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(hào)紫?。早年雅好吟詠,尤喜為詞。被詞人陳維崧譽(yù)為南宋后閨秀第一。有《拙政園詩馀》《拙政園詩集》。
徐燦·《南唐浣溪沙·十四夜》
已是華燈照綺筵,
漸添奇巧斗新懸。
明月似嫌芳景速,
不輕圓。
佳節(jié)最憐前一日,
舊歡長(zhǎng)算幾何年。
可惜金吾猶禁夜,
促游鞭。
Nantang huan xi sha:
The Night of the Fourteenth1
Xu Can
They’ve used decorated lanterns to light up damask seats;
Now wondrous touches are added, new hangings rival one another.
The bright moon seems averse to the lovely sights’ haste,
And doesn’t readily round.
I love best the day before a festival,
Often reckoning how long past happiness did last.
Too bad the capital guards still enforce curfew,
Urging back the roving whips.