In my opinion, this is a very special poem. The whole poem is a question with similar structure, which goes back and forth and turns over, but it makes people feel lonely and wander between the lines.
There seems to be a lot of questions at the beginning of this poem. "What bird flies with you?" Why is it "birds fly with you"? What is the connection between "bird" and "you"? What is the symbolic significance of the image of "bird"? After reading the poem, the mystery is revealed: Originally, "bird" refers to the person who accompanies you at different stages of your life, "you" is the object of the poet's fantasy, and everything in the poem is centered on your feelings.
The first sentence of the poem "What bird flies with you? Where is the seagull's nest?" Why do you mention the image of "seagull"? In fact, there are too many chapters about seagulls in China's ancient poems.
These ancient poems all reveal the intimacy between man and seagull. Man and seagull have always been intimate and closely dependent. "Is your cry when you fall to the ground a mysterious sea?" Our first cry when we came into this world was natural and mysterious. From the moment people are born, life is full of uncertainty.
The sea is mysterious, an unknown field, and a deep self. The poet compares the crying of the newborn to the mysterious sea, which is vivid and unique. From the moment you were born, your life is full of uncertainty, just like the mysterious sea. "Crying when you fall to the ground" means the arrival of childhood. In a carefree childhood, two innocent companions were as close as seagulls. The poet associates the childhood "you" with seagulls very appropriately.
But "where is the seagull's nest?" A question implies a kind of sadness: whether your childhood playmates still get along with you day and night is definitely impossible. It is worth mentioning that saying "mystery" is a common technique of western symbolism, and "sea" has always been a favorite image of western poets, such as Pushkin's To the Sea. In this section, the poet uses China's classical image "seagull" and the western image "sea", which confirms the aesthetic style of Zhu Ying's birthday poem "Classical and Modern are interlinked".
The second section begins with "what bird flies with you", and repeats it again and again, continuing the above. Childhood is fleeting, at this time, "you" grows up gradually, and seagulls are no longer with you. Maybe a silver pheasant? Silver pheasant is a famous ornamental bird since ancient times, with elegant posture and beautiful appearance.
Pheasant is so carefree, pure, elegant and moving. The girl of your dreams is as beautiful as silver carp in your eyes in Seeds of Love. But, "Where is the silver pheasant's nest?" "The beauty of your first love? Is it that bleak month? " You are deeply infatuated with that quiet and beautiful person like a silver pheasant. Your love is so pure and beautiful. How you wish the years would be quiet and eternal.
It's just that a beautiful first love is like a moon in the mirror, a flower in the water, and it is fleeting. The beautiful first love has disappeared without a trace, and you feel sad. At this time, you are like the desolate and lonely moon in the night sky, lonely, but with lonely persistence. This passage expresses the endless sadness of first love. The poet compares "the beauty of first love" to "the bleak moon", which is ingenious and vivid. Pure first love is like the lonely moon in the sky, hazy and sad. Although she is far away, in your heart, she will always be the "center of water", just like the moon hanging high in the sky, but I can't reach it.
"What bird flies with you?" In the third quarter, chant it again and ask it again. After the first love, you should have the taste of your first feelings, and your thoughts should gradually mature. What kind of bird do you want to accompany you at this time? Maybe it's a wren. Wren is a clever female bird, good at nesting.
Ren is real, without lofty and unrealistic fantasies. It doesn't want to own the whole dense forest, but only pursues the branches that can inhabit. And you have experienced the vicissitudes of feelings, and finally understand that love in the mirror is like a castle in the air, floating helpless. You want to settle down in this world and get married.
"Is your bride in June? Is it a diagonal branch in that small garden? " Why June Bride? There is a saying in the west that "you regret getting married in May, but you are ashamed of that day", and June is the best time to get married. You married the bride of your dreams in June and looked forward to the future.
Your bride is a "crooked branch in a small garden", and the metaphor is ingenious and novel. The wonderful person who got married for the first time is charming and lovely, and can't wait to let others appreciate her beauty, just like eager to lean out the diagonal branches outside the wall. And "the diagonal branch in that small garden" seems to mean "an almond goes out of the wall", which also echoes "where is the nest of that wren?" You think marriage is a happy paradise, but you never thought that your bride doesn't build a nest like a wren. She was like "a crooked branch in that small garden" and threw herself into the arms of others. After all, I can't find the "Wren Nest".
"What bird flies with you?" The fourth section, ask questions again. You must be very depressed that the marriage you expected ended badly. Will there be a bird with you? Do you still want birds to accompany you? You don't know.
The mysterious life like the sea that you want always brings you endless disappointment. You are in a trance and getting old. You want crows to spend your last years with you. "Outside the setting sun, there are ten thousand points in west Western jackdaw, and the lonely village is surrounded by flowing water" is also a scene. But, "Where is the crow's nest"? Is anybody there? Where is the return trip?
The sunset melts into gold, and the clouds merge at dusk. When the last ray of the sunset disappears, you gradually feel cold and your heart gradually becomes desolate. At this time, you are a tough old man, just like a "rock in the sunset", slowly fading the last remaining temperature, but hard and cold. You want to grow old like this and let this unpleasant life pass.
Throughout the poem, "you" is the object of the poet's fantasy, and "bird" refers to the person who accompanies "you" at different stages of your life. And this person's uncertainty and contingency all contain the loneliness of life. Your life, from birth to death, is full of tragedy.
The greatest tragedy in life comes from loneliness.