1. Contents of the poem
Gift
What a happy day.
The fog has long since dispersed, and I am working in the garden.
The hummingbird sits on the honeysuckle.
There is nothing in this world that I want to possess.
I know that no one deserves my envy.
Whatever misfortunes I have suffered,
I have forgotten them.
I am not embarrassed to think that I was once the same person
There is no pain in my body.
Standing up, I saw the blue sea and white sails.
2. Author
Extended information on Czeslaw Milosz
1. Appreciation
"The Gift" was written in 1980 A poem written by Nobel Prize winner Czeslav Milosz. This poem contains the resolute abandonment of grievances and gains and losses, the complete detachment from the smoke-filled past, and the inner praise of self-awakening. It embodies the most profound life wisdom that a person can possess.
2. About the author
On June 30, 1911, Czeslaw Milosz was born in Wilno, Lithuania. He once participated in a leftist resistance organization and engaged in anti-fascist activities. Later he served as Polish diplomat in the United States and France. He applied for political asylum in France in 1951 and became a U.S. citizen in 1970. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1980. His major works include "The Imprisoned Mind", "Ice Valley", "Personal Obligation", "The Land of Urro", etc.
On August 14, 2004, Milosz passed away at his home in Krakow, Poland, at the age of 93.
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