Excuse me, where can I read the original English poems?

A few years ago, I saw some Americans discussing the ten strangest American movies in history on the Internet. Almost all of them were nominated as malkovich (1999). Later, I was lucky enough to watch this movie, and I was deeply impressed by the whimsy in it. This reminds me of the name of the screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, and I have to look for any of his works since then. Eternal Sunshine of a Beautiful Mind is his latest work, which was released in March 2004. However, I didn't get the DVD of this movie until recently. Like Kaufman's other works, I was puzzled after reading them, so I found some materials and read them carefully before I understood what they meant. The name "eternal sunshine of a beautiful mind" comes from a poem "Eloise to Abelard" written by alexander pope, a great English poet in the 8th century 1688- 1744. This poem by Pope is based on a love tragedy in France in the12nd century. I read along this clue, and the following contents are some records that I thought about while reading. Mainly related to a movie, a poem and a classical love. The story of the second film "Eternal Sunshine of a Beautiful Mind" goes like this. One day in 2002, the hero Joey met the heroine Clay at a party in Montacq Beach, new york. Soon, the two met again in the bookstore, so they started dating. Since the second half of 2003, the relationship between them has changed from sweet to bad. One day in early 2004, after they had a big fight, Clay found a company called Lacuna and asked them to completely erase Joey from their memory. Joey flew into a rage when he found out, because Clay had forgotten everything that happened between them, so he decided to have an operation to erase Clay from his memory. It was the eve of Valentine's Day in 2004. During the operation, according to the chronological order from near to far, the past events related to Clay in Joey's memory were deleted one by one. With the recurrence of the past, Joey gradually found that he and Clay had a happy time after all. He regretted it and wanted to keep Clay in his memory and stop the operation. But it's too late. At this point, he cannot interrupt the operation. He lives completely in his own consciousness. Therefore, Joey had to try to create interference by himself, taking Clay to the depths of the memory that the machine could not find, in order to escape the fate of being deleted. In the end, Joey's plan didn't succeed, and they were discovered by the machine. So, on the beach in Montacq where they first met, Joey told Clay, "Remember to come to Montacq." Then the operation was over, and everything in Joey's memory about Clay disappeared. In the last part of this article, I will go back to the film and finish the ending. Now, I want to talk about the relationship between the title of this film "Eternal Sunshine of a Beautiful Mind" and the content of the film itself. This poem is from line 209 of the Pope's "Alois to Abelard", and the context is as follows: How happy the fate of the goddess of fire is! The world is forgotten, forgotten by the world. The eternal sunshine of new soul! Every prayer is accepted and every wish is given up; How happy the pure virgin kitchen god is! Forgotten by the world, forgotten by the world, the beautiful heart shines with eternal sunshine! Every prayer is accepted and every wish can be given up. These four poems are quoted directly in the movie. But when I think about it, I find that their meaning is not obvious. First of all, no one in the movie has a "beautiful" soul; Secondly, where is the eternal sunshine? It's hard to see. If Eternal Sunshine of a Beautiful Mind means a good wish to get rid of human troubles, then why does Joey insist on keeping Clay's memory? Anyway, "forgetting the world and being forgotten by the world" is "how happy"! I feel that to understand this problem, we must understand the original poem. Therefore, I found out Pope's whole poem "Love Lois for Abelard" and reread it. The poem "West Pope" is based on a true story. There are indeed Alois and Abelard in history. Pierre abelard, born in 1079, was an important French philosopher. His contribution to philosophy is mainly to apply theological theory to logic first, which can be regarded as the pioneer of Renaissance. 1 1 18 When he was the headmaster of the Catholic school affiliated to Notre Dame, he fell in love with his student Heloise. At that time, he was nearly 40 years old, while alois was only 18 years old. Eloise's uncle is the high priest of Notre Dame de Paris (Canon), and she lives in his uncle's house. In order to facilitate the meeting, Abelard also lodged there. Abelard dated Alois in the name of tutoring homework. Soon, she became pregnant. Afraid of exposure, Abelard fled to the country with Alois, where Alois gave birth to a baby boy. Abelard decided to get married, but the news would affect his career development, so he had to get married in secret, and alois agreed against his will. Alois's uncle was very angry with Abelard for seducing his niece, and he was even angrier when he learned that he didn't