Dead leaf sisters.
The affectionate sun in autumn
Pierce me with your sadness!
Trees in the garden
It's foggy
From these trees, my heart sees
Dear girl I have never met before;
On the wetland
The dead leaves stretched out their arms to me.
I hope my soul is a leaf.
Hide among them!
The sun will give off wonderful golden light.
Shining in the bushes,
Those secret things
Scatter floating and soft light.
How gentle it is to the dead leaves!
The setting sun!
Infinite harmony
Hanging on all the paths,
Very sweet and beautiful, full of essence.
A melodious and eternal symphony
Put the most sacred garden in spring.
Dye it golden.
Hazy golden light
Shining on the dead leaves,
What a mysterious beauty.
Like a rainbow rising in my heart.
(Translated by teilen Jiang)
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Driven by love, Ximenes created many euphemistic and touching poems. The sadness, confusion and joy in the poem aroused the strong desire of the younger generation in Spain. His feelings are sincere, and his poems are concise and free, without excessive exaggeration and carving. He claimed that "he will always believe in the truth of poetry, because only it is eternal beauty".
"My Soul" vividly and skillfully depicts the psychological changes from sadness to joy and satisfaction to the color changes of the sky, dead leaves and the sun. Grey because of "you" and golden because of "you", what a clever and ethereal emotional change, hazy and poetic.
The first section fully renders the sadness of "I". When you are sad, the sky is gray and the leaves are dry. Although the sun is affectionate, what the affectionate sun shines on me is only melancholy. "Pierce Me, Use Your Sorrow" is not only a helpless sigh, but also a fearless declaration: no matter what, "I" will face it bravely and set off a strong image trapped by love but not sinking.
Section 2: Continue the journey of sadness. The trees are still "misty", but "dear girl I have never met" makes my mood better. At this time, the scenery you see is no longer dull, but active and energetic. Dead leaves no longer have nothing to do with me, but spread their wings to me. Dead leaves are still dead leaves, but the mood is not dead. I am willing to open my heart and embrace the invitation of the leaves.
In the third quarter, the gloomy mood has disappeared, ushered in the "wonderful golden light" of the sun, and sprinkled floating and soft light on "trees" and "those hidden things". "What is this wonderful golden light? Is it the beauty and gentleness of the beloved girl? Or the joy of seeing a "beautiful girl I have never met"?
The fourth season continues to render the joy of "I". "Sunset" gently treats "dead leaves" and "infinite harmony/covers all paths". The road you see here is a melodious symphony, which breaks through the boundary between light and sound through synaesthesia. Physical light has also been injected with feelings and become a fairy of understanding, "dyeing the garden golden." Appropriate rhetoric enriches the interest of expression and makes the poem colorful.
The fifth section brings together all the changes of the external scenery into my own feelings, "mysterious beauty" and "rising like a rainbow in my heart" The root of the change is still in the "hazy golden light". She is like a sacred angel, letting "me" enjoy a mysterious paradise-like wonderful scene. Wang Changling proposed in "Poetic Style" that poetry has three realms: one is the realm of objects, the other is the realm of scenes, and the third is the realm of artistic conception. Among them, the image environment refers to the description of the landscape, the situation shows the inner feelings, and the artistic conception is "Zhang is in the heart, but thinking in the heart will be true." This poem belongs to the author himself from the material environment to the situation, which sets off a warm and bright ending. These vivid, hazy and colorful images show Jimenez's rich imagination and skillful artistic skills.
This poem is Jimenez's masterpiece of lyrical description of scenery. The poet's inner feelings are always closely connected with the scenes in his works, revealing a strong yearning for joy in a touch of sadness. The poetic language is beautiful, elegant and accurate, which embodies the poet's delicate sensibility and superb expressive force. Ximenes believes that poetry should give people the enjoyment of beauty, impart knowledge and pursue eternity, and its external manifestation is nature, even the poet himself. He persevered in searching for the inner beauty of poetry and a pure poem that can "comfort the soul". This poem can well explain his pursuit.
(Du)