《桂枝香·金陵怀古》是宋代文学家王安石的词作。此词通过对金陵（今江苏南京）景物的赞美和历史兴亡的感喟，寄托了作者对当时朝政的担忧和对国家政治大事的关心。

《桂枝香·金陵怀古》 王安石

登临送目，正故国晚秋，天气初肃。千里澄江似练，翠峰如簇。征帆去棹残阳里，背西风、酒旗斜矗。采舟云淡，星河鹭起，画图难足。

念往昔、繁华竞逐，叹门外楼头，悲恨相续。千古凭高对此，漫嗟荣辱。六朝旧事随流水，但寒烟芳草凝绿。至今商女，时时犹唱，后庭遗曲。

Fragrance of Laurel Branch
Wang Anshi

I climb the height
And stretch my sight:
Late autumn just begins its gloomy time.
The ancient capital looks sublime.
The limpid river, beltlike, flows a thousand miles;
Emerald peaks on peaks tower in piles.
In the declining sun sails come and go;
Against west wind wineshop steamers flutter high and low.
The painted boat
In cloud afloat,
Like stars in Silver River egrets fly.
What a picture before the eye!

The days gone by
Saw people in opulence vie.
Alas! Shame on shame came under the walls,
In palace halls.
Leaning on rails, in vain I utter sighs
Over ancient kingdoms’ fall and rise.
The running water saw the Six Dynasties pass,
But I see only chilly mist and withered grass.
Even now and again
The songstresses still sing
The song composed in vain
By a captive king.