唐 Tang · 诗 Poem
赠邻女
To the Neighbor Girl
羞日遮罗袖，愁春懒起妆。
易求无价宝，难得有心郎。
Weary of spring, she is too dull to rise and dress.
A priceless treasure is easy to seek,
But a lover with a true heart is hard to meet.
Meaning
The poem speaks as a neighbor girl who hides from the sun and neglects her toilet, then declares that priceless treasure is easy but a true-hearted lover rare. It is a bold, candid cry of a woman's unsatisfied longing.
怕见日光用罗袖遮面，春日里满怀愁绪懒得梳妆。无价的珍宝容易求得，而真正有情意的郎君却最难遇见。
Appreciation
The first two lines sketch a posture—hiding from sun, too weary to dress—and the last two snap into judgment: treasure easy, true heart rare. The move from body to verdict is sudden and modern in its candor, a woman naming her own disappointment without apology. Long quoted as the plain truth of a lover's lot, it turns a small quatrain into a loud, clear voice.
【白话串讲】 鱼玄机写赠邻女：“羞日遮罗袖，愁春懒起妆”。“易求无价宝，难得有心郎”——无价宝容易求，有心郎难得。这句，是一个唐朝才女的泣血之言。 【意象与手法】以“羞日”“懒妆”写女子娇态与愁容，末二句以对比（宝易求/郎难得）道破心事。 【情感与主旨】抒发女子对真挚情爱的渴望与难遇知心人的怅惘，率真大胆。 【名句点睛】“易求无价宝，难得有心郎”——以反差道尽痴情之憾。
Background
Yu Xuanji was a late-Tang Daoist priestess poet; this poem speaks of spring longing in a neighbor girl's voice.
《赠邻女》为唐代鱼玄机所作，是写女子求偶、难得有心郎的诗。鱼玄机（约844—约871），字幼微，一字蕙兰，长安人，唐代女诗人。此诗：羞日遮罗袖，愁春懒起妆。易求无价宝，难得有心郎。全诗写女子求偶、难得有心郎，是鱼玄机诗的名篇。
Art
The first two lines write posture, the last two argue, moving from form to feeling, speaking straight from the heart.
《赠邻女》艺术上以女子情态的描摹与难得有心郎的感叹见长。全诗四句：首写羞日愁春——“羞日遮罗袖，愁春懒起妆”写羞日遮罗袖、愁春懒起妆；末写无价宝有心郎——“易求无价宝，难得有心郎”写易求无价宝、难得有心郎。全诗以女子情态写难得有心郎，正是鱼玄机诗深挚的笔法。
Allusions
No overt allusion; it arises from everyday feeling.
《赠邻女》用典在“羞日遮罗袖”“愁春懒起妆”“无价宝”“有心郎”。“羞日遮罗袖”写羞日遮罗袖；“愁春懒起妆”写愁春懒起妆；“无价宝”写无价宝（无价之宝）；“有心郎”写有心郎（有心郎君）。全诗以这些意象写女子求偶、难得有心郎，用典自然而深挚自见，正是鱼玄机诗的笔法。
Commentary
This couplet has long been recited by the world, speaking the whole heart of a daughter.
《赠邻女》是鱼玄机诗的名篇，也是唐诗中写女子情志的代表作。此诗写女子求偶、难得有心郎，向为论者称道。论者多赏其女子情态的描摹与难得有心郎的感叹——“羞日遮罗袖，愁春懒起妆”写羞日遮罗袖、愁春懒起妆，深挚之极；“易求无价宝，难得有心郎”写易求无价宝、难得有心郎，更见其慨。鱼玄机为唐代女冠诗人，此诗写女子之心、难得有心郎，正是其代表——以女子情态写难得有心郎，正是其诗风。
Prosody
Line by line
羞日遮罗袖，愁春懒起妆。
Bashful of the sun, she hides behind silk sleeves; grieving spring, she rises too listless to dress.
羞日遮罗袖，愁春懒起妆。
Shy of the sun, she covers her face with silk sleeves; saddened by spring, she rises too languid to dress.
首写羞日遮罗袖、愁春懒起妆，是全诗写女子情态的起点。“羞日遮罗袖”写羞日遮罗袖——“羞日遮罗袖”写羞对日光、以罗袖遮面——羞日遮罗袖；“愁春懒起妆”写愁春懒起妆——“愁春懒起妆”写愁对春光、懒得梳妆——愁春懒起妆。二句写羞日遮罗袖、愁春懒起妆：羞日遮罗袖，愁春懒起妆。以“羞日遮罗袖”写羞日遮袖、含羞之态，以“愁春懒起妆”写愁春懒妆、无绪之态，正是鱼玄机诗写女子情态的起点——羞日遮袖，愁春懒妆。
The opening writes bashful of the sun, she hides behind silk sleeves, the starting point for the woman's mood. Bashful of the sun, she hides behind silk sleeves writes her shying from daylight, covering her face with silk sleeves. Saddened by spring, she rises too listless to dress writes grieving the spring scenery, too idle to adorn. The two lines write the bashful sun-hiding sleeves and the listless spring-grieving dressing - Yu Xuanji's starting point for the woman's state: shy of the sun, grieving the spring, utterly listless.
易求无价宝，难得有心郎。
A treasure beyond price is easy to find; a man with a true heart is hard to find.
易求无价宝，难得有心郎。
Priceless treasures are easy to seek; a lover with a true heart is hard to find.
末写易求无价宝、难得有心郎，是全诗写难得有心郎的归结。“易求无价宝”写易求无价宝——“易求无价宝”写容易求得无价之宝——易求无价宝；“难得有心郎”写难得有心郎——“难得有心郎”写难得有心的郎君——难得有心郎。二句写易求无价宝、难得有心郎：易求无价宝，难得有心郎。以“易求无价宝”写无价宝易求、财宝易得，以“难得有心郎”写有心郎难得、真情难觅，正是鱼玄机诗写难得有心郎的归结——宝易求，郎难觅。
The closing writes priceless treasures are easy to seek; a lover with a true heart is hard to find, the resolution of the hard-to-find true-hearted man. Priceless treasures are easy to seek writes the easy seeking of precious things. A lover with a true heart is hard to find writes the hard seeking of a faithful man. The two lines write the easy-found treasure and the hard-found lover - Yu Xuanji's resolution: treasures are easy, a true heart is not. The contrast lands the poem's grief.
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