Charles [France]
Give them back what no longer belongs to them,
They wrapped the harvested grain in the ears of wheat and swayed on the straw.
Teach them, from landing to flying, twelve months on their faces,
They will cherish the emptiness in their hearts until hope begins;
Because nothing can cause destruction or be happy with ashes,
And he, he knows how to see the earth finally bear fruit,
No setback can shake him, even though he has lost everything.
(Luo Luo translation, selected from Selected Poems of Modern France)
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Rene char lived in his hometown in the south of France in his early years. Many of his poems are his impressions of the southern countryside and his songs about the suffering, hope and love of the people there. Give them back such a poem.
Although "everything has been lost" and even become a pile of "destruction" or "ashes", "no setback can shake him", and he firmly believes that the earth will "finally bear fruit" and the harvest will "sway on the straw". Therefore, the "spiritual emptiness" brought by "destruction" or "ashes" will be "cherished", because there will be "hope buds" in this emptiness, which will surely blossom and bear fruit. This is a passionate, joyful, firm and profound ode to land and hope. Pain and love are saturated with optimism.
As a poet influenced by surrealism, Charles's poetic images are both strange and novel, and obscure. For example, in the second line, we can ask questions such as how the "grain" is "wrapped in the ear of wheat". It is naive and pedantic to ask such questions about poetry. It is the jumping and combination of the two images of "grain" and "ear of wheat" and the "swaying" in the same space that vividly shows the harvest of the earth. "Twelve months" is the four seasons of a year. Time and years "from landing to flying", coming and going, are superimposed on farmers' "faces" like weather and rain. This image is very accurate, vivid, peculiar and creative. "From landing to taking off" can also be understood as rain and snow, cold and heat, sunny and sunny, spring alternating with thunderstorms and so on. It can be seen that this image has a sense of image, suggestive association and rich connotation. This is Charles' concise, concise and unique artistic feature.
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