徐燦,字湘蘋,又字明霞、明深,江蘇吳縣(今蘇州市吳中區(qū)、相城區(qū))人。陳之遴繼配。幼穎悟,通書史。陳之遴兩次流徙,均曾隨行??滴跏辏?671),奉旨?xì)w之遴之骨。晚年學(xué)佛,更號紫?。早年雅好吟詠,尤喜為詞。被詞人陳維崧譽為南宋后閨秀第一。有《拙政園詩馀》《拙政園詩集》。
徐燦·《蝶戀花·每寄書素庵不到有感》
頻寄錦書鴻不去。
怕近黃昏,
簾幕深深處。
一寸橫波愁幾許,
啼痕點點成紅雨。
倚遍闌干無意緒。
閑理余香,
獨自誰為語。
盡日懨懨如夢里,
斜陽一瞬人千里。
Die lian hua:
Stirred by the Frequent Loss of My Letters to Su’an
Xu Can
Often I send brocade letters, but the wild goose fails to go;
I fear the creeping of dusk
Into the depths of my curtains.
How much sadness is there in a single look?
Specks of tear stains form a shower of rouge.
I’ve leaned long over the railing, but remain listless;
Casually I trim the leftover incense
All by myself, with whom can I speak?
Through the day I feel weary as in a dream;
A flash of the setting sun and I’m a thousand miles away.