Petofi [Hungary]
You like spring,
I like autumn.
Autumn is like me,
Spring is like you.
Your face is red:
This is the rose in spring,
My tired eyes:
The radiance of the sun in autumn.
If I take a step forward,
Take one more step,
At that time, I stood here.
By the cold door in winter.
However, if I take a step back,
You take one more step,
Well, we'll live together.
Beautiful and warm summer.
(translated by Sun Yong)
This poem was written in 1846 10, that is, in the early days when petofi proposed to Julia maesa. Due to the disparity in family background and property, You Liya's father strongly opposed it, which cast a shadow over their marriage. Sweet love did not bring joy to the poet, but became the source of pain and hesitation. This poem well expresses the poet's state of mind that his love is blocked and his party is endless, but he is reluctant to go and pursue it hard.
The poem is gentle and charming, and the metaphor of the four seasons in nature is also very appropriate. In spring, the sun shines brightly and everything recovers, so it becomes a symbol of all good things. "Beautiful flowers in the spring forest" and "fragrant flowers in the spring breeze" were once praised by ancient poets in China. Petofi compared his lover to spring and used autumn as a metaphor. Praising a lover's "red face" is like a "rose in spring", while his "tired eyes" are like "glory in autumn". One is vibrant spring, and the other is autumn with falling leaves; One is a girl's face as beautiful as flowers and pure as jade, and the other is her eyes tired from longing. The difference between spring and autumn and two different moods are in contrast, which just shows the poet's melancholy mood.
However, the poet did not sink because of this. The deeper you love, the more you want. After this implicit confession, the poet couldn't hold back his tender feelings any longer, so he opened the floodgate of the emotional world locked in his heart, and bluntly exposed his earnest expectations: the cold winter is behind autumn and the hot summer is in front of spring. The cold in winter symbolizes the failure of love, not the goal pursued by lovers; Only warm summer is the best time for two hearts to meet. He encouraged himself not to get tired, so he "stepped back" and stood at the "doorway" in summer. He inspired his lover to overcome all difficulties and break through all fetters. As long as he "jumps forward", two loving hearts will be perfectly combined.
This poem is novel, wonderful, simple and natural. Poets express their feelings through scenery, which contains scenery and feelings. This combination of scenes creates a subtle and meaningful artistic realm, which is worthy of readers' careful appreciation.