這首詠物詩是詩人于唐武宗會昌六年閑居永樂期間所作。當時以牛信孺為首和李德裕的一群的朋黨互相傾軋,李商隱因娶王茂元之女一事,構(gòu)怨于牛黨的令狐鶚,因而境況很不如意。于是,便借園中的落花抒發(fā)自己憂傷身世之感。通過對花葉飄落表達了詩人素懷壯志,不見用于世的凄婉和感慨。全詩洋溢著傷春惜花之感。
《落花》 李商隱
高閣客竟去,小園花亂飛。
參差連曲陌,迢遞送斜暉。
腸斷未忍掃,眼穿仍欲歸。
芳心向春盡,所得是沾衣。
Fallen Flowers
Li Shang-yin
From the tall pavilion the guests have all departed;
In the little garden, flowers fly, pell-mell.
They fall at random on the winding path,
And travel far, sending off the setting sun.
Heartbroken, I cannot bear to sweep them away;
Gazing hard, I watch them till few are left.
Their fragrant heart, following spring, dies;
What they have earned are tears that wet one’s clothes.