[宋]欧阳修

佚 名(译)

Hundred chirps and thousand twitters and movement at will,

Mountain flowers red and purple,trees high and low.

Just learned what it sounds like to be locked in a golden cage,

A far cry from the unrestrained warbling in the woods.

百啭千声随意移,

山花红紫树高低。

始知锁向金笼听,

不及林间自在啼。

《画眉鸟》是北宋文学家欧阳修创作的一首七言绝句。此诗前两句写景,景中寓理;后两句言理,情理兼融。诗人在再现良辰美景时,着意于将自己感悟到的理念不露痕迹地含蕴其间,从而表现出对禁锢人才的憎恶与否定、对自由生活的热爱与向往。这首诗情景结合,寓意深远。