期思溪上日千回，樟木桥边酒数杯。人影不随流水去，醉颜重带少年来。
疏蝉响涩林逾静，冷蝶飞轻菊半开。不是长卿终慢世，只缘多病又非才。
此词描写了作者罢官后HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/luomo/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>落寞、无聊的HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/xianju/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>闲居HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/shenghuo/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>生活。词人本有杀敌报国的雄心HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/zhuangzhi/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>壮志，而如今只能在期思溪上不停地徘徊，在樟木桥边借酒浇愁；HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/shiguang/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>时光流逝，HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/qingchun/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>青春不再，身边只有滞涩的一两声蝉鸣、寂静的树林、轻飞的冷蝶、半开的菊HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/hua/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>花，如此情境让词人备感HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/luomo/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>落寞、HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/kumen/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>苦闷、无聊。
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过片绘景，“疏蝉响涩林逾静，冷蝶飞轻菊半开”，模拟化用王籍《入若耶溪》诗意：“蝉噪林逾静，HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/niao/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>鸟鸣HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/shan/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>山更幽。”动中见静，静中有动。此二句以精严的倒装对句所造成的冷寒HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/jiliao/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>寂寥之境，表现自己同样耗散了HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/shengming/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>生命热力的HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/jingshen/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>精神感受。末韵关合，遥应开篇，揭明题旨，运用HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/diangu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>典故和反语表现了词人被罢官后报国无门、HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/zhuangzhinanchou/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/zhuangzhi/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>壮志难酬的HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/wunai/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>无奈与HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/fenmen/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>愤懑情绪，传写出HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/feng/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>风骨不改又无欢无味的老年HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/qinghuai/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>情怀。“不是长卿终慢世”，这里使用HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/diangu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>典故，词人以司HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/ma/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>马相如自况。《世说新语》注引《高士传·司HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/ma/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>马相如赞》：“长卿慢世，越礼自放。犊鼻居市，不耻其状。托疾避官，蔑此卿相。”“只缘多病又非才”，这里使用反语，借孟浩然语（不才明主弃，多病HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/guren/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>故人疏）HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/zichao/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>自嘲，说以文章名世的司HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/ma/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>马相如傲世，是因其多病又没有才能，实则是借以HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/woiwan/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>委婉表达自己空有报国之能、却不被任用的HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/wunai/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>无奈和HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/fenmen/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>愤懑不平。“多病非才”，似怨责朝廷，非我有意傲世，只因生来多病又无才，以HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/guren2/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>古人自况，自伤自叹，亦HRef=https://www.xuegushici.com/list/zichao/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>自嘲自愤。
这首词结构谨严，对仗工整，前三联对仗，结联放散，且起承转合一如律诗作法。