Dreams

Unit: 2, Lesson 2

Dream

D.H Lawrence

All people dream, but not equally.

Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their mind,

Wake in the morning to find that it was vanity.

But the dreamers of the day are dangerous people,

For they dream their dreams with open eyes,

And make them come true.

অনুবাদ:

সব মানুষ স্বপ্ন দেখে, কিন্তু এক রকম নয়,
যারা রাতের বেলায় স্বপ্ন দেখে তাদের নিষ্প্রান মনে নিভৃতে
সকালে জেড়ে ওঠে তারা দেখে তা ছিল মিথ্যে।

কিন্তু দিবা স্বপ্নদর্শীরা বিপদজ্জনক মানুষ,
যেহেতু কোলা চোখে তারা তাদের স্বপ্ন দেখে
এবং সেগুলোকে বাস্তব করে তোলে।

Theme & Summary: The main theme of the poem is the necessity of having dreams or vision in life. Dreams encourage and drive people to achieve their goal. People with such dreams are the real dreamers. The poet says all people dream but they do not dream in the same way. Some people dream when they sleep to rest after a long day’s labour. They sleep with a mind yet jammed with many wishes and wants. So some dreams of theirs are just wish fulfillments. On walking up they find that those dreams were all pointless and futile. These dreams can have no impact on their life. But there are some dreamers whom the poet calls dangerous people. These people dream with their eyes open which means they make their dreams consciously and from then on they start working to make those dreams come true.

Dreams

Langstone Hughes

Hold fast to dreams

For it dreams die

Life is a broken- winged bird

They cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams

For when dreams go

Life is a barren field

Frozen with snow.

অনুবাদ:

সব মানুষ স্বপ্ন দেখে, কিন্তু এক রকম নয়,
যারা রাতের বেলায় স্বপ্ন দেখে তাদের নিষ্প্রান মনে নিভৃতে
সকালে জেড়ে ওঠে তারা দেখে তা ছিল মিথ্যে।

কিন্তু দিবা স্বপ্নদর্শীরা বিপদজ্জনক মানুষ,
যেহেতু কোলা চোখে তারা তাদের স্বপ্ন দেখে
এবং সেগুলোকে বাস্তব করে তোলে।

Theme & Summary: The theme of the poem is the importance of having dreams and how miserable lives without dreams become. In the poem the poet shows the contrast between a life with dreams and a life without dreams. The poem inspires the readers to go on dreaming and never to give up because without dreams life is a waste. So one has to have dreams and to make the dreams come true. The poet advises the readers to have tight grip on their dreams. Without dreams, he says, life is like a bird whose wings are broken. A broken wings bird cannot fly and just like that a man without a dream has a life without any destination. Without dream life will turn into a barren field covered with snow which cannot grow any crop.