此词为记梦之作。

作者可能真个做了这样一个梦，但更可能出于虚构，实为作者在 人间词话　中所说的“造境”之作。

词的上片写“梦中”与其人相见的柔情蜜意；下片写“觉后”对其人相思的深愁苦恨。

合上、下片看，全词所写是由梦境回到人间，以梦境的温馨反衬人间的凄凉。

蝶恋花　 王国维昨夜梦中多少恨，细马香车，两两行相近。

对面似怜人瘦损，众中不惜搴帷问。

陌上轻雷听渐隐，梦里难从，觉后那堪讯。

蜡泪窗前堆一寸，人间只有相思分。

Tune: "Butterflies Lingering over Flowers"How much regret in my dream last night?

I on horseback and you in a carriage,The two of us drawing closer to each other.

Face to face, you seemed sorry for my haggard look;Under many eyes, you drew up the curtain to ask for my health.

Then down the road the rumble of your carriage gently died away.

In my dream I find I cannot follow;Where, on waking, can I have news of you?

By my window, candle's tears have gathered an inch;Longing, in this human world, is our common lot.

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