这首词写思妇怀远。上片开头二句写景、起兴、寓怀；三、四句直抒对远人的思念。下片“楚天”二句紧承“心随”而来，念情人远在天外，一去经年；结尾两句，思路回到现实，与词的开头相呼应，“旧欢何处寻”与“双飞燕”对照，见其孤苦，青春虚度。李珣《菩萨蛮》三章兼得温韦之妙。浓丽如温庭筠，疏朗似韦庄。

李珣·《菩萨蛮·隔帘微雨》

隔帘微雨双飞燕，

砌花零落红深浅。

捻得宝筝调，

心随征棹遥。

楚天云外路，

动便经年去。

香断画屏深，

旧欢何处寻？

Tune: Buddhist Dancers

Li Xun

I see in rain a pair of swallows swift in flight,

The fallen petals outspread in deep red or bright.

On strings of precious lute I play;

With his sail my heart’s far away.

Beyond the cloud in Southern sky

He stays now a year has passed by.

Incense burned out by painted screen,

Oh, where can my old love be seen.