want to get married openly. So he hired two hooligans to get back at him. One night, while Abelard was sleeping, they attacked him and castrated him. Abelard had to become a monk on 1 1 19, and alois became a monk according to his arrangement. In this way, the two have not been in contact for nearly ten years. At about 1 130, Abelard wrote a famous long letter to his friend, describing his life and encouraging his friend not to pay too much attention to his experience. Compared with him, the latter is lucky. This letter is extremely long. In fact, it is a novella autobiography, which reminds people of Sima Qian's Letter to Ren An. The title of this letter is "Historical Disaster". The letter describes how he and alois fell in love: We pretended to be studying, but all the time was spent in love, and we never let go of this long-awaited and hard-won minute. We talk more about love than opening books in front of us; We spend much more time kissing than studying. Our hands seldom touch books, but more touch each other's chests. It is love that brings our eyes together, not the words in the book. In order to avoid suspicion, we sometimes have some disputes, but that is out of love, not out of dissatisfaction; They do not represent anger, but the sweetest tenderness. What happened next? Let's explore the corner of the love world together. If there is an unknown part of love itself, then we will find it. Our ignorance of these pleasures makes us more willing to pursue them, so that our desire for each other never stops. [2] This kind of writing is written by a medieval scholar who is over half a century old, which is really unexpected. Until today, I can still feel strong passion after reading such words. In 1 132, alois saw a copy of this letter. She couldn't help but pick up a pen and write a letter to Abelard. This letter expresses her thoughts about Abelard and their current love. She wrote: Dear, the whole world knows that you must know how important you are to me. Knowing (if you don't love me anymore) is the deepest betrayal and the most cruel blow to me. I lost you, just like losing myself; As you know, nothing in the world saddens me more than losing you. The greater the sadness, the more I need comfort, as long as you can comfort me; You are the only reason for my sadness, and only you have the power to comfort me. Sadness, laughter and comfort, you can bring me; You owe me a huge debt, especially since I have unconditionally obeyed all your demands, so I have no right to oppose you in anything. I only found the power to destroy myself in your command. Strange to say, I even turned my love into a kind of madness. I have lost hope of recovery, and this is what I need most. As long as you ask, I'll change clothes and change my mind immediately, just to prove that you are the master of my body and consciousness. God knows that I don't ask you for anything except you; I just want you, nothing more. I don't want marriage or property. You know they won't bring me happiness and satisfaction. I just want you. The name wife may be more solemn or valuable, but my favorite word is always lover. If you agree, so can mistresses and prostitutes. I believe that the more humble I am for you, the more I can make you happy and the less harm I will do to your reputation. In the letter you wrote to your friend, you didn't forget our past; You repeated some reasons why I advised you not to have an unwise marriage. However, you didn't say my other thoughts. I'd rather fall in love than get married. I'd rather be free than bound. As God is my witness, if the king is willing to marry me and let me have everything in the world forever, it is more precious and glorious for me not to be his queen, but to be your mistress. After receiving the letter, Abelard wrote a restrained reply. He said he wouldn't contact her, not because he was indifferent to her, but because he thought it would be good for both of them. As a result, they exchanged seven letters. These letters not only describe personal relationships, but also describe various literary books. Generally speaking, it is a philosophical dialogue about love, marriage and spiritual world. Since they were copied, not fade away has been interested in reading them for nearly 900 years. Despite these frank and thoughtful exchanges, nothing happened between Alois and Abelard. They both died in the monastery. Abelard died in 1 142 and alois died in 1 164. The correspondence between alois and Abelard was written in Latin and officially published in 16 16. 