When I was a child, I used to lie in front of the window and daydream-
What's that over the hill?
My mother told me: the sea
Oh, is that the sea beyond the mountain?
So, with a secret wish,
One day, I finally climbed to the top of that mountain.
However, I almost came back crying-
On the other side of the mountain, it is still a mountain.
On the other side of the mountain, there is a livid face.
Give my fantasy a zero!
Mom, where is the sea?
Beyond the mountain, it is the sea!
It is a sea of faith.
Today, I didn't expect it.
A seed floating since childhood
But it took root in my heart.
Yes, I am disappointed again and again.
When I climbed to the top of the mountain that tempted me
But I got up my confidence again and again and walked forward.
Because I hear the sea still calling to me in the distance-
The snow-white tide comes every night.
Moisten my dry heart again and again ...
Beyond the mountain, is it the sea?
Yes!
People, please believe-
After climbing countless mountains.
After overcoming disappointment again and again
You will eventually climb to the top of such a mountain.
Over this mountain is the sea.
This is a brand-new world.
Light up your eyes in an instant ...
2. Introduction to the author:
Wang Jiaxin, a famous poet, poetry critic and professor. 1957 was born in danjiangkou city, Hubei province. 65438-0978 was admitted to the Chinese Department of Wuhan University and began to publish poems. 1982 After graduation, he was assigned to teach in Yunyang Normal College of Hubei Province, and 1983 joined the youth poetry club organized by poetry magazine. 1984 wrote a group of poems, Chinese Painting and Poems on the Yangtze River, which attracted wide attention. 1985 seconded to Beijing Poetry Magazine to edit and publish a collection of poems "Farewell and Commemoration". Since 1986, the poetic style has changed and become more dignified, bidding farewell to youth writing. 1992 went to Britain as a visiting scholar, 1994 returned to China and was transferred to the Chinese Department of Beijing Institute of Education as an associate professor. In 2006, he was hired as a professor by the College of Literature of China Renmin University, and he was a representative poet of China intellectuals' writing since 1990s.
3. Poetry interpretation:
What is the "sea" in the poem? The poet said, "it's a sea of faith" and "it's a brand-new world". In other words, "sea" refers to the ideal realm of success. Beyond the mountain is the sea. This "mountain" is not a mountain, but countless mountains. Climbing a mountain is very laborious, and climbing countless mountains is even more difficult. In other words, the realization of the ideal is to go through various hardships. This "mountain" is also an insurmountable obstacle in life. When you climb to the top of the first mountain, you find that the realization of your ideal is still very slim.
On the one hand, because I am eager to realize my ideal as soon as possible, on the other hand, because I underestimated the difficulty of realizing my ideal. I thought I could climb a mountain and see a sea, so I could reach my ideal state, but this is not the case, so I can't help feeling disappointed and depressed. "When I was a child, I used to lie at the window and think/-What's that over there?" Looking forward to the new world beyond the mountain is a daydream when I was a child. "Mom told me: Sea/Oh, is that the sea beyond the mountain?" In other words, my mother pointed out the ideal and aroused my desire. But when I was a child, my knowledge was superficial after all, thinking that the sea was beyond the mountains. I never saw the sea, but I still saw the mountains. I'm so disappointed.
When he grew up, the poet understood that what his mother called "the sea" was condensed by faith. The sea is far away, but it is not illusory. Ideals and beliefs make people not afraid to travel long distances. "Courage again and again and go forward bravely."
The poet tells people his own life feelings and his firm belief that the journey to the ideal life is long, but as long as he persists in his struggle, his ideal will eventually come true.
This poem expresses a belief and a philosophy. Poets take mountains and the sea as images, the sea as ideals, mountains as difficulties and climbing mountains as metaphors of hard struggle, with magnificent images and rich meanings. A word "mountain" can refer to one mountain or countless mountains. From an artistic conception to a new artistic conception, poetry advances in ups and downs, and feelings are also ups and downs, which gives people profound inspiration.