English original
If I hadn't seen the sun
Emily Dickinson
If I hadn't seen the sun
I can stand shadows.
But to light up a new wilderness
My wilderness
Translation: (Jiang Feng/translation)
I could have put up with the darkness
If I hadn't seen the sun
However, the sunshine makes me desolate.
Become a new desolation
Creation background
According to legend, this poem was written in 1872. At this time, Dickinson was 42 years old and passed the golden age of her own creation. But it is precisely because the endless poems are gentle and gentle that the poet's brushwork is more calm and full of thinking. 42 years of life, happiness, sadness, cold and heat, nothing more.
Poetry appreciation
This poem inherits Dickinson's concise poetic style, with four lines and two sentences, which means endless meanings. When you have had a happy experience, any pain will become particularly obvious and intense. Why are people numb? Because they live in a single emotion from birth to death, they are content with this life without any ups and downs, just like the life arranged in Brave New World. But once someone's feelings are touched, he realizes something different and unprecedented, and he can't stand the inherent "darkness" any longer.
reference data
Wheat field music network: ki.net/magazine/Article/YWJY200833021.htm