赠花卿
锦城[1]丝管[2]日纷纷[3]，
半入江[4]风半入云。
此曲只应天上有，
人间能得几回闻？
花卿是花敬定，成都尹的部将，但是居功自傲，目无朝廷，僭用天子的音乐，所以杜甫这首诗对他进行了委婉的讽刺。开始说的“锦城”就是成都，“丝管”指的是管弦乐器，“日纷纷”是说日日演奏，音乐从花卿家里随风飞到锦江之上白云之间去了。前两句是实写，读来仿佛是对乐曲的赞美，其实有言外之意。后两句是虚写，说此曲只应天上有，而“天上”暗指天子。既然是天子用的音乐，人间的大臣怎么可以僭用呢？这不合乎礼制，在当时简直是大逆不道。所以这首诗和《丽人行》一样是寓讽于谀的。
注释：
[1]锦城：成都。
[2]丝管：弦乐和管乐。
[3]纷纷：形容多。
[4]江：指成都的锦江。
To General Hua
With songs from day to day the Town of Silk is loud;
They waft with winds across the streams into the cloud.
Such music can be heard but in celestial spheres.
How many times has it been played for human ears?
《赠花卿》是唐代伟大诗人杜甫的作品，约作于唐上元二年（761年）。全诗四句，前两句对乐曲作具体形象的描绘，是实写；后两句以天上的仙乐相夸，是遐想。因实而虚，虚实相生，将乐曲的美妙赞誉到了极度。此诗有动有静，婉转含蓄，耐人寻味。
The poem “To General Hua” is a work by Du Fu, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, written in about the second year of the Tang Dynasty (761). In the first two lines, the poem depicts the music in a concrete way, which is a realistic description; in the second two lines, the poem boasts of immortal music in the sky, which is a reverie. The second two lines boast of the heavenly music, which is a reverie. The poem has both movement and stillness, and is subtle and intriguing.
