Wei Erlun [French]
I often have this dream, which is unforgettable.
Dreaming that a strange girl I love loves me,
She's not exactly the same in every dream,
But this is not surprising: she loves me and knows me.
She knows me and my heart is only for her.
Transparent to her, alas, only to her.
This is no longer a problem, my wet cheeks,
Only she knows that I am cold when I cry.
I don't know: is she brown, chestnut or orange?
I remember that she had a gentle and loud name.
Just like those lovers who are exiled by the world.
Her gaze is like a statue,
Her voice-distant, solemn, calm,
Her affectionate voice also fell silent.
(Luo Luo translation)
Paul verlaine was a master of French symbolism in the19th century. His poems had a great influence on contemporary and later generations. His poems also have a wide influence in China, and many collections of poems have included his poems.
My Familiar Dream is one of Wei Erlun's many excellent poems. Poetry expresses the poet's yearning and pursuit for love, as well as his loyalty and persistence in beautiful love. The poet has a thorough understanding of love. Although the emotions expressed in his poems are pinned on dreams, they express the poet's yearning for true love. The poem says: "I often have such a dream, which is unforgettable./I dream of a strange girl who loves me and loves me." Poets often have an unforgettable dream about a girl who loves them, but this girl is strange. It can be seen that the love in the poet's dream is not the emotion of childhood friends, but the tacit understanding and silent love of the soul. The poet is familiar with his dream, but he is strange to the girl in it, but there is only one thing that is beyond doubt: she loves me and knows me. As the poem says, "She is not exactly the same in every dream,/but it is not different: she loves me and knows me". The poet thinks that the girl he dreams of every time is not exactly the same, because the lover is always new in the poet's eyes, and the girl he dreams of every time has something novel, that is, "beauty is in the eye of the lover."
However, the poet is not pursuing wishful love. He deeply understands that true love is mutual, and consensual love will last forever. So the poet wrote: "She knows me, and my heart is only/transparent to her, alas, only to her". Lovers know themselves and do their best for lovers. The poet's heart is only for his lover. This kind of love is no longer a question, but a necessity. The poet's emotional concentration further proves that his dream love is credible and his attitude is serious. "It's not a problem anymore, but my wet cheeks/only she knows that I'm cold when I cry." Love itself means understanding and trust. The poet's joys and sorrows are only known to the girl in her dream. Such a dream is not illusory, but a reflection of the beautiful yearning for real life in the dream. The poet doesn't care "Is she brown, chestnut or orange?" But just "remember that she has a gentle and loud name/like those lovers who are exiled in the world." The poet expresses his yearning for true love with the help of dreams, and skillfully combines reality with dreams. The poet cherishes his lover's deep affection for himself: "Her eyes are like the gaze of a statue,/Her voice-distant, solemn and calm". However, such a beautiful love is only a familiar dream after all. Although unforgettable, I woke up and everything disappeared. "Her affectionate voice has fallen silent." Thus showing a faint sadness and sadness.
The poet expressed his feelings with his unique artistic style. Although he wrote a dream, he didn't feel illusory at all. The emotions reflected in his poems are real and natural, just like the reappearance of real life. The poet is single-minded in emotion and sincere in love, but it is a dream after all. When he woke up, everything was gone, but everything in the dream remained in the poet's mind, so it was inevitable that the poem revealed a touch of sadness and sadness. Because it is lyrical through dreams, the tone of poetry is hazy and sad. Wei Erlun's "My Familiar Dream" gives people a kind and natural feeling. Poets are also extremely subtle in language expression and have extremely strong feelings. Some people say that reading Wei Erlun's poems, like the artistic conception of Li Yu's poems, gives people a high artistic enjoyment. Therefore, Wei Erlun's poems are widely circulated in the world.