That love is a vessel in which there is emptiness. Nikolai Zabolotsky - Ugly girl: Verse
N. A. Zabolotsky "Ugly girl"
The poem was created by N. Zabolotsky in 1955. Conventionally, we can distinguish the descriptive part and the reasoning in it. At first, we, together with the lyrical hero, observe an everyday scene taking place in the yard. Two boys ride around the yard on new bicycles, forgetting about their ugly peer who runs after them everywhere. The description of the girl's appearance is given in some detail: disheveled hair, a long mouth, crooked teeth, sharp and ugly facial features. The author compares her to a frog. Even the charm of childhood does not smooth out these features, and in her youth she will not be at all attractive (“there is nothing to seduce the imagination”). The lyrical hero anticipates those troubles, those tears and bitterness of disappointment that await the girl in the future. Insecurity may develop in her, and she will forever remain just a gray shadow among her beautiful friends. But against the backdrop of an uncomplicated description of her appearance, the beauty of her soul stands out especially clearly. It is open to the joy of existence. There are no feelings of envy and revenge in her, she is able to share someone else’s joy, to experience it as her own: “Someone else’s joy, just like her own, torments her and breaks out of her heart...”. The heroine is so innocent before this world, open to the knowledge of everything beautiful, life “rejoices and laughs” in her. She is ready to recognize him again and again, to see something new. She is so alive among others, real. Despite the fact that the lack of external beauty dooms the girl to loneliness, the lyrical hero believes that her inner hidden strength will cope with all future disappointments and does not disappear in her no matter what: “I want to believe that this flame, which it burns in its depths, one will overcome all his pain and melt the heaviest stone!” This picture in the courtyard leads the lyrical hero to think about what beauty really is, in what form it is present in people. He is trying to figure out why we neglect this very “grace of the soul” and idolize ideal appearance. The question with which the poem ends is rhetorical, and it contains the answer. For the lyrical hero, beauty is not only the outer shell. It must not only be contemplated, but also its truth must be comprehended. True beauty is the light that illuminates our soul and warms us with its warmth.
Among other children playing
She resembles a frog.
A thin shirt tucked into panties,
Rings of reddish curls
Scattered, long mouth, crooked teeth,
Facial features are sharp and ugly.
To two boys, her peers,
The fathers each bought a bicycle.
Today the boys, in no hurry for lunch,
They drive around the yard, forgetting about her,
She runs after them.
Someone else's joy is just like your own,
It torments her and breaks out of her heart,
And the girl rejoices and laughs,
Captivated by the happiness of existence.
No shadow of envy, no evil intent
This creature doesn't know yet.
Everything in the world is so immensely new to her,
Everything is so alive that for others is dead!
And I don’t want to think while watching,
What will be the day when she, sobbing,
She will see with horror that among her friends
She's just a poor ugly girl!
I want to believe that the heart is not a toy,
It is hardly possible to break it suddenly!
I want to believe that this flame is pure,
Which burns in its depths,
He will overcome all his pain alone
And will melt the heaviest stone!
And even if her features are not good
And there is nothing to seduce her imagination, -
Infant grace of the soul
It already shows through in any of her movements.
And if this is so, then what is beauty?
And why do people deify her?
She is a vessel in which there is emptiness,
Or a fire flickering in a vessel?
Read by A. Martynov
Nikolay Zabolotsky
THE UGLY GIRL (1955)
Among other children playing
She resembles a frog.
A thin shirt tucked into panties,
Rings of reddish curls
Scattered, long mouth, crooked teeth,
Facial features are sharp and ugly.
To two boys, her peers,
The fathers each bought a bicycle.
Today the boys, in no hurry for lunch,
They drive around the yard, forgetting about her,
She runs after them.
Someone else's joy is just like your own,
It torments her and breaks out of her heart,
And the girl rejoices and laughs,
Captivated by the happiness of existence.
No shadow of envy, no evil intent
This creature doesn't know yet.
Everything in the world is so immensely new to her,
Everything is so alive that for others is dead!
And I don’t want to think while watching,
What will be the day when she, sobbing,
She will see with horror that among her friends
She's just a poor ugly girl!
I want to believe that the heart is not a toy,
It is hardly possible to break it suddenly!
I want to believe that this flame is pure,
Which burns in its depths,
He will overcome all his pain alone
And will melt the heaviest stone!
And even if her features are not good
And there is nothing to seduce her imagination, -
Infant grace of the soul
It already shows through in any of her movements.
And if this is so, then what is beauty?
And why do people deify her?
She is a vessel in which there is emptiness,
Or a fire flickering in a vessel?
Translation of the lyrics by Nikolai Zabolotsky - Ugly Girl
Nikolai Zabolotsky
UGLY GIRL (1955)
Among the other playing children
It resembles a frog.
Dressed in shorts, thin shirt,
Ringlets of reddish curls
Scattered, long, mouth, teeth crooked,
Facial features are sharp and ugly.
Two little boys, her peers,
Fathers bought the bike.
Today boys, not hurrying to lunch,
Chase around the yard, forgetting about it,
She"s running around behind them on the trail.
Someone else's joy as your own,
Afflict it and get out of my heart torn,
And the girl rejoices and laughs
Jubilation of life.
No shadow of envy or malice thin
Does not know this creature.
Her everything is so immeasurably new,
So vividly all that other dead!
And I don't want to think while watching
That will be a day when she, sobbing,
Will see with horror that in the midst of friends
She"s just a poor and ugly!
I would like to believe that the heart is not a toy
To break it is hardly possible suddenly!
I would like to believe that this pure flame,
In the depths of her burning,
All the pain you overcome your one
And protopic the grave stone!
And let her bad traits
And there is nothing to entice her imagination,-
Infant grace in the soul
Already present in any movement.
And if so, what is beauty
And why idolize her people?
A vessel she, in which emptiness,
Or fire flickering in a vessel?
Encyclopedic dictionary of popular words and expressions Vadim Vasilievich Serov
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From the poem “Ugly Girl” (1955) by a Soviet poet Nikolai Alekseevich Zabolotsky(1903-1958):
And even if her features are not good
And there is nothing to seduce her imagination, -
Infant grace of the soul
It already shows through in any of her movements.
And if so, then what is beauty?
And why do people deify her?
She is a vessel in which there is emptiness,
Or a fire flickering in a vessel?
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Among other children playing
She resembles a frog.
A thin shirt tucked into panties,
Rings of reddish curls
Scattered, long mouth, crooked teeth,
Facial features are sharp and ugly.
To two boys, her peers,
The fathers each bought a bicycle.
Today the boys, in no hurry for lunch,
They drive around the yard, forgetting about her,
She runs after them.
Someone else's joy is just like your own,
It torments her and breaks out of her heart,
And the girl rejoices and laughs,
Captivated by the happiness of existence.
No shadow of envy, no evil intent
This creature doesn't know yet.
Everything in the world is so immensely new to her,
Everything is so alive that for others is dead!
And I don’t want to think while watching,
What will be the day when she, sobbing,
She will see with horror that among her friends
She's just a poor ugly girl!
I want to believe that the heart is not a toy,
It is hardly possible to break it suddenly!
I want to believe that this flame is pure,
Which burns in its depths,
He will overcome all his pain alone
And will melt the heaviest stone!
And even if her features are not good
And there is nothing to seduce her imagination, -
Infant grace of the soul
It already shows through in any of her movements.
And if this is so, then what is beauty?
And why do people deify her?
She is a vessel in which there is emptiness,
Or a fire flickering in a vessel?
Analysis of the poem “Ugly Girl” by Zabolotsky
The theme of the differences between external and internal beauty is raised in the works of poets of different times, and perhaps will continue to be heard for a long time. In his poem “The Ugly Girl,” Nikolai Zabolotsky describes the appearance of the main character without using metaphors and hyperbole - he writes what he sees: “the facial features are sharp and ugly,” “the mouth is long, the teeth are crooked.” This is a simple little girl in a holey shirt, different from her peers in appearance, which the average person would call bad, ugly and repulsive.
But in contrast to the external “ugliness,” the author of the work subtly notices her character, her inner beauty, the very fire that burns inside the vessel and that which is true beauty. Zabolotsky notes that for a girl, someone else’s joy is just like her own; she still does not, like adults, divide everything that surrounds her into hers and someone else’s. She is pure in her childish naivety, and with her work the author seems to be asking the reader to pay attention to the beauty inside, and not what is outside.
Reflecting on what awaits the girl in the future, the author bitterly notes that over time, as she grows up, the poor child will understand that among her peers she is just a “poor ugly girl” who will be made fun of or befriended out of pity. What stands out is that more attention is paid to appearance, and not to the soul and heart, that in the modern world, even to the author, what is on the outside is valued much more than what is on the inside. And yet the poet hopes that even the ridicule of others will not defile a pure soul, and the dirty world will not fill the heart with vices and envy. He discusses what beauty really is - an empty vessel, or fire flickering in a vessel.
The portrait of a child is created by Zabolotsky not with the help of metaphorical descriptions; the author resorts to clear epithets: “thin shirt”, “rings of curls”, etc. However, reflecting on the topic of feelings, and then the future of an ugly girl, metaphors begin to appear - “embraced by the happiness of being”, “...joy, just like her own, torments her and breaks out of her heart”, “infantile grace of the soul”.
The poem can be classified as an elegy, since its author talks about one of the eternal philosophical questions - what is true beauty. The prevailing mood of the work is sad. The meter of the poem is iambic pentameter. Different types of rhyme are presented - parallel, circular, cross. There are both female and male rhymes.