accidental
Xu zhimo
I am a cloud in the sky,
Occasionally projected into your heart—
You shouldn't be surprised,
There's no need to be happy-
It disappeared in an instant.
You and I met in the dark sea,
You have yours, I have mine, direction;
You remember it well,
You'd better forget,
The light that shines on each other at this intersection!
Appreciation 1:
Xu Zhimo's "Accidental" is probably just a love poem, written for a lover who falls in love by chance and then lives far apart. However, the image of this poem has gone beyond itself. We can completely regard this poem as an exclamation of life. On the road of life, there are many accidental encounters and many beautiful things. They are just accidental encounters and will never be repeated. Whether it's lingering affection or touching friendship, whether it's great maternal love or pure childlike innocence, whether it's a knowing smile on the street or a few words on the journey, it's often a flash in the pan and disappears. How much of those lost beauty and love can be recovered? The devil of time took everything away. Clouds in the sky occasionally flash by in Bo's heart, which is really "no need to be surprised, let alone happy". What's more, in the vast sea of life, sometimes even if you travel endlessly, you can't reach the other side. Everyone has everyone's direction, we meet by chance, and then we will be separated in a hurry, and there is no hope of meeting again. Those "lights" that are released to each other when they meet, and those feelings that are poured into each other when they meet, "remember, it is best to forget."
In such a short poem, Xu Zhimo points out a hazy, crystal clear, small and boundless world with such a simple artistic conception, such a rigorous format and such a concise melody. We walk in this world, how many sighs of life, how many memories of the past, how many memories of the past, ... But we don't cry, let alone grab the land. We just walk slowly, a little heavily, and occasionally look up. Passing through the grape trellis or deep blue clouds, a meteor just flew by, and a faint sadness rose in my heart. But still walking, the slow and a little heavy footsteps, like an "Eternity", stay in the night sky.
It is light and elegant, but it can't hide the sadness of reality, and there is a faint loss hidden in the depths of emotion. The poet is not indifferent to beauty and life, but has a deep attachment and persistent pursuit, but "beauty" or other aspects of life, like clouds in the sky and lights on the sea at night, all disappear in an instant. He has a vision, but at the same time he can't get rid of a faint sadness. "If you remember, you'd better forget" seems philosophical and detached. But in aesthetic psychology, this is not the case. "You'd better forget" is actually the last thing you can forget. No detachment, no dispensation. Some are sad in reality, and they are songs sung by a real person, a person who is obsessed with life, and an ideal person who has been frustrated repeatedly. Vision and despair, sadness and chic are wonderfully intertwined. This is the sorrow of a pure poet. His elegance is mostly due to his pursuit of elegance and beauty and restraint of feelings.
Xu Zhimo lived in the darkest age of a poor country. He is full of "beautiful" hopes, struggling to pursue the ideal light in the cracks of the times, but all of them are like flowers on the beach, fading in an instant. His voice, forced by the "shadow of life", finally became dull and dry. Even some early poems, such as I don't know where the wind blows, are so gentle and elegant, but if you appreciate them carefully, they are all sad. 1926 wrote "accidental". The deep message of this poem is full of faint sadness. Poets have no intention to devote themselves to the fiery struggle of the times, nor to express the so-called "essence of the times", but the suffering of the times is also reflected in the depths of a real poet in a tortuous way.
Some researchers believe that "accidentally" sees "the relationship between people is erratic and without a trace" and "sees everything as insignificant and indispensable, turning fiery feelings and exuberant life into light smoke". This conclusion can not be completely wrong, but it can not be completely correct, because it is based on the researcher's understanding of the surface information of the poem "accident" However, the eternal charm of a poem comes from its deep information. The deep message in Accidental conveys a sense of loss in life-it is elegant and light. -it is the heart sound that the poet's soul full of aura pops up instantly. Simple notes reverberate with long, elegant beauty and ups and downs, and elegant artistic conception is profound. ...
Appreciation 2:
Note: It was written in May of 1926. On May 27th of the same year, the poetry edition of the 9th issue of the Morning Post Supplement was first published, signed by Zhimo. This is the lyrics of the old blind man in the fifth act of the script Bian Kungang written by Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman.
Being able to visualize such an extremely abstract adverb of time as "chance" and put it into a symbolic structure is full of interesting philosophy, which is not only beautiful and elegant, but also catchy and memorable, and its significance is beyond words. For me, it is no exaggeration to use the language of "having a special liking" in Xu Zhimo's short poem "Accidental".
