霓裳中序第一 · 中秋后二夕对月
秋堂气渐肃。暮角吹来声断续。凭遍阑干几曲。又凉战庭梧，风敲檐竹。多情宋玉。对楚天、无奈幽独。中秋过，月华未阙，夜色灿如烛。
空谷。美人羁束。又老尽、江南草木。愁来心绪易触。目断瑶台，梦绕金屋。雁归犹未卜。且漫放、题红去速。凄迷处，年来诗鬓，换动镜中绿。
Autumn air has grown cool and more intense. As the evening horn blows, the sound echoes. As I lean against the railings and wander, my body shivering from the cool autumn air, and wind hitting my roof and the bamboo by my eave. Just like the feeling of多情宋玉who wrote a poem about his feelings toward Chu girls. Looking at the楚天, I feel lonely and helpless. The Mid-Autumn moon remains bright despite its passing moment. The moon in autumn never fully fade away and light up like a candle in the night sky. The emptiness of the valley reminds me of a beauty bound in chains. As I age, the plants and trees in Jiangnan seem to suffer from neglect as well. It's easy to feel sad and anxious when my heart is touched by sorrowful memories. I gaze at the distant place where I dream of her, but she's nowhere to be seen. I am surrounded by golden houses in my dreams, but her return is still uncertain. I let her go like a letter hastily written on red paper, and I am lost in a world of confusion. As the years pass, my hairline grows green from writing poetry and mirrors my life's changes.
《霓裳中序第一·中秋后二夕对月》是一首细腻描绘秋日夜晚，借月抒怀的佳作。全词以秋堂开篇，寥寥几笔便勾勒出一幅深秋时节的静谧画面。“秋堂气渐肃”，一个“肃”字，既点明了季节的转换，也预示着氛围的清冷与孤寂。随后，“暮角吹来声断续”，暮角声声，断断续续，更添几分苍凉与悠远，仿佛能穿越时空，触动人心底最柔软的部分。
词人凭栏远眺，曲折的栏杆仿佛成了他思绪的延伸。“又凉战庭梧，风敲檐竹”，这两句通过自然界的细微声响，进一步渲染了秋夜的寒意与寂静，梧桐叶在风中颤抖，檐下竹声清脆，一静一动之间，尽显秋夜之韵。
“多情宋玉”，此处词人自比宋玉，不仅表达了对古代文人的敬仰，也暗含了自己同样多情善感，面对楚天，内心充满了无奈与幽独。中秋已过，但“月华未阙，夜色灿如烛”，月光依旧皎洁明亮，夜色如同白昼，这样的美景却无法驱散词人内心的孤寂与哀愁。
下片转入对“空谷”与“美人”的描绘，这里的“美人”或可理解为词人心中所念之人，或是理想、抱负的象征。“又老尽、江南草木”，草木一岁一枯荣，象征着时光的流逝与岁月的无情，也映射出词人内心的焦虑与无奈。愁绪来袭，心绪易触，目光所及之处，皆是遥不可及的瑶台梦境，心中所绕，皆是那虚无缥缈的金屋佳人。
“雁归犹未卜”，雁归无期，如同词人心中那份不确定的期盼与归宿。于是，他选择“且漫放、题红去速”，以题红寄情，聊以自慰，虽知希望渺茫，却仍不愿放弃那一丝微茫的希望。最后，“凄迷处，年来诗鬓，换动镜中绿”，岁月流转，诗鬓渐白，镜中人容颜已改，词人在这凄迷的秋夜中，感受到了时间的无情与生命的脆弱，同时也流露出对过往岁月的深深怀念与无奈。
整首词通过对秋夜月色的描绘，巧妙地将个人情感与自然景物融为一体，既有对美景的欣赏，也有对人生境遇的深刻反思，情感细腻，意境深远，展现了词人高超的艺术造诣与深邃的人生感悟。