记得来时春未暮，执手攀花，袖染花梢露。暗卜春心共花语，争寻双朵争先去。
多情因甚相辜负，轻拆轻离，欲向谁分诉。泪湿海棠花枝处，东君空把奴分付。
上片首句以“记得”引入HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/huiyi/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>回忆，“春未暮”点明HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/shijian/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>时间。以下二句，摄取典型的动作细节，描绘了一个富于情趣的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/shenghuo/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>生活场景。这两句写的是：当HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/haitang/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>海棠HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/hua/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>花开放的时候，HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/shaonu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>少女进入了幸福的热恋，她和HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/lianren/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>恋人“执手攀HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/hua/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>花”，歌笑逗闹，情投意合。这两句将人与HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/hua/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>花结合来写，沾带晨露的娇艳HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/haitang/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>海棠，深情脉脉的纯洁女郎，交相辉映，浑化为一。“暗卜”两句写出了天真无邪的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/shaonu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>少女对纯真的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/aiqing/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>爱情和幸福，怀着赤诚的祈望和热烈的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/zhuiqiu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>追求。她暗自HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/xiangxiang/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>想象自己HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/huaichun/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>怀春初恋前景，乃至痴情地HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/xiwang/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>希望HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/haitang/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>海棠能给以HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/qishi/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>启示，寻到开蒂HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/hua/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>花，赢得爱神的庇护满意而归。“暗卜春心”句表现HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/shaonu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>少女初恋时的微妙的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/xinli/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>心理：“争寻双朵争先去”，写HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/shaonu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>少女与HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/qinHRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/gre/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>GREn/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>情人心心相印，争先去寻并蒂双HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/hua/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>花以证他们的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/aiqing/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>爱情美满久长。
下片情绪顿转，女主人公倾诉HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/aiqing/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>爱情HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/shenghuo/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>生活的不幸和委曲。过片三句，直吐胸臆，说HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/qinHRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/gre/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>GREn/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>情人不知为何负心，轻易毁约，辜负了自己一片痴情，令人一腔幽恨，欲诉无门。“多情”是对HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/qinHRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/gre/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>GREn/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>情人的俗称，宋元俗语，词曲中屡见。两个“轻”字，既是对对方的诘责，又是对HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/mingyun/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>命运的控诉，种种复杂的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/ganqing/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>感情凝铸成这几句率直、外露、一泻无余的“分诉”。煞拍二句，归结到HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/shaonu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>少女对HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/hua/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>花伤心，自悲HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/ganqing/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>感情虚掷，与开端几句呼应。东君，司春之神。付，发落之意。时至HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/muchun/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>暮春，HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/shaonu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>少女只得到当初与负心人嬉游徘徊的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/hua/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>花下暗暗地落泪，因为HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/haitang/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>海棠是她HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/aiqing/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>爱情HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/beiju/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>悲剧的见证，HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/haitang/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>海棠最了解她的痴情，也看清了薄幸人的负心。当时，她曾“共HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/hua/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>花语”，此时无人“分诉”，只可向HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/haitang/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>海棠倾洒悲泪，表明心迹了。她埋怨春之神把她打发到这HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/haitang/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>海棠HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/hua/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>花下的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/aiqing/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>爱情圈子里，颇具无理之妙。
此词结构上采用了今昔对比的形式，词的上片描写热烈的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/lianqing/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>恋情，下片词意、情绪急转而下，倾诉了HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/shuqing/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>抒情女主人公对HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/aiqing/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>爱情横遭不幸而触发的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/beiku/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>悲苦与绝望，以及对薄幸HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/nanzi/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>男子的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/buman/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>不满和诘责。这种结构，勾画出女主人公HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/aiqing/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>爱情HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/shenghuo/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>生活中由对幸福的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/zhuiqiu/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>追求、HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/xiangwang/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>向往、期盼转向对于不幸HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/mingyun/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>命运的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/yuanhen/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>怨恨、HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/beishang/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>悲伤、HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/aohui/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>懊悔这一心路历程，有力地渲染出佳人薄命的HRef=https://www.qijian.info/list/zhuti/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>主题。