In the history of poetry, a thousand long poems can be buried in the ruthless historical precipitation with the passage of time, while some exquisite short poems can shine alone in the long river of history. This short poem with two paragraphs and ten lines should be regarded as a wonderful flower in the modern poetry gallery.
In the process of Xu Zhimo's pursuit of poetic beauty, this accidental poem also has a unique "turning point" significance. According to the famous poet Ka Zhi Lin, a student of Xu Zhimo, "This poem is the most perfect in the author's poetry." (Poems of Xu Zhimo, edited by Ka, p. 94) Chen Ye, a crescent poet, said: "A few poems, such as accidental and pure heart, opened the gap in his previous two issues. He erased his previous anger and wrote the secret of that exquisite soul with neat, soft and refreshing poems." (In memory of Xu Zhimo). Indeed, this poem can quite see Xu Zhimo's skill in meter. The whole poem has two sections, which are symmetrical up and down. The first sentence, the second sentence and the fifth sentence of each section are all composed of three steps. For example, the third and fourth sentences of each paragraph are composed of two steps, such as "You don't have to be surprised" and "You'd better remember/forget." Obviously, there is no lack of free and easy steps in the arrangement and handling. Longer steps alternate with shorter steps, which makes it easy, euphemistic and catchy to read.
What I want to emphasize here is the various "tension" structures that are full of this poem and are not easy to be noticed. These tension structures exist between muscle and frame, between image and image, and between intention. The unique tension structure should be said to be a mystery of the artistic charm of this poem.
The so-called "tension" is a critical term advocated and practiced by British and American New Criticism. Generally speaking, it can be regarded as a dialectical relationship of contradiction and opposition existing in the whole poem organism. A poem, on the whole, must be organic and holistic, but all kinds of contradictions and tensions are allowed and should be filled in. Poetry full of tension can be profound, chewy and memorable. Because only such poems are not static, but "moving in silence". For example, although the full bow is still, it is full of energy and strength that can erupt at any time.
About this poem, first of all, there is a certain tension between the title and the text. "Accidental" is a completely abstract adverb of time, and what to write under this heading should be said to be free and arbitrary. But under this abstract title, the author wrote two more practical things, one is that clouds in the sky occasionally project into the heart of waves in the water, and the other is that "you" and "I" (both symbolic images) meet at sea. If you use "you and me" and "meeting" as the title, it is no problem, but the poetry is far from it. If we use quite practical words such as "you and me" and "meeting" as the title, the tension between abstraction and concreteness will naturally disappear.
Thirdly, there are more tension structures in poetry texts. "You/I" is a pair of "binary opposites", or "occasionally projected in the heart of the wave" or "met at sea", both of which are passers-by in a hurry in the journey of life; "You don't need to be surprised/you need to be happy more" and "Do you remember/you'd better forget" both show full tension with the emotional attitude of binary opposition and semantic contradiction rhetoric. Especially the poem "You have yours, I have mine, my direction", I think it is not too much to praise it as the classic poem most suitable for "tension" analysis praised by "New Criticism". "You" and "I" met by chance in the vast sea of people because of their respective directions, but they passed by and went their separate ways. Two completely different and diametrically opposite intentions-"You have yours" and "I have mine" are exactly contained in the same sentence and boil down to the same word-"direction".
As a "romantic poet", the symbolic meaning of Xu Zhimo's poem-both a general symbol and a local image symbol-may be particularly noteworthy. The overall symbol of this poem is consistent with the tension structure between the title of the poem and the text we analyzed earlier. Under the title of "chance", many images can be born. Images such as "cloud-water", "you-me", "sea of night" and "mutual light" and the relationship between them can be understood or constructed differently because of the differences and depth of readers' personal emotional experience. This is the wonderful use of the "symbol" of "its name is also small, and its categories are also large" (easy to connect), with more to less, more to small, and more to individual. Or the world is frustrated, or the mood is wrong, or it is too late to regret, the pain is aggravated, or the helpless smile is lost ... Life is destined to have such an "accident", "encounter" and "encounter". And this "light that shines when we meet" will surely become an unforgettable memory that will accompany us all our lives.
Original text and appreciation of Xu Zhimo's accidental works
That day, you wandered in the air,
Free and relaxed, you don't want to stay.
On the other side of the sky or in the corner of the earth,
Your happiness is unrestrained,
You are more casual on the humble ground.
