团泊洼的秋天

Meaning

The poem describes the extreme quiet of a wetland in autumn, quiet as though asleep, or as a shy girl: sorghum watching the roads, sunflowers smiling at the red horizon, an aged willow stroking the ripening grain, reeds guarding wild flowers, the last cicadas gone, the frog and the river silent, geese about to fly south. Then the speaker interrupts this catalogue with two questions and two answers: yes, it is quiet, but it may thunder and explode at any moment; yes, it is loud, for this very poem is full of noise. The poem closes by asking that the contradictory lines be buried under the dam - unfitting for autumn, but certain, by next spring, to take root.

秋天像一把柔韧的梳子，梳理着静静的团泊洼；秋光如同发亮的汗珠，飘飘扬扬地在平滩上挥洒。高粱好似一队队的「红领巾」，悄悄地把周围的道路观察；向日葵摇头微笑着，望不尽太阳起处的红色天涯。矮小而年高的垂柳，用苍绿的叶子抚摸着快熟的庄稼；密集的芦苇，细心地护卫着脚下偷偷开放的野花。蝉声消退了，多嘴的麻雀已不在房顶上吱喳；蛙声停息了，野性的独流减河也不再喧哗。大雁即将南去，水上默默浮动着白净的野鸭；秋凉刚刚在这里落脚，暑热还藏在好客的人家。秋天的团泊洼啊，好像在香甜的梦中睡傻；团泊洼的秋天啊，犹如少女一样羞羞答答。团泊洼，团泊洼，你真是这样静静的吗？全世界都在喧腾，哪里没有雷霆怒吼，风去云变化！是的，团泊洼是静静的，但时时都会轰轰爆炸！是的，团泊洼是喧腾的，这首诗篇里就充满着嘈杂。不管怎样，且把这矛盾重重的诗篇埋在坝下，它也许不合你秋天的季节，但到明春准会生根发芽。……

Appreciation

[Plain Paraphrase] The first twelve lines are a catalogue of autumn noises gone quiet. [Structure] The poem is built as two halves: a long, patient description, and then a short dialectic of four lines in which the speaker contradicts himself twice and ends by proposing to bury the poem. [Imagery] The opening simile is the poem's key: autumn is a comb, and Tuanpo Wa is hair being combed - and it is repeated and varied: the light is a bead of sweat, the sorghum are red scouts, the sunflowers smile, the willow strokes the grain, the reeds guard flowers. Personification does the poem's work, and it is unusually consistent: everything in the landscape has a hand or a role. [Technique] The poem's central contrast is between the stillness outside and the storms within, and the speaker refuses to resolve it - 'quiet, but it may explode'. [Comment] The ending is the poem's real subject: the poet asks that his contradictory verses be buried like seed, on the argument that what does not suit the autumn will nonetheless sprout in spring.

【白话串讲】 郭小川写《团泊洼的秋天》：“秋天像一把柔韧的梳子，梳理着静静的团泊洼”——“秋光如同发亮的汗珠，飘飘扬扬地在平滩上挥洒”——他写团泊洼的秋天——秋天像柔韧的梳子。 【意象与手法】 “秋天像一把柔韧的梳子，梳理着静静的团泊洼”以拟人比喻写秋景；“秋光如同发亮的汗珠”以通感写秋光；“高粱好似一队队的红领巾”写物象；“团泊洼团泊洼、你真是这样静静的吗”以反复诘问点出“静中有动”；结以“到明春准会生根发芽”寄寓希望。深沉含蓄、节奏舒展。 【情感与主旨】 写团泊洼的秋景，于“静”的表象下暗含激荡的心潮与对未来的信念。诗人身处逆境而心怀希望，将自然秋景与时代情怀结合，是郭小川“战士诗人”风格的体现。 【名句点睛】 常考“秋天像一把柔韧的梳子，梳理着静静的团泊洼”以梳子拟秋天；“它也许不合你秋天的季节，但到明春准会生根发芽”以明春发芽写希望。

Allusions

There are no allusions in the classical sense; the poem's references are to its own decade. 红领巾, red scouts, is the uniform of the Young Pioneers and supplies both the colour of the sorghum and the image of watchers, so the landscape becomes a school parade. 雷霆, thunder, and 轰轰爆炸, roaring explosions, are the vocabulary of the political weather of the period, and the poem's point is precisely to set them against the marsh. 独流减河 is the local name of a river near the marsh, and the poet uses it as a real detail against which the grander words are heard. The closing image of a buried poem that will sprout is the one place where the poem moves into legend - it recalls the fable of seed buried in the ground, and the line reads as the poet's own creed.

