Wen Jie said in "Preface to Tianshan Pastoral Poetry": "I see the source of spewing pearls everywhere from east to west and from north to south." There are "pearls" everywhere in the lives of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, but to find them requires poetic insight and talent. In the early days of the People's Republic of China, Wen Jie was the first poet to eulogize people's life, labor and love in this unique land with touching poems. In this collection of poems, the two most acclaimed love poems are the love songs of Turpan and the folk songs of Guozigou Mountain. As the most beautiful emotion of human beings, love is an eternal theme in the history of Chinese and foreign poetry. However, Wen Jie's love poems not only have distinct characteristics of the times, but also have the uniqueness of poets. His love life is healthy and cheerful, and there is no melancholy shadow in his old love poems. Such as "the grapes are ripe":
The mare's milk grapes are ripe,
Fall in the green branches and leaves,
The boys came back from the fields,
The girls still work in the vineyard.
The boys stood side by side on the roadside,
Qin Sang tugged at the girl's heartstrings,
My lips are dry from singing,
I haven't even tasted a grape
The boys were sad and angry,
Turned to leave:
"Poor girl!
Your grapes must be sour. "
The girls smiled knowingly,
The next few bunches of immature grapes,
Put it in that row of outstretched palms,
See how picky boys are. ...
The boys are eating sour grapes.
Mind's eye inside with a smile:
"Affectionate grapes!
She is sweeter than any candy. "
Obviously, such a love scene belongs to the first generation of young men and women in new China, and it will never appear in the era of "the river cries with the widow and the lark sings the orphan's grief and indignation" ("Old Songs"). However, Wen Jie has his own expression of love in the new era. A brave hunter told the story of his pursuit of a shepherd girl: "You told me not to pester you in front of others, unless I had never seen you before, and you disturbed my heart at last year's model worker conference." "(Pursuit) A married Kazakh girl is waiting for her fiance:" He is never satisfied with his life, his eyes are always shining, and he wants to transform his hometown with his ardent heart. "(On the wedding day), the love of a famous shooter chasing usman gang is even more touching. He lost his left hand in the battle. For the happiness of others, he endured his inner pain and asked his sweetheart to forget him, but the girl replied, "I can't say a word." I hugged him and kissed him again. Even if he loses his hands, I will give my life for him. "(Love) In these poems, the poet combines the praise of love with the praise of the hearts and noble sentiments of young people in New China who love labor, love new life and pursue a better future.
What is commendable is that Wen Jie's love poems, which describe labor, ideals and sentiments, reflect the brilliance of the new era, new life and new interpersonal relationships, all have sweet love and are so charming. Charm comes from the poet's deep excavation of the emotional world and implicit and interesting expression. Like horse racing. Horse racing, also called "chasing girls", is a game for Kazakh youth to express their love: on the way to the starting point, the young man can confess to the girl without anger; When turning and running to the finish line, if the girl catches up with the young man, she can whip him on the back, and the young man is not allowed to fight back. This poem, in simple and straightforward language, truly describes the secret and subtle psychology of girls chasing boys:
He hasn't finished yet,
We reached the starting point,
He turned his horse's head and raised his whip.
Like a meteor across the deep blue sky.
How stupid his mind is,
Why are you in a hurry again and again?
I just want to hear him out,
There's no way to really chase him.
I'm a smart girl,
How can you make him a little embarrassed?
In order to silence the villagers,
Give him a whip at most.
In Wen Jie's pen, there are many examples of such delicate psychological description. As critics have pointed out, he is good at grasping the psychological state of young men and women in an instant, showing with great interest their shyness in first love, joy in love communication, pain in lovelorn, and yearning for distant lovers, so that readers can appreciate the sweetness and beauty of love from a short poem.
Wen Jie's love poems are both poetic and picturesque. He pays attention to the selection and description of snow lotus, sheep, vineyards, birch forests, fresh milk, barbecues, tambourines, lyres and other things with local colors, as well as the unique customs of Uygur, Kazak, Mongolian and other ethnic groups, and integrates sweet love and beautiful feelings into landscape paintings and genre paintings. For example, there is a Viwu in the marriage book? What's the big deal?
………
The newcomers sat face to face.
He said, "I'm going to follow the custom,
Give you a punch ... "
His hand didn't fall on her back,
Gently stroke her braids.
She said, "Then put your feet out, too.
Let me take off my boots according to custom. "
Her hand didn't touch his leg,
But hold his hand tightly ...
Descriptions of genre paintings and landscape paintings like this not only play a symbolic, metaphorical, contrasting or enriching role in the expression of love, but also have aesthetic significance.
Of course, Wen Jie's love poems are not perfect, and some chapters have traces of simplification and conceptualization. Ruzaoer Khan's answer to the suitor is: "Do you want me to marry you? There is a medal missing from your skirt. " (Guamei) The wedding date when Balahan meets his lover is: "When I become a Communist Youth League member, you will become the production captain." (Golden Wheat Field) This answer not only lacks poetry, but also loses the truth of life.
Besides love poems, there are also some poems that show the new life, new features and new ideas of the brotherly people in Tianshan Pastoral. These poems are also full of poetry. Such as guides, hunters, late arrivals, volunteers, blizzard, spring news, sunset, invitations, etc.
The Kazak shepherd sent a "Fast Horse" at night, which is the only narrative poem in "Tianshan Pastoral". Its story is simple: in a storm, a "pony" in the army disappeared for nine days. Just when people were disappointed, an old Kazakh shepherd and his son sent it back. The old shepherd told the troops about the harness and the process of sending horses. The focus of the poet's concern is not the story itself, but the attitude of the old shepherd family towards "galloping horses" and their feelings for the People's Liberation Army. He vividly described the great joy that the old shepherd brought to the whole family when he put the pony back. When the old Kazakh shepherd found out that the owner of the "Thousand Miles Pony" was the People's Liberation Army, the poet expressed the close friendship between the family and the People's Liberation Army in a delicate way, and the noble character of Kazakhs who "love one thing more, that is, the reputation of Kazakhs". Because this poem is lyrical, people often call it a lyric narrative poem. The nightingale flew away. Wenjie nightingale flew away.
Take away the charming singing;
The young man left,
There is nostalgia in my eyes.
The nightingale flies to the horizon,
There are beautiful birch forests on the horizon;
Young people cross the Tianshan Mountains,
That's the gold oil city.
The nightingale flies into the blue sky,
Look back at another nightingale;
The young man climbed the oil tower,
Looking at the people in my heart from the rosy clouds.
Nightingale misses Turpan,
The grapes here are sweet and the spring water is clear;
Young people love their hometown,
The girls in my hometown are very beautiful and affectionate.
Driving at night will fly again,
At that time, spring came for the second time;
Young people must come back,
When he became a real miner. 1. Combine the youth of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang's love for labor, love for hometown construction and pursuit of beautiful love, and inspire people's beautiful feelings with pure love.
2. Be good at selecting touching life fragments and concise scenery descriptions, integrating narration, lyricism and landscape painting, and casting the artistic realm of blending poetry and painting. Shooting love scenes with strong interest in life and describing the subtle inner activities between lovers.
3. The language is fresh and bright, the rhythm is balanced and harmonious, and it is pastoral.