Freedom and love
Petofi [Hungary]
Life is precious,
Love is more expensive;
If it's for freedom,
You can throw both!
(translated by Yin Fu, selected from Selected Poems on Foreign Love)
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For our readers, people who know freedom and love may not know petofi, but those who know petofi will never know freedom and love. Because the popularity of this poem far exceeds that of the author himself.
Life, love and freedom are of great significance to each of us. Throughout history, human beings have written many articles and books about it. Even so, we can't fully understand the nature of these three ancient propositions. But when you read this poem by Petofi, you will feel refreshed and relaxed in an instant. Because in these four short poems, the author grasped the specific position and potential relationship of life, love and freedom in human existence with great sensitivity and accuracy. Of course, people can't live without life, and without life, they lose their basic survival fulcrum; But people can't live without love, and life without love is bound to be lonely and boring; And if a person does not enjoy freedom, whether it is life or love, he will lose his bright and lively charm. Only pigs can endure the survival in the pen, and only birds can recognize the love in the cage. For people with advanced animals, freedom is really above everything else.
The four short poems express the poet's transcendental thinking about life, love and freedom, and also show the poet's active and brave pursuit. After reading them, we will definitely realize the highest meaning of life. The whole poem is straightforward, clear-cut, beautifully written and precious, so it can be widely circulated all over the world and never dies.