徐訏不但是小说家,也是诗人。有人说他小说家的名气太大,把诗名给遮住了。据作家钱歌川回忆,1939年秋他带了10年的积蓄从上海乘船赴欧洲,在船上与徐訏不期而遇,他与徐訏在上海时就已认识,在寂寞的航海中邂逅熟人令他喜出望外,他便掏出一个事先准备着的专让朋友们题辞的小本子请徐訏写点什么。徐訏握笔在手,略一思索,便写下了4行诗: Xu 訏 is not only a novelist, but also a poet. Some people say that his novelist’s reputation is too great, cover the name of the poem. According to the writer Qiangechuan memories, in the autumn of 1939 he took a 10-year savings to go to Europe by boat from Shanghai and unexpectedly met Xu Xu on board. He and Xu Wan met in Shanghai and met acquaintances in lonely voyages To make him overjoyed, he took out a preparatory book designed to let my friend a small notebook Xu Xu to write something. Xu 訏 holding pen in hand, a little thought, then wrote a 4 line poem: