Appreciation of petofi's love poem "I wish it were a torrent ..."

Appreciation of petofi's love poem "I wish it were a torrent ..."

Petofi [Hungary]

I'd rather be the rapids,

A river in the mountains,

On the rugged road,

Pass over the rocks ...

As long as my lover

This is a small fish,

In my waves

Swim around happily.

I'd rather be a barren forest,

On both sides of the river,

For a gust of wind,

fight bravely ...

As long as my lover

It's a bird,

In my dense

Make a nest and sing among the branches.

I would like to be a ruin,

On the steep rocks,

This silent destruction

Doesn't make me depressed. ...

As long as my lover

It's green ivy,

Along my desolate forehead,

Climb up intimately.

I'd rather make a cabin,

At the bottom of the ravine,

On the top of the hut

Be attacked by wind and rain ...

As long as my lover

Is a lovely flame,

In my stove,

Blink slowly and happily.

I want to be a cloud,

This is a broken gray flag.

In the vast sky,

Wandering around lazily,

As long as my lover

A coral sunset,

Beside my pale face,

Show a bright luster.

(translated by Sun Yong)

This poem was written in the period when the poet and Julia maesa were in love, and it is a poem expressing love for the loved one. The poet showed his sincere and warm heart and expressed his desire for selfless dedication. No matter what price or sacrifice this dedication needs to pay, the poet will gladly bear it and have no regrets. If the lover is "a small fish", the poet is willing to become a small river or rapids. As long as the small fish can "swim around happily" in its waves, it will not hesitate even if it has to pass through rugged rocks and roads. If the lover is "a bird", the poet is willing to become a forest. As long as birds can "nest and sing" in the branches, the forest will "fight bravely" against the strong wind; If the lover is a "green vine", the poet is willing to be a "ruin" on the rock. As long as ivy can climb along steep rocks, even if the ruins are slowly destroyed, it will not feel "depressed"; If the lover is a burning "flame", the poet is willing to be a "hut" under the valley. As long as the flame can burn in the stove of the hut, the hut will be beaten by the wind and rain without resentment; If the lover is a ray of sunset, the poet is willing to turn into a cloud and a broken gray flag. As long as it can show the glory of the sunset, clouds and broken flags don't care about floating in the wind in the vast sky. The poet's sincere and selfless dedication to love makes this poem have strong touching power.

This love poem uses a large number of concrete images to visualize the invisible love, vividly and concretely, and the poet's rich and passionate feelings are fully expressed. The figurative images chosen by poets are mostly taken from nature, such as the images described by poets themselves, such as rivers, rapids, barren forests, ruins, thatched houses, clouds, broken flags, etc. For example, the images of lovers are small fish, birds, ivy, flames and sunset. The two natural images have their own characteristics: the natural image, which belongs to the poet's self-metaphor, is broad and rough, full of masculinity and shows a kind of magnificence; Metaphorically speaking, the natural image of a lover is petite and delicate, with feminine charm and gives people a sense of beauty. The two figurative images, no matter which one, exude the fresh breath of Shan Ye vegetation, and show the poet's unique sincere, pure and refined feelings and experiences about love. The natural scenery as a metaphor in the poem is all-encompassing and colorful. Up to the vast sky, down to rivers and canyons, up to cliffs and ruins, as small as a bird and a fish, the artistic conception is open and the picture is stretched. This not only shows the poet's free, cheerful and unrestrained mind, but also pushes the poet's love confession to a higher level.

The whole poem * * *, a total of five sections, is multi-layered in form, but as far as the theme of expressing love is concerned, the agreement is repeated, but the scenery is endless and varied. The structure of each section is also unified. The first half of the stanza is the poet's self metaphor, and the second half is the lover's metaphor. This cycle of the same theme and the same form of expression has the characteristics of singing folk songs repeatedly, which not only makes the poet's emotional expression smooth, but also has a sense of musical melody when reading.