薛濤(約768~832年),是一個帶有傳奇色彩的唐代女詩人,字洪度。長安(今陜西西安)人。16歲入樂籍,與韋皋,元稹有過戀情,戀愛期間,薛濤自己制作桃紅色小箋用來寫詩,后人仿制,稱“薛濤箋”。脫樂籍后終身未嫁。成都望江樓公園有薛濤墓” 。薛濤與劉采春,魚玄機(jī),李冶,并稱唐朝四大女詩人。卓文君、薛濤、花蕊夫人、黃娥并稱蜀中四大才女。流傳至今詩作有90余首。
薛濤·《魚離池》
跳躍深池四五秋,常搖朱尾弄綸鉤。
無端擺斷芙蓉朵,不得清波更一游。
A Fish Separated from Its Pool
Xue Tao
In the lotus pond for four or five years
it has leapt playfully,
Always waving its crimson tail,
it sports with fishing lines.
By accident it bumped and broke
a blossom of the lotus,
Now no more can it swim about
through the clear waves.