1697 was translated into French, and 17 13 was translated from French into English. After reading the English translation, the Pope was moved by eloy's letter. So he imitated the tone of eloy Silk and wrote an epistolary poem "eloy Silk to Abelard" in the first person. In the poem, Pope imagines Alois as struggling between love for God and love for her lover, and between "solemnity and nature, virtue and passion". Pope also inserted a description of the cold and humble environment in which alois lived, which enhanced the appeal of this poem. There are many memories of alois's past love in this poem, but it is not a narrative poem. Pope thinks readers are already familiar with this story. He just wants to express his feelings from a woman's point of view, and the focus of the poem is that alois expresses the pain in his heart. As a nun, Alois is not allowed to have personal feelings, but her love for Abelard has not disappeared. Therefore, when she is immersed in the desire for love, she can't get rid of her guilt. She knows that as a kind of cultivation, love for God comes first. She can't love a man more than God, but she can't suppress her heart. This poem is a famous English poem, but it doesn't seem to have been translated into Chinese. The original poem has more than 300 lines, which is relatively long. Now I'll try to translate the beginning and the end. [5] In line 16, Pope first describes the environment in which Alois lives, and then points out the theme of the poem: her love for Abelard. In these deep lonely and terrible cells, there lived a heavy meditation and a melancholy of eternal meditation; What does the commotion in a virgin's blood vessels mean? Why roam my mind outside this last retreat? Why does it feel like my heart is a long-forgotten heat? However, however, I love! -It's from Abelard, and Eloise Yet has to kiss the name. In these lonely and humble little rooms, there are meditations belonging to heaven and endless sadness. What does this wave mean to nuns? Why can't my mind rest in this quiet place? Why do I feel the long-forgotten heat in my heart? Oh, I still love it! This love comes from Abelard, and Alois must kiss this name. Dear fatal name! Rest in peace, never reveal it, and don't let these lips seal in sacred silence. Hide it, my heart, hidden in that tight disguise, mixed with God's thoughts, and his love is there: Oh, don't write, my hand-the name seems to have been written-wash it away, my tears! Invisible loss e loisa cried and prayed, her heart still dominated, and her hands obeyed. What a lovely and unfortunate name! Never said, never crossed the lips covered by sacred silence. Thick camouflage is hidden in my heart, where there is love for God, love for him: Oh, my hand, don't write it-but his name has appeared-my tears, wash it off quickly! All alois's cries and prayers were in vain. Her heart was dominant and her hands only obeyed. Then Alois recalled how she met and fell in love with Abelard. However, she has devoted herself to God, and she feels very contradictory. Memories of religious piety and happiness are tearing her apart, so she calls for help to Abelard and God at the same time. Even though this love has passed 12 years, she can't be indifferent to Abelard and give all her love to God unconditionally. It is here that eloy sighed that it would be great to be a "pure virgin of Vesta". "Forgotten by the world, forgotten by the world, the beautiful heart shines with eternal sunshine!" In other words, this is actually a helpless complaint. In the end, Alois felt that her love had no way out in the real world, and she and Abelard could not be separated until they died. May a grave connect every unlucky name and graft my love on your reputation forever! Then, many years later, when all my sorrows have passed, when this rebellious heart no longer beats; If there is an opportunity, two wand ring lovers will bring the white wall and silver fountain of the Holy Spirit, and they will put their heads on the pale marble and drink each other's tears; Then with mutual pity, he said sadly, "Oh, I hope we will never love each other like them!" " I hope a beautiful grave can reunite these two unfortunate names and link my love with your reputation forever! As time goes by, all my sorrows will end and my restless heart will no longer beat; If a couple happens to roam here and see the white wall and silver spring here, they will hug each other in front of the pale tombstone, shed tears and say sadly with emotion and sympathy, "I hope our love will never be like them!" " "When the loud Hosanna stood up and cheered up the grand occasion of terrible sacrifice, in that scene, if a pair of tolerant eyes glanced at the stone where our cold relics were located, the pious self would steal an idea from heaven, and a drop of human tears would fall and be forgiven. Of course, if the fate of the future poet will join my sadness similar to sadness, condemn the regret of years of absence, and the charm of the image he must no longer look at; If so, who has loved for so long and so well; Let him tell our sadness, our gentle story; Sorrow that sings well will soothe my melancholy soul; Who can feel them best can describe them best. When the choir loudly praises God, great sacrifices will follow. If a pair of sympathetic eyes see the cold place where our bones are buried, even the pious heart will leave heaven, and the secular tears will fall and be forgiven. If there happens to be a poet between them, he will feel my sadness and condemn himself for his indifference for so many years. Imagine that he will never encounter such a touch again. If there is such a long and deep poet, let him tell our sad and moving story; The carefully sung sadness will soothe my meditative soul; He feels