古意

男儿事长征，少小幽燕客。
赌胜马蹄下，由来轻七尺。
杀人莫敢前，须如猬毛磔。
黄云陇底白云飞，未得报恩不得归。
辽东小妇年十五，惯弹琵琶解歌舞。
今为羌笛出塞声，使我三军泪如雨。

作者：李颀

年代：唐

体裁：七古

考证：
【注解】：
１、古意：犹“拟古”。
２、轻七尺：犹轻生甘死。
３、解：擅长。

【简析】：
“古意”即“拟古”，但多托古喻今，这实际是一首边塞诗。戍边的健儿们非常勇猛，把性命看得并不重要，但一听到辽东小妇的笛声，就不禁都悲伤起来了，表现出人性中复杂的一面，颇具匠心。

AN OLD AIR

There once was a man, sent on military missions,
A wanderer, from youth, on the You and Yan frontiers.
Under the horses' hoofs he would meet his foes
And, recklessly risking his seven-foot body,
Would slay whoever dared confront
Those moustaches that bristled like porcupinequills.
...There were dark clouds below the hills, there were white clouds above them,
But before a man has served full time, how can he go back?
In eastern Liao a girl was waiting, a girl of fifteen years,
Deft with a guitar, expert in dance and song.
...She seems to be fluting, even now, a reed-song of home,
Filling every soldier's eyes with homesick tears.

出处：唐诗三百首全唐诗：卷133_26