Ai Qing's "Life"
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Compilation date: 2005-12-13
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Sometimes
I stretch out a bare arm
and lay it flat on the wall
Let a piece of chalky color
bring out the health of the ocher yellow
The cyan river stirs in the land
The blue The veins are beating in my arms
Five fingers
They are five fresh red veins
Swirling inside
The soil is cultivated The blood of the planter
I know
This is life
Let the pain of love and the melancholy of life
Let it be carried Come on,
let it breathe under the yoke of the harsh plow of the
century,
let it rejoice, worry, laugh, and cry. ,
It will encourage itself
until it collapses!
This is what it should be
According to my wish
In the day I am looking forward to
I will also use my own tragic gray< /p>
To highlight the vibrant red color
of new life.
April 1937
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A eulogy of life
Life is for writers The eternal theme, of course, is also the eternal theme of poets. Since ancient times, almost all Chinese poets have eulogized life. In the collision with society and nature, life presents various forms, which are all reflected in the creations of poets. All thoughtful poets have their own thoughts on life...
When Ai Qing was young, he thought deeply about life and had his own independent opinions on the various aspects of life. The energy of life, the light of life, shines in many of his poems. Even in his "On Poetry", his thoughts on life are always revealed. He said: "We can never stop singing to nature, because we will never stop obtaining wealth from nature. - This is just like we will always love the mother who nurtured us." In the final analysis, when people sing about nature, there is nothing wrong with it. From the perspective of life...
"Life" is a poem in which Ai Qing directly expresses his thoughts on life. It was written in April 1937. Judging from the writing time, the poem "Life" was written in the same month as "Spring". We don’t know what the internal connection between these two poems is, but from the perspective of the realm of the two poems, they have different approaches but similar effects. "Spring" describes the lives of five martyrs who shed their last drop of blood in order to nourish spring. Their lives are great, their lives turn into peach blossoms and bloom in the spring... So, what about "my" life? The poet naturally thought of himself. The poet said in the poem: "I will also use my tragic gray/to set off the vibrant red of the new life." This belief in "Life" is completely different from the belief expressed in "Spring" *The sublimity of the same...
The meaning of the poem "Life" is clear.
The question is how the meaning of the poem is expressed.
Brightness is the poet’s understanding of poetry, and it is also said to be a requirement for poetry. Ai Qing said: "Bright and clear, not ambiguous, no incomprehensible thoughts. Never let readers misunderstand and fall into the fog." The poet believes that bright and clear is an element of poetic beauty.
Yes, poetry is about implicitness. But being subtle does not mean being confusing and confusing. Ai Qing firmly opposed obscurity. He said: "Obscurity is caused by the semi-sleep state of feeling; obscurity is often caused by shyness and withdrawal from the observation of things." He warmly called for "using tactile images to eliminate obscurity." Obscure metaphor! ”
Bright and straightforward are two completely different things. Brightness is a requirement of poetic beauty, but straightforwardness is a taboo of poetic beauty. Bright, like a clear sky, clear and profound; straightforward, like a dead leaf that has lost its life, yellow and light...
The poem "Life" is written clearly and profoundly, brightly and implicitly. It is the masterpiece of a master to be able to make people feel the profound and broad thoughts in the bright light, and this is very difficult to achieve.
The poem "Life" uses "I" to speak from my own experience. From the beginning, a distinctive image is introduced, allowing people to experience the vitality and meaning of life from this distinctive image. This stark image, like a close-up in a movie, is clear and unambiguous.
“Sometimes/I stretch out a naked arm/flat on the wall/let the chalky color/bring out the ocher health//the cyan river stirring in the land/blue The veins pulsing in my arms//the five fingers/are five fresh reds/with the blood of the cultivators of the land swirling inside.”
The naked arm, the blue blood vessels, the five fingers...how vividly the poet depicts it! There are no ostentatious Chinese words, no impassioned praise of life, and no obscure metaphors.
But a realistic depiction. And it is in this simple description that the poet's understanding of life permeates.
What should be pointed out here is that the poet writes about life, and only one arm is carefully depicted in the poem. There is no description of the person’s face, let alone other parts. This creative method of connecting points to areas plays a prominent role in this poem.
Below, the poet writes about his feelings about life. A few lines of poems vividly summarize the process of life:
“I know/This is life/Let the pain of love And the melancholy of life / Let it be carried, / Let it breathe under / the harsh yoke of the century, / Let it rejoice, worry, laugh, cry, / It will encourage itself / Until Falling down!"
Here, the poet did not comprehensively elaborate on the true meaning of life, but mainly wrote about two aspects, one is the overload of life, and the other is the endeavor of life. This understanding of life is very sophisticated.
Finally, the poet further expressed the meaning of life:
“This is what it should be/According to my wish/In the days I am looking forward to/I will also use my own tragic grayness /To set off the vibrant red of the new life."
The poem "Life" is not long, but it has both reality and fiction, and it depicts the value and greatness of life very profoundly. It has the power to shake people's hearts.
The life of poetry is the same as human life. It should have "blue veins", should be "overloaded", and should "contrast the vibrant red of new life."
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(Guo Baochen)