There are first-class rivers, although you are bright.
When crossing the road, I found his ethereal soul.
Wake him up and hold on to your beautiful image.
He clung to deep sadness,
Because beauty cannot stand still in the landscape;
He wants you to fly across Qian Shan,
Cast a shadow on the wider lake and sea!
He's wasting away for you, a first-class stream,
In the hope of incompetence, I hope you fly back!
① Written in early July of 193 1 year.
In August of the same year, "Dedication" was compiled.
After Shanghai Xinri Bookstore published "Tiger Collected Edition"
Change this topic to 10 in the same year 10.
The third issue of Poetry Journal was signed by Xu Zhimo.
Poetry review:
From Nora in Shi 'an, Farewell to Cambridge to Wandering, people naturally find the basically consistent poetic imagery and lyric style in Xu Zhimo's poems. In this kind of poems, which can best represent Xu Zhimo's talent and poetry, not only impress readers with his beautiful imagination and ethereal artistic conception, but also make readers realize the value and significance of art because of his vague understanding and grasp of life. In these poems, Xu Zhimo constructed his own pure belief world of "love, freedom and beauty". Traveling in the clouds is one of the pearls.
"You danced in the air that day", the poem begins with the second person, suggesting that the lyricist admires it. Travel in the poem is characterized by carefree: "Your happiness is unrestrained and carefree". This carefree pleasure is really Qingyuan, freed from the fireworks of the world. It not only contains the profound experience of the comfortable mentality of living in harmony with everything in "Zhuangzi Xiaoyao Tour", but also contains the instant feeling of the lyrical subject's soul echoing. Clouds in the air are suitable for going to different places. Why give the lyric subject a deep yearning? It is not clear in the poem, but an indirect explanation is made later. "You are even more careless about the humble ground/having a first-class river." The contrast between two different life forms reflects the hidden psychological course and life value orientation of the lyric subject. That "first-class water" is undoubtedly a symbol of the objectification of lyric subject. Calling the third person "he" in the poem has formed a different emotional effect from "you". At the same time, the existence of the third party "He" appears in an image opposite to travel, and it also contains the feeling that the lyric subject is so sad and eager for rebirth and comfort. The word "Yan Ming" is full of subjectivity. On the one hand, it compares the different living forms of Yunyou and Jianshui, on the other hand, it implies the anxiety of the lyric subject. When can the pain of life cross the dark abyss and move towards freedom and freedom? Can it be understood that the poet takes the "first-class river" as his self-portrait, longing for the floating clouds to paint some bright colors for his weak heart? Therefore, "first-class river" is the most vivid metaphor of the poet's own mood. In Xu Zhimo's poems, the images of "traveling in the clouds" are mostly illusory and ethereal, such as "Clouds in the West" in A Farewell to Cambridge. Xu Zhimo himself often compares himself to "water in a stream". For example, in his letter to Hu Shi, he mentioned that all he needed was "the grass is green and the people are far away, and there is a first-class cold current", in which the sad and lonely charm is similar to this poem, and whether it contains deeper connotation background or life experience, we can't help thinking so.
"What he holds tightly is a dense sadness", which is the application of ancient poetry techniques, such as "asking a gentleman to be sad is like a river flowing east" and "one boat and two streams, I am afraid, can't carry much sorrow". An image metaphor is used to describe the invisible sadness, which shows the joy and regret that the first-class river expects when it is "bright". However, "the beautiful scenery can't stand still in the landscape", and the joy of the first-class water is just a fleeting illusion. Is it because beauty can only belong to the unrestrained sky world or because the ideal heart of the lyric subject is too concerned about reality and realizes his dirty state of mind? A wild guess, the poems here provide readers with great imagination. "He thought, you flew over Qian Shan/threw a wider lake." The "lake and sea" opposite to the first-class river is not a simple literal shallow meaning, but a deep symbolic meaning corresponding to beauty. For example, the first-class water is just an aesthetic image of individual loneliness. Such a vast lake and sea represents the profound prototype power of life. Because of this, cloud travel transcends the simple personal meaning and becomes an eternal universal symbol. "He is wasting away for you, first-class flow/in hopeless hope, I hope you will fly back." The poem reveals a sad and touching mood that makes people cry. The hope of first-class construction of water can never be realized, and only one wish can be put into the sun and the moon. This kind of hope is clearer and longer than the ancient poem "Clothes are getting wider without regret, and I am haggard for Iraq". This poem can reflect the gentle and euphemistic aesthetic style of Xu Zhimo's poems.