the deepest and can describe them best. This is the end of this poem. The last few sentences I understand are about Pope himself. Pope was 29 when he wrote this poem. He must have moved the scene and written down his feelings. Pope's own life is also unfortunate. He has been ill since childhood, with spinal deformity and physical disability. His height is only 1.37 meters. Therefore, he can best understand this sad and hopeless love. As written in the poem, Alois and Abelard did not meet again until after their death. Their graves are still preserved in the French city of Trouvat. Next, let's talk about the movie Eternal Sunshine of a Beautiful Mind. As mentioned earlier, despite Joey's hard work, all his memories of Clay have been erased. So, on Valentine's Day in 2004, with an inexplicable desire, he came to Montacq Beach again and met the same clay. However, they did not recognize each other. Fortunately, a nurse in Lacuna found that her memory was secretly erased, and in a rage, she returned all the information of the surgeon to herself. Therefore, both Joey and Clay got their own self-report tapes before the operation. They finally understood what had happened. Clay thinks that his previous unhappiness may be inevitable and wants to leave Joey, who he just met again. Joey followed her into the corridor and told her to wait. Clay told Joey that the two of them might not succeed. Joey shrugged his shoulders and only said "OK". It sounded as if he accepted the fact, but he still wanted to experience it. Clay felt the same way, so they smiled awkwardly together, and at the same time, they felt a sense of relief that their relationship might get better. This is the end of the movie. I think it is much easier to analyze the meaning of the title after discussing the poem "Love Lois for Abelard" in detail. This poem describes Alois's extremely contradictory mood. She still loves Abelard, but they can't be together. She must live a life of giving everything to God. The movie Eternal Sunshine of a Beautiful Mind describes an emotional dilemma. Joey loves Clay and can't bear to erase her from his memory, but there are always conflicts in reality and there is no ideal love at all. The longer we get along, the less love is like happiness, but more like torture. But what should we do? Just as Alois can't control her feelings for Abelard, Joey can't let Clay leave. Therefore, the warm and beautiful title "Eternal Sunshine of a Beautiful Mind" really reveals an absurd life dilemma. In the early scripts, the film design ended like this. Old Clay returned to Lacuna Company, and once again asked to erase her memory of Joey. Then the camera will tell the audience that she has had many operations according to the records. This ending was later deleted, no doubt in order not to let the audience think it was too gloomy. Now the ending is ambiguous, which gives the audience an unfounded optimism. At this point, an unswerving love story was completely deconstructed and became a Sisyphus-style paradox. If there is no eternal love in the world, just like there is no "eternal sunshine of beautiful mind", should we still treat love persistently and firmly? Writing here, I can't help but think of a popular song that I like very much. Let's end the full text with its lyrics. " Even though the sky is getting bluer and bluer/you are getting more and more ordinary by my side/but some words have never changed//even though this journey is getting more and more lonely/you are getting more and more lost in front of me/the luggage you can't keep/it is my unchanging heart. Note: [1] Vesta is the goddess of the kitchen in ancient Roman mythology. She has no specific personalized representative, and the immortal flame represents her existence. Vestales is a priestess who takes care of Shenhuo. She is a full-time pastor with high honor and privilege. They are selected from the aristocratic class and must remain chaste for 30 years, so they are called Vesta virgins. If they violate this rule, they will be buried alive. This system was abolished in 39 1 BC. The English translation of this paragraph is as follows. Unless otherwise specified, all the following quotations were translated by me. Under the pretext of learning, we spent time in the happiness of love, and learning provided us with the secret opportunity that our passion longed for. Our speech is more about love than opening the book in front of us; Our kisses go far beyond our rational words. Our hands are more like each other's chests than books-love attracts our eyes together, not books attract them to our textbooks. In order not to arouse suspicion, sometimes there are beatings, but love is given to them, not anger; Their sign is not anger, but gentleness is sweeter than the most fragrant ointment. What's next? In the development of love, there is no degree that is unaffected by our passion. If love itself can imagine any unknown miracle, we can find it. Our lack of experience in this kind of happiness makes us pursue them more eagerly, so our desire for each other is still irresistible. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Theme/Discussion/101312/