Rilke (Austria)
How can I stop my soul and let it
No connection with your soul? How can I do that?
Go beyond you to something else?
Well, I'm more or less willing to put it there.
In any forgotten dark place,
In a strange and silent place,
No more fluctuations, if there are fluctuations in your heart.
But everything, everything about you and me,
Pull us together like a bow,
Two strings make sound.
What tools are we using?
What kind of players will hold us in their hands?
Ah, sweet songs.
(translated by Feng Zhi)
Love is an endless story. Love is also a book that can never be read. Love has endless songs, love has endless songs. The difference is that some people sing the same love song with their mouths, while others sing with their hearts, and they are so vocal, tonal, emotional and affectionate that people can't forget to think back. Rilke's poems are quite infectious. In the poem, "It's always over and over again ..." He tells a long and ancient story through the tryst of a pair of lovers and reviews the history of human love. In the Song of Love mentioned in this article, he turned the description of love from society to individuals and to the inner world of individuals. It can be said that Rilke's previous poem shows the macro history of love, while the latter poem shows the micro world of love. The former poem focuses on the external description of love, while the latter poem is the internal description of love. The former poem is a rough description, and the latter poem is a fine carving. Interestingly, this macro, a micro; One is outside and the other is inside; One thick and one thin, no matter what style, clearly embodies the creative characteristics of Rylek's poems-strong symbolism.
* * *, impulse and soul throb are the most intoxicating, desirable and unforgettable moments in love life. There is no need for any action, no need for any language, silence is better than sound here, only two hearts are beating happily. This is the true meaning of love, and this is the voice of love. Because love is too powerful, so, "how can I stop my soul from touching your soul?" /How can I let it go beyond you to do other things? " Inspired by the "love song" in my mind, the internal drive of * * * crossed the barrier of reason and rushed to and embraced another loving soul. This constitutes the basic artistic conception of this poem. Based on this, the poet reaches out to people's hearts and plucks the strings of love in their hearts. "How can I stop my soul from touching yours?" It expresses the uncontrollable intention of one heart to rush to another. "How can I let it go beyond you to do something else?" What is revealed is the persistence of love and the concentration of love. At the beginning, the poet played the main theme of his works, which made people feel that the already flooded river of love was about to burst its banks and pour out. However, the poet changed his pen. "How I wish I could put it in any forgotten place in the dark,/a strange and silent place,/a place where it no longer fluctuates." Perhaps because of the trauma of love in the past, or because I am worried about the bitter fruit of love, "I" tried to stop my emotional impulse and pursuit of the soul when his lover was "deeply fluctuating". He suppressed himself, trying to put the passionate soul of love in a "dark", "strange" and "silent" forgotten place without being moved. However, this is self-deception. The poet clearly realized. This kind of self-discipline is weak. Human emotions and humanity are irresistible. The barrier of reason can hardly stop the drive of the soul of love. As a result, the torrent of emotion broke through the bank of reason, and the waves of love were rough. The poet used the metaphor of "bow", "musical instrument" and "pianist" to vividly express two love songs. "It seems that the bow pulls us together,/two strings make a' one' sound." This is the tremor of two loves, a powerful wave formed by two tributaries of love. So, what makes two heartstrings vibrate and make a harmonious and beautiful sound? Ah, sweet songs. It is this song that evokes a soul that suffers from self-restraint and boldly pursues love.
Rilke, as a symbolist poet, greatly advocates the inner emotional power, which makes his works show strong symbolic significance. In this poem, the so-called love song is just an introduction. The poet focuses on the process of love soul from self-suppression to breakthrough, shows the cohesion of love, and further sublimates the artistic appeal of this work.