It woke me up from sleep again, the sound of pipa in the middle of the night!
Whose sorrow is this,
Whose finger is this,
Like a bitter wind and rain, like a fallen flower,
Late at night,
When I fell asleep here,
Playing the strings, playing the horn of the court merchant,
In the middle of the night, on the deserted street,
There is a broken moon hanging on the willow tip.
Ah, half a moon, like a broken hope for him, he
Wearing a flowered hat,
Wearing chains,
Jumping and laughing wildly on the road of time,
It's over, he said. Blow up your lamp,
She waited on the other side of the grave,
Waiting for your kiss, waiting for your kiss, waiting for your kiss!
It was written in May of 1926, and was first published in the 8th issue of Poetry Edition of Morning Post Supplement on May 20th of the same year under the signature of Zhimo.
Xu Zhimo's poems often capture the power of readers in one sentence. The first sentence of this poem, "I was awakened from sleep by it again", has a shocking effect, immediately highlighting the pipa sound and the lyric hero at the same time. "You" shows that this is not the first time, which enhances the effect of "waking up". The sound of pipa in the middle of the night expresses "sad thoughts" like "hentai", "sad rain" and "falling flowers". It appears in the time of "deep night" and "sleepy time", and the space is "deserted street", "willow tip" and "waning moon" The plaintive voice suddenly sounded in this desolate and silent time and space, and the style was sad and delicate, which laid the foundation for the whole poem to express the love tragedy. "Whose sadness/finger is it?" Such urgent questioning conveys the surging waves in the poet's heart. Pipa sound is both comparative and interesting in artistic conception. It directly caused the poet's inner suffering for a long time, and made necessary preparations for the second half to express his inner feelings. The first to ninth lines of the whole poem are all foreshadowing. From the tenth line, the description of pipa sound turns to the expression of inner sadness, which is the focus of the whole poem and the direct sublimation of the lyric significance of pipa sound.
In the second half of the poem, the poet's inner feelings are expressed through the image of "He" and a series of images related to "He". He * * * appeared three times. The first time and the second time hugged each other tightly: "Ah, the half moon is like a broken hope to him. He/she wears a flowered hat,/she wears chains,/she jumps like crazy and laughs like crazy on the way of time." These two "he" can not only refer to the "broken hope" in the lyric hero's heart, but also be the concrete expression of invisible emotion, which is a metaphor; It can also mean that the lyric hero who is "disillusioned" is himself a person. "He" is introduced into poetry from the metaphor of "half moon" and "waning moon", and its lyrical significance is expressed through portraits and detailed descriptions of movements. The prisoner's down-and-out appearance, uncompromising struggle, and hysterical laughter outside the normal state constitute a multi-faceted tragic image, which fully embodies the poet's painful mood of suffering, deep despair and still struggling for free love. The appearance of this crazy and painful image has made a breakthrough in the aesthetic style of this poem, and developed the traditional pipa sound sad but not hurt, delicate and mournful tone. The whole poem forms an emotional climax here. The characters who appear with the third "he" are "you" and "she". Xu Zhimo is an individualist who believes that life is precious and love is more expensive. The word "she" in the poem not only refers to the woman who loves the poet deeply, but also refers to the happiness and ideal related to the lover, which is both a true reference and a symbol. Free love is always difficult to be realistic. "Blow out your lamp" will put out the light of hope and the fire of life. Lovers' sweet kisses are separated by graves that mark the boundary between life and death. The Grave and the Kiss, which have distinct emotional contrast, constitute great tension, unifying love, hope and their pursuers in silence, writing the poet's eager desire for love, and writing the bitterness and despair after the poet's suffering. Here, "he" and "you" are actually the same. The lyric hero is a bystander, and sending such a cruel and desperate notice to an authoritative "you" shows the poet's deep helplessness to fate. The "lamp", "grave", "her" and "kiss" at the end of the poem constitute a sad and mysterious atmosphere. This kind of atmosphere can often be felt in Li He's poems. In the middle of the night, accompanied by the piercing sound of pipa, the poet danced and laughed wildly at him, and put him on the deserted street where the willow tip was waning, and then waited for you to kiss him on the other side of the grave with a burnt lamp. Its rich connotation makes the whole poem both refined and rich, and fully conveys the poet's painful mood of pursuing love and suffering at all costs.
The rich musical beauty is the outstanding artistic feature of this poem. Each line carefully adjusts the rhyme and rhythm according to the change of mood. The eager questioning of "Whose sadness is that?/Whose finger is that?" The metaphor of "Like a mournful wind,/Like a sad rain,/Like a fallen flower" echoes the situation that the author felt suddenly when he first listened to the pipa. The sentence pattern is short and the tone is crisp, like a batch of raindrops falling on a tracts. Later, Deep Night and Sleepy consisted of eng and un sounds, which set a deep, sleepy and silent background for the pipa sound, such as a generous gray curtain, and formed a three-dimensional world with the jumping sound at the front desk. Then the slightly longer sentence "pluck the strings tightly and play the corner of the palace" sounds like a shower because it takes several tones, but it no longer has the bright color of pearls and jade, which is gloomy and miserable, and the collaborators are deeply touched and confused. At the end, "jumping like crazy, laughing like tired" rhymes with "jiao", and the tone is sharp and sharp, just like the desperate image of crazy struggle in the poem. The last three times of "waiting for your kiss" is like crying at the top of your lungs, one is higher than the other, and it is heartbreaking. The whole poem has long and short lines at regular intervals, with six beats for long sentences and three or four beats for short sentences, which are neat and changeable. The lines of short sentences rhyme and rhyme many times. The whole poem has clear rhythm and harmonious timbre, just like a pipa, which is sad but not silent, consistent with the lyric style of this poem, achieving the unity of heart music and piano music, and also giving the poem a formal aesthetic feeling.