A Visit to Proust's Grave

“In Search of Lost Time” is my favorite work, and its author Proust is my favorite writer. Proust was unable to go out due to illness for many years and was trapped at home. He devoted himself to writing the novel, interweaving memories of the past and imagination to create a masterpiece. I went to Paris for the first time a few years ago. I got off the plane, checked in at the hotel, and then took the subway straight to Père Lachaise Cemetery, where Proust is buried.

 

A Visit to Proust's Grave

 

Plane landing. Hotel checking in.

I then went straight to Lachaise cemetery

where you have your final resting.

 

Parting and reunion. Life and death.

No more and no less.

You have settled in peace.

 

Foretime and future rhyme.

I was in search of your past, and

how you were in search of lost time.

 

It was quite a quest

to bring back all that has left.

Magic words flew out of your chest.

 

What's gonna fly? Made up or real things?

It doesn't matter in that

your imagination has wings.

 

Confined to a small house

during and after life,

you'll still always inspire

 

'cause your work broke out of the house arrest,

went on to the mountain top,

turning into a diamond spire.

 

【七律】訪普魯斯特墓

 

 

長臥市郊公墓裏，死生契闊終安息。

如煙往事惜還珍，似水年華追可憶。

妙語優文出宅心，奇思冥想飛天翼。

吾之拜謁因神交，千古文章已造極。

 

(© September 24, 2023, godog)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• 沙發！普魯斯特《追憶似水年華》，長篇經典巨著，以意識流的寫法著稱，在世界文學史上有著重要地位。粉絲眾多，本壇應該就有不少 -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/24/2023 postreply 15:19:30

• 吾之拜謁因神交，千古文章已造極。。一到法國，就迫不及待拜訪普魯斯特的，G兄是真粉絲。鑒定完畢。：）） -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/24/2023 postreply 15:22:55

• 我8月北上波士頓，也拜訪了梭羅在瓦爾登湖邊的小屋，一直沒空整理照片，等回頭也效仿G兄，來寫一篇瓦爾登湖的遊記。 -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/24/2023 postreply 15:25:18

• 翹首以盼 -LinMu- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/24/2023 postreply 15:38:19

• 等著看盈盈的遊記。幾年前走過在佛蒙特的大山裏的Robert Frost Trail，正在構思作品，到時候連照片一起發來。 -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/24/2023 postreply 15:40:16

• 謝謝樓上兩位。拖延症晚期患者表示，千萬別等。估計會是猴年馬月。哈哈 -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/24/2023 postreply 15:45:54

• 欣賞好詩。我也是普魯斯特的粉絲 -LinMu- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/24/2023 postreply 15:37:49

• 謝謝鼓勵。握手。 -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/24/2023 postreply 15:43:03

• 讚！有個問題 -方外居士- ♂ (532 bytes) () 09/24/2023 postreply 18:09:03

• 我覺得可以，日常用語例子應該也多吧，比如dig, I'll dig deeper, 算是轉義使用？ -godog- ♂ (203 bytes) () 09/25/2023 postreply 08:56:12

• Straight to the cemetery, that is devotion! -waterfowl- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/24/2023 postreply 18:56:08

• Yeah love leads to respect -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/25/2023 postreply 09:07:28

• What you did shows you are both passionate and romantic, the -天玉之- ♀ (60 bytes) () 09/24/2023 postreply 21:13:17

• "Passionate and romantic are the way to live", agree 100% -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/25/2023 postreply 09:06:50