Turn and turn in the expanding vortex.
Falcons can't hear the voice of falconers;
Things fall apart;
Spin, spin
In the vortex of expansion
The falcon lost the falconer's voice.
Everything fell apart.
The centrists can't hold on;
Only anarchy is released in the world,
The bloody tide receded,
Everywhere
The center is out of control
Only chaos is left.
Spread around the world
The blood is surging.
Surge everywhere
The ceremony of innocence was drowned out;
The best people lack faith,
And worst of all,
Full of passion.
Of course, some revelations are just around the corner;
Of course, the second arrival is just around the corner.
Pure customs are being swallowed up.
The best man has lost all faith.
The worst people are full of fanatical passion.
There is no doubt that some enlightenment is coming.
There is no doubt that the second time has come.
The second arrival!
These words are not finished yet.
When a huge image comes from the spirit of the world.
Disturbing my sight:
Second arrival!
Those words just blurted out.
A huge image emerged from the spiritual world.
Disturb my vision.
Somewhere in the desert
The shape of a sphinx,
Staring blankly and mercilessly like the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs,
Although all this
The scroll shadow of angry desert birds.
Darkness came again;
In a vast desert of yellow sand
There is a sphinx.
Just like the scorching sun.
Staring at the distance in an empty and heartless way
Move its legs slowly
Around it.
It's an angry desert bird
A hovering shadow
Darkness came again.
But now I know.
Deep sleep in the twentieth century
Tortured by a rocking cradle into a nightmare,
What a rough beast,
It's finally time,
Walk listlessly to Bethlehem
Be born?
But now, I already know.
Petrified for two thousand years.
Has been plagued by nightmares in the cradle
What kind of tyrannical beast is that?
Finally arrived.
The moment it wakes up
It staggered towards Bethlehem.
Is it being born?
About the author:
William Butler Yeats (1June 86513 ~1June 5438+1October 28, 939), also known as "Ye Zhi" and "Yates", is an Irish poet, playwright, essayist and famous mystic. Influenced by romanticism, aestheticism, mysticism, symbolism and metaphysical poetry, Ye Zhi's poetry has formed its own unique style. Ye Zhi's art represents the epitome of English poetry's transition from tradition to modernity. Ye Zhi's early works have a gorgeous romantic style and are good at creating a fantastic atmosphere. 1893' s collection of essays "Dusk in Celtic" belongs to this style. However, after entering the unquestionable era, under the influence of modernist poet Pound and others, especially under the influence of Irish nationalist political movement that he experienced personally, Ye Zhi's creative style has undergone more intense changes, which is closer to modernism.
Ye Zhi's early poems were beautifully written, with a little sadness in gloom, but a little sweetness in sadness. Yeats described life in beautiful language. However, this "second arrival" is uncharacteristically tough and full of mysticism, while retaining some beautiful things. It is about the author's worries about the future of mankind and his aversion to human irrationality.
This poem was written in 19 19, just after the First World War, the October Revolution in Russia and the civil strife in Ireland emerged one after another. The poet wrote this poem to describe this history and express his attitude towards the human world. In this poem, the poet described in detail the chaotic world before and after the Great Revolution, which aroused people's hearts. ......
Attention: second arrival
Refers to the return of Jesus to the world, judging the living and the dead, so that good can finally overcome evil. The apostles' letters in the New Testament show that they believe that the second coming will happen soon, and even suggest that Jesus may return to the world in the lifetime of their generation.
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Shelley's poems have a great influence on Yeats. Later, Ye Zhi wrote in an article about Shelley: "I reread Prometheus Liberated. Among all the great works in the world, its position in my heart is far higher than I expected." Ye Zhi was also influenced by John O 'Leary, the leader of the famous Irish organization Fenia at that time. In his later years, the poet said Auryale was the most "charming old man" he had ever seen. "From Auryale's conversation and the Irish books he lent me or gave me, I realized my lifelong ambition." Under the introduction of Oreglia, Ye Zhi met Douglas Hyde and john tyler. Oriale established the Gaelic Union in 1893, dedicated to protecting and promoting the use of Irish.
In his eyes, "life is a process, just like poetry. When I was young, life was like a green tree with swaying branches and leaves, singing happily in the Xia Feng, happy but lacking the precipitation of thoughts; When you are old, your life is flourishing and dying, but your vigorous branches are closely connected with the earth through roots. This is your root. This understanding of life can only be truly understood at the end of life. And Ye Zhi is also a lifelong pursuit of love. Only one person loves your pilgrim's soul and the painful wrinkles on your aging face. " This is the most famous poem in Ye Zhi's When You Are Old, and it is also the most widely circulated poem, which expresses the unremitting pursuit of the actress Maud Gunn all her life.
In the early days, Ye Zhi was full of infinite yearning for the Muse, expressing the misfortune of love. He wrote: "there, time will forget us and sorrow will no longer come;" Soon we will be far away from the erosion of roses, lilies and starlight, as long as we are double Bai Niao, my dear, wandering in the waves. However, this pursuit is always so empty and romantic, and it has not yet assumed the pain and universal truth of enriching life. "
His poems, from the natural expression in the early days to the contemplation and conciseness in his later years, really completed the cultivation of ideology and art, as he said when he won the Nobel Prize in Literature: "Now I am old and sick, and my body is no longer worth looking after, but my muse is getting younger and younger." In his view, "there is nothing but the sun, but he has not escaped from reality and is uneasy about it." He knows very well that only by sticking a needle in the meat, threading a needle and being blinded by blood and tears can he go to God. In Sailing to Byzantium, Ye Zhi analyzed himself: "An aging old man is just a waste, a tattered coat, supported by a stick, unless the soul applauds and sings louder for every crack in his skin. In pursuit of the truth, he is ruthless to himself and dares to expose his human weakness. "
In Ye Zhi, we have seen Dante's Divine Comedy, Goethe's Faust and Shakespeare's tragedy, and made unremitting efforts for the pursuit of truth. Ye Zhi didn't reach the heights of those great poets in the end. Auden, a great poet, said in mourning for Ye Zhi: "Ye Zhi practiced poetry hard and turned the curse into a vineyard"; Kafka said: "Everyone must produce the truth from his heart again and again, or he will wither. Ye Zhi pursued the truth all his life. Even if that is not the final truth, he has at least no regrets in his life. "
(The pictures and related introductions come from the Internet, so I would like to pay tribute to the original author! )
The first wonder of Fuyang: there are pictures and poems;
Orange light reflects quicksand, and camel bells are all over the world.
Comb your thoughts against the wind and go home in your dreams.
-\ A strange combination.
? Thanks for the encouragement and support of Luyang's first strange poem! )