Groom: This is the first reunion in our lives. Isn’t happiness like this rare in the world? Come, let us forget everything and just stare at each other. Our two hearts came together in shyness and faith, as if we were sipping the honey from the same flower and forgetting ourselves in the same ecstasy. My heart has been burning in the flame of loneliness for a long time and turned into ashes. Now, I want to regain my youth in the boundless ocean of your love. Say to me, even just once, "I am yours, and you are my only love in the world." Ah! What's the matter? What's the matter? Why are you leaving me? Where are you going? My dear.
Bride (crying): I want to go to bed with my nanny.
(Two days later)
Groom: Why? My dear, you have tears in your eyes and sit in the corner of the room crying? It is the morning sun that sheds because you have lost her evening star. The cold morning glow? Or is it the forest goddess crying because she regrets the passing of spring? Is it the ascetic monk who evokes the memory of joy and sits on the tomb of hope and weeps? Are the fallen stars looking up to the sky and sighing? My dear, why are you Crying?
Bride: My dear kitten Minnie was left at home by me.
(In the back garden)
Groom: My dear, it is you who makes the whole garden shine! What are you doing sitting on the grass under the shade of the trees? There is naughty play on the soft cheeks, and the river flows away from your feet with a whimper. Are you lowering your eyelashes and half-closing your eyes because you have been listening to its song all day? Your pockets are full of flowers that have just fallen from the branches? You may have remembered whose face and forgotten to weave a wreath. ?The breeze that is playing with your ears is whispering in your ears, which person's message is it conveying? Whose name are those tireless bees calling and buzzing around you? In this lonely place In the garden, under the shade of the pavilion, your eyes are full of smiles, and your heart is excited by happy memories. What are you doing?
Bride: I am eating ripe jujubes! < /p>
Groom: Let me get close to you, and I will say everything that is in my heart. My excited heart can no longer bear its own burden. Today, my heart is so dizzy! You see, the spring breeze is pouring out its heartfelt songs to the jasmine flowers. Spring is as sweet as honey! You look at me, your eyes are full of hope, as if you want to speak to me. Could it be that love finally rushed out of my heart with half shyness and half fear? My heart is always awake for you, no matter day or night, if you want me to do anything for you, please tell me! I can sacrifice my life, youth and everything , dedicate the whole world to you. Dear, tell me, what can I do for you?
Bride: Give me some more dates.
Groom: Then, I have no choice but to leave you, taking my disappointed, sad and empty life with me. I'm gone, can you shed a teardrop from your eyes for me? Will your heart be in pain for my departure in the soft sigh of the seductive spring breeze? When sleep comes, you will feel the pain for all kinds of desires. Are you suddenly active and unable to fall asleep? My dear, what will you do in this lonely garden in the days after farewell? How will you spend your time?
Bride: I Will play the game of Ragdoll Marriage.
(Translated by Shi Zhen)
"Love Words of a Bengali Couple" was written in 1938 and included in the collection of prose poems "Manohi". Through ingenious conception and delicate characterization, Taiweng's poem criticizes India's evil system of child marriage that has lasted for thousands of years, and poignantly exposes and satirizes the tragedy of love and the inconsistency of marriage between an adult groom and a child bride. Harmony, thus producing far-reaching artistic effects and profound social influence.
The whole poem places the bride and groom in a specific time and typical environment. With the help of inner confession, expression of emotions, and rendering of natural scenery, the contrast between the introverted psychology of the male and female protagonists and the gap between thoughts and feelings are revealed. displayed in front of readers. The wedding night is naturally a very happy moment in life. This kind of happiness is indeed rare in the world. The groom described by the author is full of longing for happiness, praying that the heart swallowed by the fire of loneliness can be resurrected in the whirlpool of the bride's sea of ??love, longing for two hearts to "sip the honey from the same flower, "Forget yourself in the same ecstasy", calling the bride to return the most holy words in the world: "I am yours, you are my only love in the world." However, the wedding night can only cast a layer on the innocent heart of the groom. shadow. Then, the author wrote about the scene two days after the wedding. When the groom is puzzled by the bride's crying, the author uses appropriate metaphors to attract readers to explore the girl's secrets with the hero. Whether it is the morning sun that sheds the cold morning glow, or the forest goddess who regrets the disappearance of spring, whether it is the monk sitting in tears in front of the tomb, or the fallen stars looking up at the blue sky and sighing, they are all full of hatred for the established reality.
Through such beautiful poems that flow like clouds and flowing water, readers can feel the deeper meaning, that is, both the grown man and young woman are victims. For them, love is indeed extremely cruel. Finally, the author takes us into the beautiful back garden, and expresses the male protagonist's thoughts and sighs about love with the help of descriptions of nature's light, wind, moonlight, and myriad weather conditions, making us have to say "Spring is infinitely good, but I only regret it." The sigh of "a heartless person". Yes, the groom described by the author is so passionate, how he hopes that the spring of love will be as sweet as honey, and how he hopes that the bride will open her heart like the spring breeze pouring out her heart to the jasmine flower, even if he is willing to sacrifice his life, youth and everything for this. However, hope is hope after all, and everything came to nothing. In the end, he had no choice but to leave his lover with "disappointment, sadness and an empty life." Just imagine, how could the childish, unloved and innocent bride suffer for his departure "in the soft sigh of the seductive spring breeze"? The language of the whole poem is vivid, The emotions are realistic, the descriptions are delicate and nuanced, and the ideas are novel and lively. In terms of its subject matter and genre, it can be regarded as a superior work.
Here we will introduce the deep-rooted custom of child marriage in India. India, the ancient subcontinent, has been plagued by external and internal strife and frequent wars for a long time. In that unpredictable era, people hoped to settle marriages for their children as soon as possible. Besides, according to ancient Indian customs, parents have to spend huge sums of money to buy a dowry for their daughter when she gets married, but child marriage can avoid or reduce the pain of dowry. So far, although this bad practice of child marriage is prohibited by law, it has not disappeared in real life. A few years ago in Rajasthan, there was such an anecdote: a baby girl who was just 7 months old was married to a groom who was only 2 years old. On the wedding day, the bride was dressed up and placed on a big plate, while the groom held her in his arms. Mother's arms...
Tai Weng chose this theme of universal social significance into his poems, which shows that he is not only an idealistic poet, but also a positive social activist. Activist and social reformer. However, as an ordinary person, Tagore was extremely conservative in dealing with his marriage and family issues. Although he wrote such poems that hit the current issues, he married a "child bride" in real life and followed traditional customs. Consummated marriage for two minor daughters. This is probably related to the education the poet received since childhood. Despite this, Tagore in the poetry world had a keen eye and a sharp pen. He ruthlessly exposed and criticized the long-standing evil system of child marriage, which produced a decisive social effect.