周昉按乐图
美人按乐春昼长，绿鬟翠袖双鸣珰。
玉箫高吹银管笛，二十三弦啼凤凰。
后来知是调筝手，窈窕傍听曾误否？
《梁州》遍彻《六幺》翻，此曲惟应天上有。
行云不动暮雨生，流莺瞥目飞鸿惊。
宫驰羽疾争新声，花月六宫无限情。
君不见《后庭》《玉树》梨园谱，日日君王醉歌舞。
一朝鼙鼓动地来，禄儿危似韩擒虎。
丹青纵复王何益。由来嗜音必亡国。
田家机杼人不知，好写《豳风》劝蚕织。
Beauty enjoys the spring day with music, With green hair and embroidered sleeves and double-ringed ears. Playing a jade flute and silver pipe, With twenty-three strings that sing like a phoenix's voice. Later discovered as a zither player, Was she charming as she listened, or did she miss the music? The "Liangzhou" tune runs through the "Liuyao" melody, A song that seems fit only for the heavens above. Clouds remain stationary as evening rain falls, And warblers glance at the scene, as if they are startled by the flight of wild geese. The palace strings compete for new sounds, With rapid melodies reflecting the emotions of the six palaces under the moon. Have you not seen the "Houting", "Yushu", and "Liyuan" compositions, With the emperor indulging in dance and music every day? When war drums thundered and shook the land, Did the fate of the court resemble that of Han Qinhu? The art of painting, no matter how skilled, is of no use to Wang Anshi. Those who love music will surely lose their country. The people of the countryside do not know about the silk industry, So they write songs about silk-reeling to encourage industry.
《周昉按乐图》以其细腻的笔触和丰富的意象，引领我们穿越千年，步入一幅生动的唐代宫廷音乐画卷之中。诗人以诗配画，不仅描绘了画中的美景佳人，更寓含了对历史兴亡的深刻反思。
开篇“美人按乐春昼长，绿鬟翠袖双鸣珰”，寥寥数语便勾勒出一幅春日午后，宫中美人们身着华丽，发髻青翠，佩戴着清脆悦耳的玉珰，在悠长的日光中演奏音乐的场景。紧接着，“玉箫高吹银管笛，二十三弦啼凤凰”，通过玉箫、银笛与二十三弦琴的音律交织，仿佛能听见那超越凡尘的音乐，如同凤凰啼鸣，清脆而悠扬。
随后笔锋一转，“后来知是调筝手，窈窕傍听曾误否？”引出了一位技艺高超的调筝女子，她静静地聆听，或许是在检验自己即将加入的旋律是否和谐，这一细节不仅展现了音乐演奏的严谨，也增添了画面的层次与深度。紧接着，“《梁州》遍彻《六幺》翻，此曲惟应天上有”，描述了乐曲的精湛与高远，仿佛这些旋律只应存在于天际，人间难得几回闻。
然而，美好总是短暂，“行云不动暮雨生，流莺瞥目飞鸿惊”，以自然景象暗喻宫廷生活的瞬息万变与人心的不安。音乐的节奏加快，“宫驰羽疾争新声，花月六宫无限情”，宫人们竞相演奏新奇曲调，花前月下，情感交织，却也预示着宫廷内部的浮躁与奢华。
诗人笔锋再转，由乐及史，“君不见《后庭》《玉树》梨园谱，日日君王醉歌舞。一朝鼙鼓动地来，禄儿危似韩擒虎。”这里借用了南朝陈后主因沉迷于《玉树后庭花》而亡国的典故，警示世人，过度沉迷于音乐享乐，往往会导致国家的衰败。最后，“丹青纵复王何益。由来嗜音必亡国。田家机杼人不知，好写《豳风》劝蚕织。”诗人直接点出，即便画作再精美，也无法挽救因嗜音而亡国的命运，反而应该倡导勤劳耕织，如《诗经·豳风》所描绘的那样，才是国家长治久安之道。
整首诗不仅是对《周昉按乐图》的艺术再现，更是一次穿越时空的历史对话，通过对宫廷音乐的描绘，深刻揭示了沉迷享乐带来的后果，以及对勤劳质朴生活的向往。诗中有画，画中有史，史中寓理，让人在欣赏美的同时，也不忘历史的教训。