In the preface of Tiger Collection, Xu Zhimo said a sad but thought-provoking sentence: "All the movements and stillness are repeated before my eyes, and the world of sound and affection is repeated for me. This seems to have saved a decadent who once believed in simplicity and flowed into doubt. The magical power hidden in the curtain is vivid and shows its greatness and subtlety. Let him clear the direction and don't go wrong again. " This seems to be something that only people who have experienced great hardships in life can realize and say. Soon, the poet passed away forever. After experiencing personal and emotional struggles and crises, did he realize the mystery of life beyond ordinary incompetence? Does that "lifelike magical power" show the poet another bluer and more promising sky world? There, there is no doubt, no decadence, only the self-confidence and the promise of happiness that has already existed in my heart.
This poem is obviously influenced by the European Shang-Soviet style, and the Shang-Soviet system transliterates 14 sonnets (sonnets). There are 14 lines in Europe, including 14 lines in Peterak and 14 lines in Shakespeare. Of course, many people changed later, such as Milton and Spencer. The difference is mainly in the change of rhyme. For example, the rhyme change of Peterak 14 line is abbaabbacdedde, while the rhyme change of Shakespeare 14 line is ababcdcdefefgg. The rhyme change of the first eight lines of this poem is aabbccdd, and the last six lines are consistent with the English poem 14. Wen Yiduo and Xu Zhimo advocate the "three beauties" of poetry, and Xu Zhimo's poetry is more inclined to the beauty of music. This is related to the emphasis on musicality in European poetry. At the same time, China's traditional poetry has something to admire, and poetry and music are inseparable. The poet has a profound knowledge of China's ancient literature. During his study in Europe, he came into contact with the works of many famous people, especially the English romantic poets in the19th century. In his poems, the influences of Wordsworth, Shelley, Byron and Keats are not uncommon. The symbolic metaphor of "roaming in the clouds" and the emotion of the lyric hero can be clearly seen in Shelley's and Keats' poems. Traveling in the Clouds is a good poem combining Chinese and Western.
Xu Zhimo's prose blooms on strangers.
In winter, the sun shines lazily in the yard and gently licks the treetops, flowers and blue tiles.
It was windy last night, and the bamboo leaves of the neighbor next door were scattered all over the floor.
I always miss a city very much. Although I have never been there, I often look at maps, long yellow sand or bustling high-rise buildings. When did you make yourself so humble?
The winter vacation is coming soon, and I have always planned to go to Gulangyu, Tibet, Beijing, or ... some places are not where I want to go, but weather+place+people and money. Both are indispensable. My last friend called my home from Lucheng, and I decided to go. Ask for leave, arrange time, wait for someone ... Open the map of the world, look at those distant places, then call the map of China, look at the city I love to think of in my bone marrow, and silently measure the distance from it to me. ...
I am not a person who likes to live in the shadow of the past, even if I am cheerful, cheerful and silly in my memory. But now, you seldom see my clear eyes. The shackles of the past locked the possession of the past out of the mind, and those stumbling steps became strong.
Haven't seen you for a long time. Let's recall that year with a sigh.
Face the sun and bask in the dust of last night, but close your eyes and avoid the prying eyes of the sun. I like the sunshine on the plateau, which makes my skin tanned, unpretentious and ethereal. I like calm light and heat. I also like the blue sky, let my mind travel through time and space and see the distant sky. When the plane flew over the sky, I could clearly see the handwriting of the airline on it.
Although I am allergic to ultraviolet rays, I don't want to wear long sleeves. I covered my arm with a big prickly heat and rubbed my chin with my head down.
Lijiang can also see mountains, water, flowers and birds in winter. Sitting at home, facing the gurgling stream, quietly reading some unclear thoughts. Or concentrate on watching a little red fish swim slowly, swinging the soft tail of crucian carp, and tiny bubbles are faintly visible in the corners of the mouth. Then a little black fish leaned in, greeted with malicious intent, and they began to whisper ... don't have any fun!
Lugu Lake is a tear on the earth. I happened to see someone write such a affectionate sentence on the internet. It is close to Lugu Lake, but I never thought of going to see it with tears. Yes, there are too many innocent places in Lijiang. Although it is slowly covered with a modern halo, it can't hide its natural essence.
