[Russia and Soviet Union] zhukovsky
Put on the girl's ring,
I threw it into the sea;
With the loss of the ring,
The happiness of the world has also left me.
When the girl gave me the ring, she said:
"Put it on! Don't forget me!
As long as you have a ring,
I belong to you! "
It was an unfortunate moment,
I want to wash fishing nets in the sea;
But the ring fell into the sea,
I can't find it anymore! ……
Since then, she and I have become strangers.
I went to find her, and she ignored me!
From then on, my happiness,
And sink into the deep sea!
Wake up in the midnight wind,
My friend, the midnight wind!
Help me get the ring out,
Blow it to the lawn on the shore.
At night, I was in tears.
The girl began to pity me!
In her eyes,
The aura of the past flashed again!
She sat down beside me tenderly,
Give me a hand,
As if to say something,
But I can't say it!
What good is your gentleness to me!
How could I worry about your greeting?
What I want is love, love,
But you didn't give me the satisfaction of love!
There are colorful amber in the sea.
Anyone who wants to find it is free. ...
I just want my ring,
It is my hope and pursuit.
(translated by Lian Cheng)
Zhukovsky (1783- 1852), the founder of Russian romantic poetry, began his early poetry activities by translating Mourning in the Cemetery by the English poet Gray. Since then, he edited the European Bulletin, participated in the 18 12 Great Patriotic War, served in the imperial court for a long time, and wrote lyric poems and narrative poems all his life. This "song" is a song that is sad because of the loss of love and looks forward to the recovery of love. Different from other similar poems, this poem is a lost story through a ring, which shows the ups and downs of love and emotion, and has certain dramatic effect.
The young fisherman, singer and hero has a beloved ring, which was given by his beloved girl and entrusted with her pure love. Once he went fishing in the sea, he unfortunately threw his beloved ring into the sea. "I can't find it anymore." From then on, the girl "ignored him" and his love and joy "sank into the deep sea". He "burst into tears" and his heart was full of pain and sadness. Although the girl felt "pity" and tenderness for him, she refused to return her love-before she got the ring. Late at night, he stood alone by the sea, and a broken heart repeatedly called out to the sea breeze: "Wake up in the midnight wind,/My friend, the midnight wind,/Help me take out the ring,/Blow it to the lawn on that shore." This mournful whisper pours out the sadness of lovelorn love, and is also full of warm expectations for regaining love. At the end of the poem, the young fisherman's feeling of looking forward to the return of love is pushed to the peak: "I just want my ring,/it is my hope and pursuit."
Love is not always smooth sailing, lovers are not always good, love always has ups and downs, and the journey of love is inevitably bumpy. For men and women in love, the ups and downs of love are not important. What is important is the unremitting pursuit of the ideal of love, grasping the true meaning of love and understanding the meaning of love in the constant pursuit. The positive significance of the love poem "Song" is that the poet did not push these feelings into pessimism, despair and depression when expressing the feelings of pain and sadness caused by the frustration of love-there are many examples in love poems, but he did not change his original intention, and expressed his persistent pursuit of love ideal by expecting love to be saved, which gave people a beneficial ideological and emotional impact.
Perhaps the most striking thing about this song in art is the image of the ring. As a kind of art media, it plays a variety of roles and artistic effects in poetry.
First of all, as a metaphor of love, the ring contains dual artistic functions: on the one hand, it objectifies abstract feelings and subjective consciousness and produces tangible effects; On the other hand, wedding customs at all times and all over the world regard rings as symbols of love and marriage. In people's minds, rings have become the material carrier of love, and heartless things have been given the meaning of sentient things. Based on this common marriage custom culture, the metaphor of ring is natural and appropriate, which makes readers feel familiar, shortens the distance of reading process and reduces the resistance of acceptance.
Secondly, the ring is also used as a kind of power, which causes the ups and downs of the characters' feelings. The story of the ring in the poem is not isolated, but closely linked with the feelings of the characters, and exists as an incentive for the development and change of the feelings of the characters. With the gain and loss of the ring, the characters' thoughts and feelings set off waves: when the girl put the ring on his hand, the young fisherman was immersed in joy and happiness; When he lost his ring, he immediately fell into pain and sorrow; When he expected to find the ring, he was full of strong hopes and desires. This series of inner changes and emotional rhythms of the protagonists triggered by rings not only reveal the internal causal relationship between them, but also are full of fascinating drama.
Finally, the image of the ring echoes from beginning to end and is carried out from beginning to end, forming a running line, which makes the whole poem clear and inseparable. This poem has nine stanzas. The first section begins with lamenting the loss of the ring: "With the loss of the ring,/earthly happiness is also separated from me." The last paragraph ends with a longing for the ring: "I just want my ring,/it is my hope and pursuit." Although you don't always see the word ring in the middle seven paragraphs, they all write down the pain and sadness after losing the ring, so the image of the ring is coming to readers all the time. As the main thread of emotional development, the ring not only closely links the internal relations between the stanzas, but also enhances the overall sense of the whole poem in structure.