金亡之后,词人重游故都,触景生情,咏词寄怀。
上片追忆金朝往昔盛况。“日射云间”二句意谓昔日在阳光照耀下的皇宫生长着五色神芝,宫殿鸳鸯碧瓦,红墙参差,一片昌盛景象。“西山”句,回忆曾将“西山晴雪”写入新诗的旧事,借眼前之景写怀念旧君情。
下片转写现实。“焦土”二句,写蒙古军烧杀掠抢,社稷倾覆,故都化为焦土,而花枝树木不知人事之悲,依然年复一年自开自落,物是人非,愈感悲痛。最后以亡国入隋的江令自喻,自己已沦为异国臣民,在亡国后又独自重游故都,怎不令人感慨万千?
全篇采用今昔对比的手法,写世事变迁,寓黍离之悲,是血泪和流的国难实录,语极痛切,情极感人。
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