"I love this day after the rain. This plain is covered with grass. My heart is floating in the wind and the wind is blowing. Blow away the fragrance of grass and leaves, blow away a wisp of cloud, like smoke! "
The dead of night is the warmest time.
A cup of tea, quiet; Have a cup of coffee to relax, even want to smoke a cigarette ~ `~ You can see your dreams crystal clear in the fog.
Turn on the computer and put on headphones. Those songs from Baidu search, slightly hoarse or melancholy, seem to come from a distant horizon, pure, quiet, distant and sentimental.
Music is the superb ability to pour out the truest feelings from the depths of people's souls. Relaxed, lonely and helpless. Singing softly, if something is pointed, is exciting. Through edification and infection, it has a subtle influence on people's minds and obtains more beauty. Music can also be used to relieve or eliminate the pain of patients.
Fingertips stop on the keyboard, lean back on the chair and close your eyes, showing unprecedented laziness and happiness.
I've read Xue Xiaochan's Youth, I brushed it off before I got tired.
Because of this, we have too many words about youth.
Most women like sad words, so do I.
I remember when I was very young, I liked purple. I always thought purple was a strange color. Quiet in white, tender in blue, melancholy in black and romance in red. It is elegant and quiet, and there is an arrogance hidden in its bones.
The first time I boarded the Internet, I used the name "Zier", and everyone said it was romantic and poetic. As Xue Xiaochan wrote, "I would like to live alone and quietly in purple."
In fact, I just realized a childhood dream, and used it to create a perfect feeling, so that it can break through the fog of the world of mortals and float to a vast and clear time and space. If there is still a feeling of not touching fireworks in the world, I hope so.
Although everyone has their own romance and dreams. However, in the journey of life, the most romantic and pure dream is the freedom to travel in Wan Li that has nothing to do with it. Like soaring wings, although they leave no trace, they can cross the rings and surpass mountains.
This is how I hold some ideas that can be recorded in words, flying immature ideals and crossing the season. When I pass by, time is like a flower leaving the branch, spreading quietly, without a trace of loneliness …
Three years later, the romance and willfulness along the way will still be like a running stream, continuing to chase endless purple feelings.
If you still have dreams today, please let everyone walk with us and have fun all the way. Let us all become naive children and sing with pure and transparent joy. Let dreams extend from the valley to the sea and from the heart to the sky. Let dreams, like clouds in the spring and autumn, sway in the paradise of memory, and be intoxicated by the wandering wind day and night.
At the exit of late spring, we entered the charming season together. From foggy morning to bloody dusk, I left many beautiful laughter, and I still cherish your sadness and crystal tears that once appeared in front of me. Do you fully understand? After reading these deep and shallow concerns?
Right and wrong are helplessness, confusion, hesitation and struggle in the bones. Willfulness is the rotten wood in my bones, and timidity is the ugliness in my bones. So, let it be recorded in writing that it will listen to or release all my regrets every day.
In the article, everyone is like a hedgehog, who needs a hard thorn to protect his fragile soul, crouching in a corner of one person, letting the darkness drown the whole world, and the sadness is as beautiful as the sea. I don't like people near me. But I can't give up on anyone, my fantasy is imposed on everyone, and then I am disappointed in myself and my dreams. I remember seeing such a sentence a long time ago, "Those who leave, even those who miss and want to see most, will see you again." Less pain, then please don't remember who is good. "Thank those who let me grow up, thank every detail in my life, and pick up my innocence. The dust in that place, the sincerity, those sad, sad, happy and lively times will never meet again.
A year, two years, maybe many years later, we are all too old to move. Looking back on the past, these, those, our stories, at that time, he would hold my warm hand, approach the sunset and taste all the happiness.
At that time, I may open the long-buried incense and gradually forget it. Hope buried despair. When you grow up, you will know to forgive.
In fact, I really want to cry in the street; I really want to have a snowball fight in the snow to condense my nose into ice; I really want to surf the internet all night and listen to only one song "She is" over and over again. I really want to go to the bookstore, quietly read a novel for a day, and shed tears while reading it; I really want to buy a bunch of building blocks to spell out an imaginary hut; I really want to go for an outing by bike; I really want to eat ice milk and go shopping; I really want to watch the whole World Cup with you. I really want to go to the scene to see a performance by Jay Chou. I really want to collect all the works of San Mao, Xi Murong and Xu Zhimo, very much. ...
I really want to.
At the moment, the wind is strolling leisurely outside the window. Leisure. Feel at ease.