the good-morrow....by john donne

I WONDER by my troth, what thou and I
Did, till we loved ? were we not wean'd till then ?
But suck'd on country pleasures, childishly ?
Or snorted we in the Seven Sleepers' den ?
'Twas so ; but this, all pleasures fancies be ;
If ever any beauty I did see,
Which I desired, and got, 'twas but a dream of thee.

And now good-morrow to our waking souls,
Which watch not one another out of fear ;
For love all love of other sights controls,
And makes one little room an everywhere.
Let sea-discoverers to new worlds have gone ;
Let maps to other, worlds on worlds have shown ;
Let us possess one world ; each hath one, and is one.

My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears,
And true plain hearts do in the faces rest ;
Where can we find two better hemispheres
Without sharp north, without declining west ?
Whatever dies, was not mix'd equally ;
If our two loves be one, or thou and I
Love so alike that none can slacken, none can die.

I WONDER by my troth, what thou and I وأتساءل وعد بلدي ، ما أنت وأنا
Did, till we loved ? لا ، نحن حتى يحب؟ were we not wean'd till then ? نحن لا wean'd كانت حتى ذلك الحين؟
But suck'd on country pleasures, childishly ? ولكن suck'd على البلد الملذات ، طفولي؟
Or snorted we in the Seven Sleepers' den ? أو شمها نحن في سبعة النائمون 'دن؟
'Twas so ; but this, all pleasures fancies be ; 'التوا ذلك ولكن هذا ، كل الملذات يتوهم أن يكون ؛
If ever any beauty I did see, إذا فعلت أي رؤية الجمال ،
Which I desired, and got, 'twas but a dream of thee. المرغوب فيه ، وحصل ، وأكاديمية العالم الثالث ولكن حلم إليك.

And now good-morrow to our waking souls, والآن حسن غداة لاستيقاظهم النفوس ،
Which watch not one another out of fear ; الذي لا مشاهدة بعضهم البعض بسبب الخوف ؛
For love all love of other sights controls, الحب كل الحب من الضوابط في مشاهد أخرى ،
And makes one little room an everywhere. ويجعل مجالا كبيرا وهو في كل مكان.
Let sea-discoverers to new worlds have gone ; اسمحوا البحر الجديدة المكتشفة في العالم ذهبت ؛
Let maps to other, worlds on worlds have shown ; اسمحوا خرائط أخرى ، العالم على العالم أظهرت ؛
Let us possess one world ; each hath one, and is one. دعونا تمتلك واحدة في العالم ؛ خلت كل واحد ، وهي واحدة.

My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears, لك وجهي في العين ، ويبدو لك في إزالة الألغام ،
And true plain hearts do in the faces rest ; صحيح القلوب وسهل القيام به في بقية الوجوه ؛
Where can we find two better hemispheres أين يمكن أن نجد أفضل من اثنين من الكرة الأرضية
Without sharp north, without declining west ? دون الحاد الشمال ، من دون تراجع الى الغرب؟
Whatever dies, was not mix'd equally ; مهما كانت وفاة mix'd لم يكن على قدم المساواة ؛
If our two loves be one, or thou and I إذا كان لدينا اثنان يحب واحدة ، أو أنت وأنا
Love so alike that none can slacken, none can die. الحب على حد سواء ، ذلك أن لا شيء يمكن ان يضعف ، لا شيء يمكن أن يموت.

THE POEM
I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I
Did, till we loved? Were we not weaned till then?
But sucked on country pleasures, childishly?
Or snorted we in the Seven Sleepers' den?
'Twas so; but this, all pleasures fancies be.
If ever any beauty I did see,
Which I desired, and got, 'twas but a dream of thee.
And now good-morrow to our waking souls,
Which watch not one another out of fear;
For love, all love of other sights controls,
And makes one little room an everywhere.
Let sea-discoveres to new worlds have shown,
Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one.
My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears,
And true plain hearts do in the faces rest;
Where can we find two better hemispheres,
Without sharp north, without declining west?
Whatever dies was not mixed equally,
If our two loves be one, or, thou and I
Love so alike that none do slacken, none can die.

MY INTERPRETATION
Donne, though a man of the cloth, was also quite the ladies man. The Good-Morrow details his feelings about one of his loves. The Good-Morrow is about love in the highest order. He starts the poem by saying that anything they thought they loved before they met was just an illusion. This love is the real thing and makes all other loves seem insignificant by comparison. In line 3, "country pleasures," so I'm told, is synonymous with sex.
In the second stanza, Donne says that the room that he and his lover share is everything, and everywhere. There is no life beyond the walls of their room, because they are the only two things that matter in the entire world.
In the third stanza, Donne and his lover are looking into each other's eyes. What Donne sees is his own image reflected in her eyes, just as she sees her own image in his eyes. The two hemispheres are each others eyes, which are worlds unto themselves, and better than the actual world (earth) because they are not cold in the north or primitive in the west. They have none of the problems of the real world. In essence, their world is better than the world outside of where they are. Donne then goes on to say that if they love each other equally, then their love will never die.

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Critical Analysis: The Good Morrow by John Donne John Donne was born in 1572 in Elizabethan England into a devout Catholic family. A very religious man, he was persecuted for being Catholic and was not allowed to go to either Oxford or Cambridge to become a priest, so in order to achieve his ambitions he converted to Anglicanism. The priesthood inspired some extraordinary religious verse, but he is, if anything, more commonly known for his love songs and sonnets, which are marked by their diversity of moods and attitudes. Donne is said to be a metaphysical poet. Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy which deals with any matter beyond that which can be located through the senses; thus time, the mind, free will, God and in this case love, are all subjects of metaphysical thought. The Good Morrow is a prime example of one of Donne's metaphysical poems. In common with other metaphysical...

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