【作品简介】
《送杨氏女》由韦应物创作，被选入《唐诗三百首》。这是一首送女出嫁的好诗。送女出行，万千叮咛；怜其无恃，反复诫训。诗人早年丧妻，留下两女自小相依为命，感情颇为深厚。因为对亡妻的思念，对二女自然更加怜爱。在大女儿出嫁之时，自然临别而生感伤之情。全诗情真语挚，至性至诚。慈父爱，骨肉情，跃然纸上。“贫俭诚所尚，资从岂待周”。可作红衣千秋楷模。
韦应物15岁起以三卫郎为玄宗近侍，出入宫闱，扈从游幸。早年豪纵不羁，横行乡里，乡人苦之。安史之乱起，玄宗奔蜀，流落失职，始立志读书，少食寡欲，常“焚香扫地而坐”。代宗广德至德宗贞元间，先后为洛阳丞、京兆府功曹参军、鄂县令、比部员外郎 、滁州和江州刺史、左司郎中 、苏州刺史。贞元七年退职。世称韦江州、韦左司或韦苏州。韦应物是山水田园诗派诗人，后人每以王孟韦柳并称。其山水诗景致优美，感受深细，清新自然而饶有生意。而《西塞山》景象壮阔，则显示韦诗雄豪的一面。其田园诗实质渐为反映民间疾苦的政治诗。代表作有《观田家》。此外，他还有一些感情慷慨悲愤之作。部分诗篇思想消极，孤寂低沉。韦诗各体俱长，七言歌行音调流美，“才丽之外，颇近兴讽”（白居易《与元九书》)。五律一气流转 ，情文相生，耐人寻味。五、七绝清韵秀朗，《滁州西涧》的“春潮带雨晚来急，野渡无人舟自横”句，写景如画，为后世称许。韦诗以五古成就最高，风格冲淡闲远，语言简洁朴素，有“五言长城”之称。但亦有秾丽秀逸的一面。其五古以学陶渊明为主，但在山水写景等方面，受谢灵运、谢朓的影响。
【中英对照翻译】
送杨氏女
韦应物
永日方戚戚， 出行复悠悠。
女子今有行， 大江溯轻舟。
尔辈苦无恃， 抚念益慈柔。
幼为长所育， 两别泣不休。
对此结中肠， 义往难复留。
自小阙内训， 事姑贻我忧。
赖兹托令门， 仁恤庶无尤。
贫俭诚所尚， 资从岂待周。
孝恭遵妇道， 容止顺其猷。
别离在今晨， 见尔当何秋。
居闲始自遣， 临感忽难收。
归来视幼女， 零泪缘缨流。
TO MY DAUGHTER ON HER MARRIAGE INTO THE YANG FAMILY
Wei Yingwu
My heart has been heavy all day long
Because you have so far to go.
The marriage of a girl, away from her parents,
Is the launching of a little boat on a great river.
…You were very young when your mother died,
Which made me the more tender of you.
Your elder sister has looked out for you,
And now you are both crying and cannot part.
This makes my grief the harder to bear;
Yet it is right that you should go.
…Having had from childhood no mother to guide you,
How will you honour your mother-in-law?
It's an excellent family; they will be kind to you,
They will forgive you your mistakes --
Although ours has been so pure and poor
That you can take them no great dowry.
Be gentle and respectful, as a woman should be,
Careful of word and look, observant of good example.
…After this morning we separate,
There's no knowing for how long….
I always try to hide my feelings --
They are suddenly too much for me,
When I turn and see my younger daughter
With the tears running down her cheek.