The original text is as follows:
"Occasionally" Xu Zhimo
I am a cloud in the sky,
occasionally projected on your waves Heart
You don’t have to be surprised,
and there is no need to be happy
It disappeared in an instant.
You and I meet on the sea of ??darkness,
You have yours and I have mine, direction;
You may as well remember,
It is best that you forget,
The light that shines upon each other during this encounter!
Appreciation:
This little poem "Accidental" also has some unique "turning" significance in the process of Xu Zhimo's pursuit of poetic beauty. According to Xu Zhimo's student, the famous poet Bian Zhilin: "This poem is the most perfect in form among the author's poems." (Page 94 of "The Collected Poems of Xu Zhimo" edited by Bian Zhilin) ??Crescent poet Chen Mengjia also believes: "A few poems such as "Accidental" and "Jingle - Freshness" opened the gap between his two periods. He erased his previous anger and wrote about the subtle secrets of the soul with neat, soft and refreshing verses. "("In Memory of Xu Zhimo"). Indeed, Xu Zhimo's skill and ingenuity can be seen in the rhythm of this poem. The whole poem has two stanzas, the upper and lower stanzas are symmetrical in rhythm. The first, second, and fifth sentences of each stanza are composed of three musical steps. For example: "Occasionally projected on the center of your wave," "The light that shines on each other during this intersection," the third and fourth sentences of each stanza are composed of two steps, such as: "You don't have to be surprised," " It’s better if you remember it/it’s better if you forget it.” The arrangement and processing of the steps are obviously rigorous but also free and easy. Longer steps alternate with shorter steps, making it read slowly, calmly, gracefully and catchy.
Author introduction:
Xu Zhimo (representative poet of the modern Crescent Party)
Xu Zhimo (January 15, 1897 - November 19, 1931) ), a modern poet and essayist from Xia Shi, Haining, Zhejiang. His original name was Zhang Qu and his courtesy name was Qian Sen. He changed his name to Zhimo when he was studying in England. Pen names that have been used: Nanhu, Shizhe, Haigu, Gu, Dabing, Yunzhonghe, Xianhe, Delete Wo, Xinshou, Huanggou, Eer, etc. Xu Zhimo is a representative poet of the Crescent School and a member of the Crescent Poetry Society.
Graduated from Hangzhou No. 1 Middle School in 1915 and studied at Shanghai Hujiang University, Tianjin Beiyang University and Peking University. In 1918, he went to Clark University in the United States to study banking. I graduated in ten months with a bachelor's degree and a first-class honors award. In the same year, he transferred to graduate school at Columbia University in New York and entered the Department of Economics. [1] In 1921, he went to study in England and became a special student at Cambridge University, studying political economics. During his two years in Cambridge, he was deeply influenced by Western education and influenced by European and American Romanticism and Aesthetic poets. It established its romantic poetic style. Crescent Society was established in 1923. In 1924, he was appointed professor of Peking University. In 1926, he served as professor at Guanghua University (the predecessor of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics), Daxia University (the predecessor of East China Normal University) and Nanjing Central University (renamed Nanjing University in 1949). In 1930, he resigned from his posts in Shanghai and Nanjing. At the invitation of Hu Shi, he once again became a professor at Peking University and a professor at Beijing Women's Normal University. Died in a plane crash on November 19, 1931. Representative works include "Farewell Cambridge" and "A Night in the Emerald Green".
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