I know. I'm the night watchman. What do you mean?

"I wish I were a watchman, walking in the street all night, holding a lamp and chasing pictures." This means I want to be a night watchman. Everyone else fell asleep at night, so I took the lamp and happily followed the light shadow to work the night shift for everyone in the street. This poem is from Tagore's Occupation, and the whole poem is as follows:

The title of this poem is "occupation"

Author: Tagore

Whole poem:

In the morning, when the clock strikes ten,

I go to school along our alley.

Every day I meet that peddler,

He cried, "bracelet, shiny bracelet!" " "

He has nothing urgent to do,

He doesn't have any streets to walk,

He has nowhere to go,

He didn't set a time to go home.

I'd love to. I'm a peddler,

Living on the street,

Cried: "bracelet, shiny bracelet!" " "

At four o'clock in the afternoon, I go home from school.

From a door, I saw a gardener digging there.

He digs whatever he wants with a hoe,

He got his clothes dirty.

If he gets sunburned or wet,

Nobody scolded him.

I do. I'm a gardener,

Digging in the garden, no one will stop me

As soon as it got dark, my mother sent me to bed.

From the open window, I saw the night watchman walking around.

The alley was dark and empty, and street lamps stood there.

Like a giant with red eyes on his head.

The night watchman shook his lantern and the shadow walked beside him.

He has never had sex once in his life.

I wish I were a night watchman,

Walking in the street all night, chasing the shadow with a lamp.

Extended data:

"I wish I were a watchman, walking in the street all night, chasing shadows with a lamp" is the last sentence of Tagore's Occupy. This poem treats all kinds of occupations with children's eyes, and cultivates children to love life, be able to contribute, find beauty and create value in ordinary work. Tagore believes that there is no distinction between high and low positions, only will. Educate children to choose a career that is free, happy, passionate and can contribute to others.

The occupations mentioned in this poem, such as peddler, gardener and night watchman, are all humble jobs for ordinary people, and they can't be happy at work. However, in Tagore's poems, vendors can go where they want to go and arrange their own time at will, which is so free and enviable. The gardener soiled his clothes, but no one blamed him. This is so happy. The night watchman chases the light shadow to tell everyone the time every night. It's so romantic. Every profession is equal, and there is no high or low.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-"Occupation (Tagore Poetry)"