秦觀的《減字木蘭花·天涯舊恨》詞的上片“天涯”二句，首句“天涯”就距離寫游子之遠、彼此分離天各一方，“舊恨”就時間寫分手之后，別愁離恨之長。

　　減字木蘭花·天涯舊恨

　　秦觀

　　天涯舊恨，獨自凄涼人不問。

　　欲見回腸，斷盡金爐小篆香。

　　黛蛾長斂，任是春風吹不展。

　　困倚危樓，過盡飛鴻字字愁。

　　【宋詞英譯】

　　QIN Guan – Magnolia Lyrics with reduced words

　　I rove among distant corners bearing regrets from bygone days,

　　Feeling miserable in loneliness as no one cares to ask how I've been.

　　I've always hoped to see you again yet disappointed I've always been,

　　Much like curls of smoke from a gilded incense burner that twirl to nothing in vain.

　　My shapely eyebrows often in a deep frown engage,

　　That not even the spring breeze could relieve.

　　Weary and tired on a high-rise, against which I lean,

　　Across fly wild geese in a flight that appear like words and words of grief.

　　【詞牌簡介】

　　《減字木蘭花》，唐教坊曲，后用為詞牌，簡稱《減蘭》。《張子野詞》入“林鐘商”，《樂章集》入“仙呂調”。雙調四十四字，與《木蘭花》相比，前后片第一、三句各減三字，改為平仄韻互換格，每片兩仄韻，兩平韻。又有《偷聲木蘭花》，入“仙呂調”。五十字，只兩片并于第三句各減三字，平仄韻互換，與《減字木蘭花》相同。