啟示人們對分別與人生無常的深層體悟。