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Elegy by D.H. Lawrence — Analysis & Translation

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Original Poem

Elegy D.H.Lawrence Teh sun immense and rosy Must Have sunk and become extinct The night you closed your eyes for ever against me. Grey days,and wan, dree dawnings Since then, with fritter of flowers - Day wearies me with its ostentation and fawnings. Still,you left me the nights, The great dark glittery window, The bubble hemming this empty existence with lights. Still in the vast hollow Like a breath in a bubble spinning Brushing the stars, goes my soul that skims the bounds like aswallow! I can look through The film of the bubble night, to where you are. Through the film I can almost touch you

Translation (Uzbek)

Katta va pushti quyosh Siz ko'zlaringizni menga qarshi abadiy yumsangiz kerak O'sha kecha botib, yo'q bo'lib ketgan bo'lishi kerak. Kulrang kunlar va xira, zerikarli tonglar O'shandan beri, gullarning isrof bo'lishi bilan - Kun meni o'zining ko'rsatuvi va maqtovi bilan charchatadi. Hali ham, siz menga kechalarni qoldirdingiz, Katta qorong'i yaltiragan deraza, Bu bo'sh hayotni chiroqlar bilan o'rab turgan pufak. Hali ham keng bo'shliq ichida Pufak ichida aylanayotgan nafas kabi Yulduzlarni yengil tegib, mening ruhim chegaralarni yengil o'tib ketadi! Men pufak kechasining pardasidan qaray olaman, Siz qaerda bo'lsangiz. Pardadan deyarli sizga tegishim mumkin

About the Poet

D.H. Lawrence (Modernist)

D.H. Lawrence ingliz yozuvchisi va shoir bo'lib, 1885-yilda tug'ilgan va 1930-yilda vafot etgan. U zamonaviylik, ijtimoiy ajralish va sanoatlashtirish mavzularini o'z asarlarida aks ettirgan. Uning eng mashhur romanlari orasida "Sons and Lovers" va "Lady Chatterley's Lover" bor.

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Historical Context

Literary Form
Elegy
When Written
20th century
Background
The poem reflects on themes of loss, memory, and the enduring presence of a loved one even after death. It captures the emotional struggle and the attempt to find solace in the night and memories.

Sources: https://compassioncamp.com/2018/12/06/elegy-by-d-h-lawrence/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._H._Lawrence

Detailed Explanation

D.H. Lawrence tomonidan yozilgan "Elegy" she'ri yo'qotish va xotira mavzularini o'rganadi. She'rda muallif quyoshning botishi va sevgilisining yo'qolishi o'rtasidagi parallelni chizadi. Quyoshning botishi sevgilisining yo'qolishi bilan bir xil bo'lib, u abadiy ko'zlarini yumgan. She'rda muallif kunning yorqinligi va ko'rsatuvi bilan charchaganini, lekin kechalar va xotiralar orqali tasalli topishga harakat qilayotganini aytadi. U sevgilisining xotirasi bilan yashayotganini va kechalar orqali unga yaqinlashayotganini tasvirlaydi. She'rda muallifning ruhiy holati va sevgilisining yo'qolishi bilan bog'liq his-tuyg'ulari aks ettirilgan. Bu she'r yo'qotishning og'irligini va xotiralarning kuchini ifodalaydi.

Themes

  • Loss
  • Memory
  • Solitude
  • Nature

Literary Devices

  • Metaphor: The sun's extinction parallels the loss of a loved one.
  • Imagery: Vivid descriptions of the sun, night, and bubble create a visual scene.
  • Personification: The day is described as wearying the speaker with its ostentation.
  • Simile: The soul is compared to a swallow skimming the bounds.

Word Dictionary

Word Meaning Translation Transliteration
Teh The Bu The
sun star quyosh san
immense huge ulkan im-mens
and also va and
rosy pinkish pushti ro-zee
Must have to kerak must
Have possess ega have
sunk submerged botgan sunk
become turn into bo'lgan become
extinct no longer existing yo'q bo'lgan ik-stingkt
The This Bu The
night evening kecha night
you the person being addressed siz you
closed shut yopgan closed
your belonging to you sizning your
eyes organs of sight ko'zlar eyes
for because uchun for
ever always abadiy ever
against in opposition to qarshi against
me the speaker menga me
Grey gray kulrang grey
days periods of time kunlar days
wan pale xira won
dree dreary quruq dree
dawnings beginnings of the day tonglar dawnings
Since from then o'shandan beri since
then at that time o'sha paytda then
with accompanied by bilan with
fritter waste parchalanishi frit-ter
of belonging to ning of
flowers blossoms gullar flowers
Day daytime kun day
wearies tires charchatadi wearies
its belonging to it uning its
ostentation showiness ko'rsatuv os-ten-tay-shun
fawnings flatteries maqtovlar fawn-ings
Still yet hali ham still
left departed qoldirdingiz left
the the bu the
nights evenings kechalar nights
great large katta great
dark not light qorong'i dark
glittery sparkling yaltiragan glit-ter-ee
window opening deraza window
bubble sphere pufak bubble
hemming surrounding o'rab turgan hem-ming
this this bu this
empty void bo'sh empty
existence being mavjudot existence
lights illuminations chiroqlar lights
in inside ichida in
vast huge keng vast
hollow empty space bo'shliq hollow
Like similar to kabi like
a one bir a
breath inhale nafas breath
spinning rotating aylanayotgan spin-ning
Brushing touching lightly silkitib brush-ing
stars celestial bodies yulduzlar stars
goes moves boradi goes
my belonging to me mening my
soul spirit ruh soul
that which bu that
skims glides yutib yuboradi skimz
bounds limits chegaralar bounds
like similar to kabi like
aswallow a bird qaldirg'och a-swa-lo
I the speaker men I
can able to qila olaman can
look see qaray olaman look
through by way of orqali through
film thin layer parda film
to toward ga to
where at what place qaerda where
are exist bor are
Through by way of orqali through
almost nearly deyarli almost
touch feel tegishim touch

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