这首词为陆游向志同道合的友人抒吐心怀之作。词以寄好友师伯浑为名，发理想破灭之慨。词中描写的梦中所见景象“关河”“雁门”“青海”都是南宋当时重要的西北边防重地。通过梦回当年雪夜军旅生活情景及梦醒后的孤寂，表达了词人执著的为国献身精神。

《夜游宫·记梦寄师伯浑》 陆游

雪晓清笳乱起，梦游处、不知何地。铁骑无声望似水。想关河：雁门西，青海际。
睡觉寒灯里，漏声断、月斜窗纸。自许封侯在万里。有谁知，鬓虽残，心未死！

Palace Visited at Night
A Dream
Lu You

On snowy morning I hear flute on flute pell-mell
Where did I dream? I know not well.
I seemed to see a flood of silent cavaliers
On the northern frontiers,
West of the Wild Geese Pass
By desert-side, alas!

Awake, I only find cold candlelight,
The water clock no longer goes,
At my paper window peeps the slanting moonlight.
I promised to win victory far away.
But, O, who knows?
My hope sinks dead, my hair turns grey.