本词为集句词。本词创作于王安石归隐钟山时期，词中以山上的桃花和溪边的杏树来比喻自己，字里行间流露出一种隐居山林后的寂寞和淡淡的哀愁。

《浣溪沙·百亩中庭半是苔》 王安石

百亩中庭半是苔，
门前白道水萦回。
爱闲能有几人来。

小院回廊春寂寂，
山桃溪杏两三栽。
为谁零落为谁开？

Silk-Washing Stream
Wang Anshi

Half moss-hidden is my courtyard a hundred acres wide,
Before my gate a winding path by riverside.
Who would visit one fond of leisure and free hours?

Spring in my courtyard girt with corridors is still;
Two or three peach and apricots stand near the hill.
For whom are they blooming and then fall in showers?