If my heart were a lotus flower,
With lighted wax in the middle,
Yingying, although it's just that cut,
I also want it to show its glory proudly.
I'm not afraid it's just my personal lotus lantern,
Can't see the rough life before and after-
Ups and downs, it is connected with the waves of the sea of people,
Light and shade became its inner secret.
Just flashes and flowers—
Like a light kudzu leaves out of the river-
Turn it around and go with the flow,
Waiting for the wind to blow from a distance.
Be a traveler. In the universe,
Knowing this exquisite life and dying peacefully,
So is this erratic journey-
This is just a beautiful dream.
The language of this poem is fresh and delicate, and its philosophical thinking is meaningful. The "lotus lantern" in the poem is a symbol of the author's life and a spiritual power to ignite the author and readers. A lotus lantern is like a ray of light in the turmoil of fate, weak but powerful, drifting without losing its direction, which needs to be grasped, just like the lotus's gesture of "getting out of the mud without dyeing, dripping water without demon" Tagore once said, "Life is as gorgeous as summer flowers and death is as beautiful as autumn leaves", but Tagore's expression is static, while Lin perfectly presents a slow-moving life process through the conception of lotus lanterns, which is dynamic. During this period, it was a feeling of peace and tranquility, brilliant and beautiful without publicity, surging with endless life spirit, elegant and refined, perseverance, which is a realm of life that many people have always wanted to pursue but never reached.
In fact, when we look at Lin's life, no matter whether it is frequent wars or poverty and illness, she has always maintained a strong and unyielding character, devoted herself to the construction of the motherland all her life, and finally fulfilled the oath of "Ying Ying, although it is only a cut, I want it to stand up proudly" when she was young. If My Heart Were a Lotus, Lin's poem is such a lotus-like woman. She is elegant, refined and persistent, which has made a life legend of an alternative woman. The unique love she got was enough for everyone to admire and yearn for.