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。康熙十年(1671),奉旨歸之遴之骨。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·《憶秦娥·春歸》
東風(fēng)老,
起來點檢殘紅少。
殘紅少,
一簾疏雨,
半庭煙草。
燕鶯故故將人惱,
千聲萬語春歸了。
春歸了,
雙蛾誰遣,
鏡痕愁小。
Yi Qin e:
Spring’s Leave-Taking
Xu Can
The east wind is waning;
I rise to survey the few remnant blossoms.
The remnant blossoms are few:
A drape of sparse rain;
Half a courtyard of misty grass.
The swallows and orioles purposely vex one,
Their thousand cries and myriad strains singing “Spring is gone.”
Spring is gone:
Who will unknit the eyebrows,
Their image in the mirror tinged with grief?