Never disturb your destiny by your own will;
Ah, the valley of my childhood, I only ask you to calm down the environment.
Lend me a day to kill and let me die.
This is a narrow path in the dark valley:
The hillside of this hill is covered with dense trees.
Cast a mixed shadow on my face,
I was shrouded in silence and peace.
Here, two clear streams are hidden under green bushes.
Draw the outline of the valley in twists and turns;
They let the murmuring sound accompany the ripples,
Disappeared suddenly not far from the source, unable to describe.
The source of my life disappeared like a stream,
It has quietly passed away, like a yellow crane, indescribable:
But the waves in the stream are crystal clear, and my confused mood
But it can't reflect the brilliance of youth.
The coolness of the creek beach, the coolness of the creek beach,
It made me wander by the stream all day;
Like a baby soothed by monotonous songs,
My soul fell asleep in the murmur of the stream.
Ah! I like to stop here and embrace nature alone.
Green leaves as lush as fences.
Surrounded by a limited view, which is enough for me to swim,
I only heard the gurgling sound of running water and saw the vast sky.
I have experienced, felt and attached too much in my life.
Therefore, while there is still breath, seek the silence of forgetting Sichuan;
Ah, beautiful place, you are my forgotten coast;
Only forgetting is my supreme happiness from now on.
My heart is finally calm, and my soul is finally silent!
Even if the distant noise of the world comes, it disappears.
It's like the wind blowing to your ears, but you can't hear clearly.
A distant sound that is faint because of the distance.
From here I find that life is passing through the clouds,
Died in the shadow of the past because of me;
Leave only love: as if from a hazy dream.
The only lofty image left when I woke up.
Stop at this final destination, my soul,
As if a person had never set foot in the gate.
Sit down at night and breathe hopefully.
Travelers in the fragrant air.
Let's shake off the dust on our feet like him;
People will never go this way again:
We're dying, just like him.
This indicates eternal peace and calm.
Your years are like shadows on a hillside.
Gradually decline, and as short as autumn;
You lost your friendship, no one sympathized with you,
You walk alone on the road to the grave.
But nature attracts you and loves you here;
Please throw yourself into its arms that are always open to you;
When everything goes against you, nature will never change.
The sun is still rising, shining on your years.
Nature still covers your whole body with sunshine and shadows;
Please let your love escape from your lost illusory happiness;
Please love the echo that once attracted Pythagoras,
Please listen to this wonderful Yue Xian with him.
Please follow the sunshine in the sky, please follow the shadow on the ground,
Please fly to the endless sky with the north wind,
Please accompany the soft light of the mysterious star,
Go through the Woods and dive into the darkness of this valley.
God showed wisdom in designing this valley;
Find its founder from the embrace of nature!
When the mind is calm, there is always a voice lingering in the depths of the soul.
Who hasn't heard this call from his heart?
(Translated by Zhang Qiuhong)
Precautions:
In Greek mythology, the river of hell, the dead forgot the past after drinking its water.
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18 19 Summer, Lamartin revisited Aix City. At this time, Julie has died of illness (see the appreciation of previous poems), and she can't help but see things and think about people. The Valley is the product of this revisiting.
The beginning of this poem is negative and pessimistic. The poet is tired of everything and even hope, and will never disturb his fate with his own will again. He just wants to spend a day in the valley of his childhood and wait for death. The dense trees in the valley, the mixed shade and the gurgling sound of running water set off the silence and tranquility in the valley, and also enveloped the poet in silence and tranquility. Two Qingxi streams hidden under the trees disappeared into the winding valley, and the clarity of the streams reflected the poet's confusion, as if the source of his life had quietly passed away in the years of Jinse, just as the Yellow Crane had never revisited his hometown.
However, the coolness of the creek beach makes the poet linger, just like a monotonous nursery rhyme can soothe a sleeping baby, and the poet's soul sleeps in the gurgling stream. Faced with this charming beauty, the poet lamented that he had experienced too much, too much emotion and too much attachment in his life. Alone in the embrace of nature, his heart tired of everything and even hopes no longer daydreams, and his soul is comforted. "From now on, only forgetting is my supreme happiness", so "my heart is finally calm and my soul is finally silent! The distant noise of the world disappeared even when it came. "
The poet's soul has undergone miraculous changes: in the embrace of nature, he wandered in a limited field of vision surrounded by green shrubs, his heart was calm and silent, and the noise of the world quietly disappeared. Although life is dying, love is "like a hazy dream/the only lofty image left when I wake up". The passer-by of life found his home and sat down to breathe the fragrant air in the evening. Although the years disappear, just like the shadow on the hillside, and as short as autumn, we will die soon, but we hope to show eternal peace and calm. Because nature is always open, "when everything is against you, nature will never change." The world has abandoned you, but nature will always accept you, attract you, love you and shelter you from the wind and rain. The echo in the valley is like a wonderful Yue Xian, following the sunshine in the sky and the shade on the ground, flying to the endless sky with the north wind, and then diving into the valley through the Woods with the clear light of mysterious stars, as if it were the elaborate design of God's wisdom. The poet gained a natural artistic conception from it. The great spirit and lofty image of nature aroused the poet's love for life and longing for happiness, and the poet's soul ignited new hope from the gradually calmed pain.
The whole poem is full of twists and turns, and the description of the scenery runs through the ups and downs of the poet's emotions. Poets touch the scene and feel emotions, and emotions move with the scene. The scenery in the valley is like a dream, and the poet's feelings are like tears. Finally, the scene blends into one. This poem deserves to be regarded as a successful masterpiece of Lamartin's lyricism by borrowing scenery.
Lamartin was born in a stubborn royalist family, his father was a knight and his mother was an aristocrat, so he was called "the perfect model of the old aristocracy". After the French Revolution, the bourgeoisie gradually occupied a dominant position in France, and the vested interests of feudal nobles were almost lost. They are disappointed with the consequences of the French Revolution, dissatisfied with the social reality, and miss the lost paradise and lost time. In young Lamartin's view, the real life after the French Revolution was a source of pain and disappointment. He pinned his ideals on things that have disappeared and his fantasy of paradise lost, in an attempt to seek a fantasy eternity in his memory.
Such thoughts and feelings are clearly expressed in The Lake and Loneliness, both of which express their love affair with Julie. The valley returned to the real world from the fantasy world, and found the destination of the soul from the real world, which showed the disillusionment after disillusionment and the improvement of the spiritual realm. This is the novelty of the theme of Lamartin's poem and the success of this poetic and intriguing masterpiece.
(Li Shijie)