If life cheats you.
Pushkin
If life cheats you.
If life deceives you,
Don't be sad, don't be impatient!
Melancholy days need peace;
Believe it, happy days will come.
The heart always yearns for the future;
I am often depressed now.
Everything is instantaneous,
Everything will pass;
A thing of the past,
Will become a kind of nostalgia.
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Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799- 1837) is a great Russian national poet, the founder of Russian realistic literature, the creator of Russian literary language, and a peak of world poetry in19th century.
Pushkin 1799 was born in an ancient aristocratic family in Moscow and was influenced by Alina Rodionov, a nanny from serfdom. 18 1 1 year entered the Imperial Village School in Petersburg. 18 12 The patriotic upsurge aroused by the war greatly encouraged the young Pushkin. At school, he established a deep friendship with Kucher Bokai, a future member of The Decemberists. At this time, his poetic talent has begun to show. 18 14 years, he recited the poem "Memories of the Imperial Capital Village", which won the appreciation of the old poet Jerchavin present. 18 17, Pushkin worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after graduation, and successively participated in the Smas Society of alzas and the Green Light Society. Under the influence of the Party members in December, Pushkin wrote many political lyric poems during this period, criticizing the autocratic system, praising freedom and sympathizing with people's misfortunes, such as Ode to Freedom (18 17) and To Chaadayev (18 17). He also wrote a narrative poem "Rusland and lyudmila". Pushkin's political lyrics had a great influence, so he was exiled to South Russia by the czar government.
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This poem was written in 1825, when the poet clashed with the local governor during his exile in Odessa, South Russia, and was taken to his father's territory, Skoye village, mikhailov. From August 1824 to September 1826, it is a very lonely life. Faced with the violent social unrest before and after the inner-party uprising in June+February, 5438, Pushkin was not only isolated from the fiery struggle, but also separated from many close friends and relatives. Fortunately, he was accompanied by the nurse he loved all his life at night, telling stories to ease his anxiety; Go to the market during the day, make friends with simple farmers, talk to them and listen to them sing. In Loneliness, besides reading and writing, the Osipova family near the manor also brought warmth and comfort to the poet's gloomy confinement life. This poem was written for Osipova 15-year-old daughter Gigi and engraved in her photo album.
Pushkin himself said to "arouse people's good feelings with poetry", and belinsky once said: "Pushkin is an amiable and lovely person by nature. He is sincerely willing to contact everyone he thinks is a' person' ... There are many kind, gentle and obedient elements in his heart. " Therefore, "in any of Pushkin's feelings, there will always be something particularly noble, gentle, warm, rich and elegant." The poem "If Life Deceives You" typically embodies this ideological feature. The poem begins with a hypothetical sentence, which is really a "if". At this time, 26-year-old Pushkin faced an innocent girl. He is like a weather-beaten and extremely gentle elder, as if afraid of hurting this young seedling, so he never writes, reminding and encouraging a girl who is not deeply involved in the world with a prescient tone. In fact, if this happens ... it is an inevitable phenomenon in unpredictable life, that is, you can't live without sadness and trouble, but you should be restrained and patient, because there is still a "happy day" to come. This kind of happiness is for sadness, not the present tense, but for the future. Then, in the second verse, the poet further points out that this future is not the future in real life, but the future in spiritual life after a long night, which leads to the following profound philosophical poem: "Everything will pass in the blink of an eye,/the past will become amiable." Obviously, here, the poet did not prescribe a general prescription for treating mental trauma with time, but asked people to face their inner world and look forward to the future and implement a method of self-psychological adjustment. In fact, this is an emotional transformation, which can be completed in an instant. This is to treat the pain in reality with hope. This coincides with the view of modern psychologists. However, Pushkin is not a psychologist, but a poet. He further pointed out that once the pain is over, people will become more mature. For mature people, the past, even pain, will become a symbol of life, making people feel extremely cordial. Keep faith in life, even in adversity, and don't fall into despair. As the saying goes, life is long, life is beautiful and memories are beautiful. Isn't this the profound philosophy of life that the poet realized in his lonely life? There is no trace of fatalism here, sincere, kind and optimistic attitude towards life, coupled with a cordial, natural, warm and deep tone, the poem is simple, fluent and concise, which makes people memorable.
Different from Pushkin's early lyric poems, such as praising freedom, laughing and cursing, satirizing powerful people and criticizing autocracy, this poem clearly shows the characteristics that the poet's later lyric poems tend to be implicit and philosophical. In Pushkin's own words: "From 1825, he embarked on the road of' realistic poet'." This poem is a proof.
This poem was written in the era when Pushkin was exiled by the Tsar. It was written in the commemorative book of Ye Fu Braksiya nikolayev Navoriv, the daughter of neighbor Osipova, in the form of a gift poem. The Russian revolution was in full swing there, but the poet was forced to be isolated from the world. Under such circumstances, the poet did not lose hope and fighting spirit. He loves life and pursues his ideals persistently, believing that light will come and justice will win.
The poem clarifies a positive and optimistic attitude towards life: face the troubles in life calmly and always face the future; The poet's perception of life is very philosophical and reveals the true meaning of life.