I am a cloud in the sky,
Occasionally projected into your heart—
You shouldn't be surprised,
There's no need to be happy-
It disappeared in an instant.
You and I met in the dark sea,
You have yours, I have mine, direction;
You remember it well,
You'd better forget,
The light that shines on each other at this intersection!
This poem was written in May 1926. This was written by the poet Xu Zhimo when he met Lin in London. The whole poem consists of two sections, and the upper and lower sections are symmetrical. The word "contingency" does not appear in the whole poem, but the description seems to be full of contingency, and the clouds in the sky are accidentally projected on the wave heart of water. The accident between you and me, the accident of separation, seems that everything is illusory. Meet like clouds and water. It was a dream and nothingness, and the short meeting was like a flash in the pan, but even though we had our own directions and lives, when we met, we also had mutual light, which was unforgettable.
The two verses before and after the poem correspond, catchy and intriguing to read. It is not only a love poem, but also a brief encounter between you and me, which shows that the encounter is short-lived, but it still has short-lived significance. But we can also see the poet's restraint on emotion, and clearly know that they will go in different directions and will not be obsessed with grasping illusory and short-lived feelings.
This seems to be a combination of the author's life experience. There are many accidents in people's life, such as accidental meeting, accidental leaving, hasty coming, hasty walking, and then returning to their own life track. There are feelings about life, feelings, and poets who lament the disappearance of love and beauty. The author uses various images to integrate his life course into this poem.
There are many variables in life, and most people are passers-by in the journey of life. This seemingly occasional free and easy, in fact, contains helplessness and sadness. The whole poem revolves around how the accident happened and how it ended. Images in poetry can express people's inner feelings, which is the poet's subjective feelings. This kind of image constitutes a new realm, which makes readers feel differently.