“Spring Palace Complaint” is a poem written by the late Tang poet Du Xunhe to express the grievances of palace maids. It is included in Volume 691 of “Complete Tang Poems”. This poem contains the meaning of lamenting that no one appreciates her. The first couplet describes that she entered the palace because of her beauty, suffered loneliness, and was unwilling to put on makeup; the second couplet describes that winning favor is not about appearance, so there is no need to put on makeup; the third couplet describes the scenery, the spring breeze is blowing, the weather is fine, the birds are singing, and the flowers are fragrant, which is used to set off the feelings of spring heart being broken, lonely and empty; the last couplet describes the sadness of the past, which further reveals her resentment. Among them, the two sentences “the wind is warm and the birds are singing, the sun is high and the shadows of flowers are heavy” are famous sentences that have always been praised by people.
《春宫怨》是唐末诗人杜荀鹤创作的代宫女抒怨的代言诗，载于《全唐诗》卷六百九十一。此诗含有自叹无人赏识之意。首联写因貌美而入宫，受尽孤寂，不愿梳妆；颔联写取宠不在容貌，因而不必妆扮了；颈联写景，春风骀荡，风和日丽，鸟语花香，借以烘托春心受残，寂寞空虚的情感；末联写往日之悲苦，更露其怨情。其中“风暖鸟声碎，日高花影重”两句是历来为人所推崇的名句。
《春宫怨》 杜荀鹤
早被婵娟误，欲归临镜慵。
承恩不在貌，教妾若为容？
风暖鸟声碎，日高花影重。
年年越溪女，相忆采芙蓉。
A Sign in the Spring Palace
Du Xunhe
Knowing beauty my misfortune,
I face my mirrow with a sigh.
To please a fastidious emperor,
How shall I array myself?….
Birds flock and sing when the wind is warm，
Flowers-shadows climb when the sun is high—
And year after year girls in the south
Are picking hibiscus, dreaming of love!
