Boris Pasternak [Russia]
One day, flying snow will fill the road and cover the sloping eaves.
I was just about to go out and relax-it was you standing in front of the door.
You are alone, wearing a long coat, no hat and no boots.
You suppress your inner excitement and chew wet snow in your mouth
Trees and fences, disappearing into the fog in the distance,
You stood motionless in the corner, covered with snow.
Snow dripped from the headscarf and rolled to the cuffs.
Sparkling snow powder, shining in your hair.
The soft light of that strand of hair illuminates your face,
Your scarf and body, and this thin cotton-padded coat.
Snow melts on eyelashes, and your eyes are full of melancholy.
Your whole figure is symmetrical and harmonious, as if it were carved from a whole piece of jade.
This seems to be my heart,
It seems that the steel knife plated with antimony left a deep blood mark.
Your beautiful face will remain in my heart forever.
Therefore, I no longer ask about the cruelty of the world.
Ah, intoxicated with these memories, I only feel that this snowy night is shining.
I can't draw a dividing line between us.
When we passed away, those years were slandered,
No one will ask:
Who are we and where do we come from?
Extended data:
1, Pasternak is a writer who insists on personal writing under the mainstream ideology, and his spiritual independence is first manifested in his creative theme. As early as the 1920s, Pasternak's poems were very famous in the world of poetry. However, because his poems mostly describe the inner world of intellectuals, there is always a contrast with the vibrant outside world.
2. His novel doctor zhivago, written in1940s, is a typical example. In his novel, Pasternak shows the fate of Russian intellectuals in the 20th century through what happened to the protagonist doctor zhivago in his short 40-year life.
This novel is the author's reflection on the rationality and sensibility of the real society with his own pen and heart. As the writer said, "doctor zhivago is my first real work, and I want to portray Russian history in it for nearly 45 years".
However, under the historical background of the "thawing" period of Soviet culture, the content and theme of the novel are not compatible with the creative spirit of "praising people and things in socialist revolution and construction" advocated by the mainstream ideology of the Soviet Union, and the creative method is also inconsistent with the "socialist realism is the only creative method" advocated by Soviet officials.
In the creation of doctor zhivago, Pasternak did not stick to the "theoretical framework of socialist realism" that unified the literary world at that time, but boldly used modernist expression techniques to transcend the realistic vision and pour his thoughts and feelings about the country, society and life into the novel.
He wrote "extraordinary and eye-catching works, which not only shocked Russian native writers, but also amazed the western literary world that has entered post-modernism at this time."
3. Pasternak's short stories, The First Experience, The Story of a Big Word and The Second Portrait: Petersburg, show the writer's unique understanding and psychological experience of the external world in his youth from many angles.
This paper thinks deeply about the relationship between art and life, conveys the meditation on the times in a unique poetic way, pays attention to the personality involved in the torrent of history, especially the experiences of contemporary women, and clearly shows the clear intention of writing the fate of a generation of intellectuals and "returning the history of a generation".
4. doctor zhivago was published in1957, and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1958. Later, because of the fierce criticism of the Soviet literary world, he was forced to reject the Nobel Prize.
5. 1990 is the100th anniversary of the poet's birth, and UNESCO declared this year as the year of Pasternak.
6. 1986, after the Soviet Union published Pasternak's two-volume works, it also published a biography of his father written by Pasternak's son yevgeny Pasternak. The novel doctor zhivago was also published in 1988, and its complete works were published in 1990, marking the centenary of Pasternak's birth.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Boris Leonidovich Pasternak