"To the Oak Tree" Shu Ting's Declaration of Women's Independence
If I love you——
I will never be like a climbing flower in the sky,
borrow Your high branches show off themselves:
If I loved you -
Never imitate the infatuated bird,
Repeat monotonous songs for the green shade; < /p>
It is not just like a spring,
bringing cool comfort all year round;
It is not just like a dangerous peak, increasing your height and setting off your majesty.
Even daylight.
Even spring rain.
No, these are not enough!
I must be a kapok tree near you,
standing with you as the image of a tree.
The roots are clenched in the ground,
The leaves are touching in the clouds.
Every time the wind passed by,
We all greeted each other,
But no one
understood our words.
You have your copper branches and iron trunks,
Like a knife, like a sword,
Also like a halberd,
I have my
Like a heavy sigh,
Also like a heroic torch,
We share the cold wave, wind and thunder, and thunderbolt;
< p>We enjoy the mist, mist, mist, and rainbow,It seems like we are separated forever,
But we are still dependent on each other for life,
This is the great love ,
Consistency is here:
Not only do I love your majestic body,
I also love the position you insist on, the land under your feet.
The image of "oak" symbolizes the beauty of tough men, while the kapok with its "red flowers" obviously embodies the female personality with new aesthetic temperament. She abandons the old-style feminine delicacy and beauty. It has a charming nature and is full of rich and vigorous life, which is exactly in line with the female independent and self-respecting personality ideal sung by the poet.