[Russia-Soviet] Ioannisian
Alaz flows eastward, and the waves splash.
Snow-white waves beat against the cliff.
Oh, where can I dispel my inner sadness-
I hit my head on a hard rock?
You set off a huge wave and rushed down, my Alaz,
Have you seen the lover in my heart?
I can't find her anywhere,
Maybe you found it, my Alaz?
Alas, the wind blows like a poor creature.
I'm not the only one with * * *.
Even if you send me a message,
My dear Dajiang, don't keep silent!
In the dark night, I can't rest for a moment.
Write a letter to your sweetheart, full of nonsense,
Oh, my Alaz, when it came out that day,
I came to you with inexplicable worries!
A ray of dawn smeared bare rocks,
I threw myself into the fire and died,
Those are black eyes, the flame of my eyebrows,
From then on, I turned to ashes and left this world!
Alaz flows eastward, and the waves splash.
Snow-white waves beat against the cliff.
Oh, where can I dispel my inner sadness-
I hit my head on a hard rock?
(translated by Li Hua)
Ioanes Ioannisian (1864— 1929), the master and innovator of Armenian poetry, injected new themes and images into Armenian poetry. He is an expert in love poems and an Armenian singer. His poetry language is popular, his feelings are sincere, and he is full of love for the working people. In his works, nature and human spirit of freedom are closely linked. His lyric poems, such as Alaz, were adapted into popular songs and became famous songs in Armenian music.
Alaz is a popular love lyric poem written by Ioannisian. The poet used the first-person writing technique to express his pursuit and desire for love, and expressed his loyal and beautiful feelings for love.
In his poems, the poet uses scenery to express his sadness. The poet is sad because he can't find a lover, and he is sad because he has no news of his lover. But poets don't just stick to their inner pain and express their feelings. He expressed his inner feelings about the beautiful nature. He places his hopes on nature. Because there was no trace of my lover in my heart, the poet asked the surging Alaz River, "Have you seen my lover once?" /I can't find her anywhere. /Maybe you found her, my Alaz? "The poet can't believe his feelings are true or not, just because he loves too much and seeks too hard. He had to rely on the spirituality of nature, hoping that nature would give him a satisfactory answer and make his sad experience a little comfort.
It is not difficult to see from the poem that the diligent heart of the poet can no longer bear the silent pain. He has been thinking of his lover for fear that his pursuit will become a bubble. "Even if you send me a message,/My dear river, don't shut up!" It is difficult for a poet to suppress his inner feelings, and he still can't calm his restless heart in the dead of night. He only wants to express his mind through the delivery of letters. At this time, he still hopes for the rolling river. "My Alaz, as soon as the morning glow appeared,/I came to you with inexplicable worries!" Nature has become a rare bosom friend of the poet. He showed his inner world to the surging Alaz River. He believes that the flowing river is spiritual, and it can listen to its own complaints and relieve its troubles. Although nature is not his lover, it is like his lover, because he can pour out his sorrow and loneliness to the rolling river, and the beautiful river is the poet's most loyal audience. Therefore, the poet is willing to give everything to nature, even his own life, because in the arms of nature, just like in the arms of his lover, he dies without regret. So when "a ray of morning light smeared bare rocks", "I threw myself into the flame and burned my life". The poet pursues his love all his life, and he regards love as more precious than life. The poet not only didn't feel remorse because he died for the person he loved, on the contrary, he regarded his sacrifice as a kind of happiness and relief. When the flame of his lover's black eyes and eyebrows flashed before him, the poet felt extremely satisfied. He felt that he had got what he was after, and there was nothing else in this world, so he threw himself into the flame and died, turned to ashes and left this world! The poet's spirit of giving his life in pursuit of his love is touching. Moreover, the hero's attitude towards love in the poem is consistent, and he still has no regrets and is calm until the last moment of his life. This poem fully expresses the poet's firmness and persistence in treating love.
The emotion expressed by the poet Ioannisian in his love poem Alaz is passionate. There is no lingering feeling like "thinking about Iraq" in the poem, and there is no lamentation like "seeing each other late, leaving each other longer". What the poet expresses is a surging love, a magnificent love, like a storm, which is difficult to contain, so the poet's love is clear and straightforward. A prominent feature of poetry is that the poet's choice of images is ingenious. He directly chose the fast-flowing Alaz River as a metaphor to express his feelings, and used the fast-flowing trend of the river to symbolize his emotional excitement. The image chosen by the poet is extremely appropriate. Such a strong and impulsive emotion, if replaced by other things as symbols of images, would not receive such a strong artistic effect, so this is also the key to the strong appeal of poetry.
At the same time, the poet's feelings in his poems are sincere and natural. In his poems, the poet closely links his feelings with nature. He loves nature and is willing to express his feelings to nature, so that his feelings can be fully vented, whether he is sad or happy, he can talk to nature, thus forming the artistic characteristics of this poem that he is good at lyric. The poet not only expressed his feelings truly and naturally, but also vividly described nature. Therefore, Ioannisian is not only an expert in love poems, but also a singer of nature.
The development of poetry is gradually developed with the increase of space, and the emotional progress is both reasonable and romantic. After reading this poem, I can't help being moved by the poet's sincere feelings and spirit of sacrifice. The poem is sincere and sincere, which can be described as a good poem with mixed scenes and touching feelings.