诗中「秋天像一把柔韧的梳子梳理着静静的团泊洼」「秋光如同发亮的汗珠飘飘扬扬地在平滩上挥洒」「高粱好似一队队的红领巾悄悄地把周围的道路观察」「向日葵摇头微笑着望不尽太阳起处的红色天涯」「矮小而年高的垂柳用苍绿的叶子抚摸着快熟的庄稼」「密集的芦苇细心地护卫着脚下偷偷开放的野花」「蝉声消退了多嘴的麻雀已不在房顶上吱喳」「蛙声停息了野性的独流减河也不再喧哗」「大雁即将南去水上默默浮动着白净的野鸭」「秋凉刚刚在这里落脚暑热还藏在好客的人家」「秋天的团泊洼啊好像在香甜的梦中睡傻」「团泊洼的秋天啊犹如少女一样羞羞答答」「团泊洼团泊洼你真是这样静静的吗」「全世界都在喧腾哪里没有雷霆怒吼风去云变化」「是的团泊洼是静静的但时时都会轰轰爆炸」「是的团泊洼是喧腾的这首诗篇里就充满着嘈杂」「不管怎样且把这矛盾重重的诗篇埋在坝下」「它也许不合你秋天的季节但到明春准会生根发芽」等语，皆含典故故实。「秋天像一把柔韧的梳子梳理着静静的团泊洼」写秋天像一把柔韧的梳子梳理着静静的团泊洼；「秋光如同发亮的汗珠飘飘扬扬地在平滩上挥洒」写秋光如同发亮的汗珠飘飘扬扬地在平滩上挥洒；「高粱好似一队队的红领巾悄悄地把周围的道路观察」写高粱好似一队队的红领巾悄悄地把周围的道路观察；「向日葵摇头微笑着望不尽太阳起处的红色天涯」写向日葵摇头微笑着望不尽太阳起处的红色天涯；「矮小而年高的垂柳用苍绿的叶子抚摸着快熟的庄稼」写矮小而年高的垂柳用苍绿的叶子抚摸着快熟的庄稼；「密集的芦苇细心地护卫着脚下偷偷开放的野花」写密集的芦苇细心地护卫着脚下偷偷开放的野花；「蝉声消退了多嘴的麻雀已不在房顶上吱喳」写蝉声消退了多嘴的麻雀已不在房顶上吱喳；「蛙声停息了野性的独流减河也不再喧哗」写蛙声停息了野性的独流减河也不再喧哗；「大雁即将南去水上默默浮动着白净的野鸭」写大雁即将南去水上默默浮动着白净的野鸭；「秋凉刚刚在这里落脚暑热还藏在好客的人家」写秋凉刚刚在这里落脚暑热还藏在好客的人家；「秋天的团泊洼啊好像在香甜的梦中睡傻」写秋天的团泊洼啊好像在香甜的梦中睡傻；「团泊洼的秋天啊犹如少女一样羞羞答答」写团泊洼的秋天啊犹如少女一样羞羞答答；「团泊洼团泊洼你真是这样静静的吗」写团泊洼团泊洼你真是这样静静的吗；「全世界都在喧腾哪里没有雷霆怒吼风去云变化」写全世界都在喧腾哪里没有雷霆怒吼风去云变化；「是的团泊洼是静静的但时时都会轰轰爆炸」写是的团泊洼是静静的但时时都会轰轰爆炸；「是的团泊洼是喧腾的这首诗篇里就充满着嘈杂」写是的团泊洼是喧腾的这首诗篇里就充满着嘈杂；「不管怎样且把这矛盾重重的诗篇埋在坝下」写不管怎样且把这矛盾重重的诗篇埋在坝下；「它也许不合你秋天的季节但到明春准会生根发芽」写它也许不合你秋天的季节但到明春准会生根发芽。诗人以红领巾、雷霆等语入诗，不着痕迹，而把写景抒情之情写得真切可感，是善于熔铸典故的体现。

Commentary

The poem is among the best known of Guo Xiaochuan's late work and is valued for exactly the quality its title advertises: an autumn that will not be swallowed whole. Critical reception has generally taken it as a document of its decade and as a proof of the poet's nerve - the way it describes outward calm and then insists, twice, that the calm is armed. Its ending is the part most often quoted: the poet asks that his contradictions be buried under the dam, on faith that they will sprout next spring. For readers looking for the continuity of Guo's career, the poem is characteristic in another way as well - it is a poem that describes a place exhaustively and then uses that place to argue about the nation.

这首《团泊洼的秋天》，是郭小川写写景抒情之作，写秋天像一把柔韧的梳子、秋光如同发亮的汗珠、高粱好似一队队的红领巾、团泊洼你真是这样静静的吗、它也许不合你秋天的季节之情，深沉含蓄。起「秋天像一把柔韧的梳子，梳理着静静的团泊洼」——秋天像一把柔韧的梳子，梳理着静静的团泊洼。写秋天像一把柔韧的梳子：秋天像一把柔韧的梳子、梳理着静静的团泊洼——柔韧的梳子、团泊洼；「秋光如同发亮的汗珠，飘飘扬扬地在平滩上挥洒」——秋光如同发亮的汗珠，飘飘扬扬地在平滩上挥洒。写秋光如同发亮的汗珠：秋光如同发亮的汗珠、飘飘扬扬地在平滩上挥洒——发亮的汗珠、平滩上挥洒；「高粱好似一队队的红领巾，悄悄地把周围的道路观察」——高粱好似一队队的红领巾，悄悄地把周围的道路观察。写高粱好似一队队的红领巾：高粱好似一队队的红领巾、悄悄地把周围的道路观察——红领巾、观察；「团泊洼，团泊洼，你真是这样静静的吗」——团泊洼，团泊洼，你真是这样静静的吗。写团泊洼你真是这样静静的吗：团泊洼团泊洼、你真是这样静静的吗——静静的吗；结「不管怎样，且把这矛盾重重的诗篇埋在坝下，它也许不合你秋天的季节，但到明春准会生根发芽」——不管怎样，且把这矛盾重重的诗篇埋在坝下，它也许不合你秋天的季节，但到明春准会生根发芽。写它也许不合你秋天的季节：矛盾重重的诗篇埋在坝下、它也许不合你秋天的季节、但到明春准会生根发芽——埋在坝下、生根发芽。这「它也许不合你秋天的季节，但到明春准会生根发芽」，是全诗之结：以它也许不合你秋天的季节写其抒情。全诗深沉含蓄，以景写情，正是郭小川诗中的名篇。

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