The "dream" in the poem "Dream Seeker" refers to lofty ideals. "Golden shell" refers to the hardships experienced in pursuing ideals. "Peach-colored pearls" refers to the results of hard work.
Dai Wangshu’s poems such as "Dream Seeker" and "Paradise Bird" were published as a group of poems under the title "Paradise Bird and Others" in the first volume of the second volume of "Modern Magazine" published in November 1932. Last issue. Readers generally believe that the poem "Dream Seeker" uses the "golden shell" as a symbolic metaphor and the poet himself as the symbolic ontology. Through symbolic techniques, it depicts the process of the dream seeker pursuing his ideal.
Dai Wangshu (1905-1950) was born in Hang County, Zhejiang Province. modern poet. Born into a family of employees. He loved literature when he was a student at Zongwen Middle School in Hangzhou. He studied poetry and art with Du Heng and Shi Zhecun, and published literary and art publications. In 1923, he entered the Department of Chinese Literature of Shanghai University. In 1925, he entered Shanghai Aurora University, where he studied French and studied law in the following year. At this time, Dai Wangshu's literary interests were close to French Symbolist poetry, such as the works of Verlaine and others, which had a major influence on his future poetry creation. As an accomplished poet, Dai Wangshu's field of literary practice is broad. He not only writes poems, but also writes prose, papers, etc., and the scope of research and discussion includes not only a large number of foreign literature, but also Chinese classical novels, operas, etc. At the same time, he also did a lot of work in translating and introducing foreign literature.
Original text:
Dream Seeker
Dai Wangshu
Dreams will bloom,
Dreams Beautiful flowers will bloom:
Go and ask for priceless treasures.
In the blue sea,
At the bottom of the blue sea,
Hidden deep is a golden shell.
Go and climb the iceberg for nine years,
Go and sail the vast sea for nine years,
Then you meet the golden shell.
It has the sound of clouds and rain in the sky,
It has the sound of wind and waves on the sea,
It will make your heart intoxicated.
Keep it in the sea for nine years,
Keep it in the sky for nine years,
Then it blooms in a dark night.
When your hair is stained,
When your eyes are dim,
The golden shell spits out peach-colored beads.
Put the peach-colored beads in your arms,
Put the peach-colored beads on your pillow,
And then a dream quietly arises .
Your dreams have bloomed,
Your dreams have bloomed delicate flowers,
When you are getting older.