[Russia-Soviet] Ivanov
We are two trees struck by lightning at the same time.
We are two fires in the pine forest in the middle of the night;
We are two meteors in the night sky,
Are two arrows on the same arrow of fate!
We are two horses, led by the same reins.
Parallel, accept the instructions of the same spurs;
We are two eyes in the same sight,
Two trembling wings fly in the same direction.
We stood on the sarcophagus in Dali.
Two dim shadows of a pair of stone statues,
Ancient beauty has long been buried here.
This is two lips keeping the same secret—
We are all the same sphinx.
We are two arms of the same cross.
(Zhang Yi)
Love is the most beautiful kind of human emotion, and love is a song that can never be sung. With the theme of "love", the poet wrote a hymn to the beautiful love between husband and wife. The whole poem consists of four parts.
The first section expresses the will of husband and wife to die together. "We are two trees struck by lightning at the same time,/we are two flames in the pine forest at night;" In case of misfortune, what they pursue is to "lightning strike" at the same time and burn out together. They also hope that in the dark sky full of stars, they can become "two meteors" to cross the sky together and break free together, leaving a trail like fire. If two archers are on the same bow, they are eager to leave the string together. No matter what is at hand, the love between husband and wife is invincible, and what power will dissolve and disappear in the whirlpool of their love.
The second section expresses the determination of husband and wife to live together. If they live in the world, no matter where they go, there are always two figures with their hearts beating together. "We are two horses, tied by the same reins." "We are two eyes in the same sight/two trembling wings flying in the same direction." Here "horse", "eyes" and "wings" are all preceded by the word "two", telling people that love is in pairs; Love is interdependent; Love will always be with you, and the image of a loving couple who are inseparable is vividly on the paper.
The third section writes about wishes after death. They are willing to be "two bleak shadows of a pair of stone statues" on the Dali sarcophagus, guarding the beauty in the sarcophagus day and night and never leaving half a step. The wind does not shake, the rain does not move, always standing on the coffin. This is not only the longing for love, but also the funeral and altar of love. A kind and beautiful heart is with the world, and the sun and the moon shine together.
The fourth section expresses the feelings about life and death and * * *. It is a well-known truth that "the lips are dead and the teeth are cold". Without one, you can't live. The sphinx in Greek mythology is a banshee, with the upper part being a woman and the lower part being a lion. If you cut off half of it, you can't form a complete banshee with a sphinx, then this beautiful myth doesn't exist. Legend has it that Jesus was crucified with open arms. Let's imagine that Jesus with only one arm was nailed to a stone frame. What does this cross mean? Love is the unity of "two". Without one, love can only be incomplete love, and beauty can only be imperfect beauty. The three metaphors in this paragraph express the deep love between husband and wife, and love will always be you and me!
In the whole poem, readers can feel the tension of the poet's mind and be impressed by the superb artistic skills of this poem. The title is Love, but there is no direct mention of "love" in the poem, but there are traces of love and showers of love everywhere. The so-called "no word to explain its meaning" completes the expression of the theme. Careful study shows that the poet's love is in a novel metaphor, which is both unexpected and reasonable. He listed ten metaphors here, which belong to the "metaphor" in metaphor and can be called the leader of the "Beatty" family. In the way of expression, it has the style of metaphor and parallelism, and has the beauty of vivid expression. Through various novel metaphors, the theme of love and the bond between husband and wife are expressed from different angles. It should be pointed out that most of the metaphors used are cold, which is directly related to the poet's religious consciousness.
It is quite ingenious in the arrangement of poetry. There are ten metaphors in the whole poem, some of which occupy only one line, some occupy two lines and some occupy three lines. The sentence pattern is neat and orderly, not rigid and informal, depending on the content needs, and it is an excellent love poem with perfect combination of content and form.