How many nights?
I heard the soft waves of the sea.
Slapping on the soft beach,
Expressed a warmth.
soft voice
As if from the past years.
There was a kind voice.
My thoughts flitted through my memory.
Keep a constant curly hair
Echo.
Like a seagull
A deep, long cry;
Maybe it is.
Birds fly to the plain.
Welcome the charming spring scenery.
Euphemistic singing.
you
Come with me-
In those unforgettable years
Whispering to the waves
How close and in love we are.
Oh, how I wish
The echo of my nostalgia
Like this vast night
The waves of the sea
Floating to your side.
(Lu translation)
"Waves"-this poetic form and sound, has echoed in many poets' poems, either agitated, sluggish, brisk or depressed. The waves in quasimodo are tender "soft words", which echo the poet's deep affection and disappointment memories of his former youth and lovers.
The poet was born in Sicily in southern Italy. This island once had a splendid culture, but in modern times it fell into poverty and desolation. When the poet was young, he wandered around to make a living and experienced hardships and bitterness in the world. When he entered the poetry world as an important recluse poet, the main theme of his poetry was to eulogize and miss his hometown, youth and relatives. The Waves is undoubtedly an outstanding representative of this kind of poetry. The first part of this poem is a description of the real scene, outlining a tender and affectionate image of the sea. This is the springboard for the poet's imagination to take off. The second verse of the poem enters the poet's memory ocean from the ocean of reality. The two seas are solid and empty, and the waves echo each other. In the third and fourth quarters, the poet has been completely immersed in the beautiful memories of the past sea: seagulls cry at sea, birds sing in spring; At the seaside of my hometown, I had a wonderful time with a beloved girl. The poet's memory is infatuated, but he is a little sad because the good days are gone forever. Finally, the poet wakes up from a deep fantasy, but he is not completely pessimistic, because he has a beautiful past in his memory after all, and he hopes that this beautiful "nostalgic echo" can also talk to his lovers who have been far away like the soft sound of the waves. In this way, the poet integrated reality, memories and wishes through the image of sea waves, and constructed a fascinating realm of beauty.
This is a beautiful lyric poem. The poet did not adopt a straightforward way, but cleverly conceived and galloped the imagination, so that emotions directly appealed to people's vision, hearing and vivid images. The poet condenses his strong inner feelings in this image of "waves" with multiple meanings, which makes the meaning of this poem simple and rich, with both cordial real feelings and free and open imagination. (Hu Xing)