这首小令，是作者侍从康熙帝出塞之作。表面是吊古，但有伤今之意，刚健中含婀娜。说从前幽怨，也不是很古的从前，铁马金戈，青冢黄昏，隐约透示着满清入关以前各族间的战事痕迹。

纳兰性德 《蝶恋花·今古山河无定据》

今古山河无定据，
画角声中，
牧马频来去。
满目荒凉谁可语？
西风吹老丹枫树。
从前幽怨应无数。
铁马金戈，
青冢黄昏路。
一往情深深几许？
深山夕照深秋雨。

Dielianhua
By Nalan Singde

From of old to the present
There are no certain boundaries:
Amid the sound of painted bugles,
The nomads' horses swept back and forth.
A wasteland as far as the eye can see —
Who can you talk to?
The west wind has aged the maple tree.
Cases of past suffering would be numerous:
Metal spears and iron horses;
New graves by dusky roads.
Loving-feelings running deep — how deep do they go?
Like the evening glow, deep in the mountains —
And like late, late autumn rain.