What's Up? Why Are You
What's Up? Why Are You - meaning Summary
Awkward Confession of Love
A brief, teasing dialogue captures a young man’s embarrassed confession of love. Questioners press for the beloved’s name, offering guesses; he refuses to identify her, admitting only that he loves and is not her partner. The poem stages awkward social interrogation, the sting of unrequited or forbidden desire, and the speaker’s shyness, leaving the object of affection unnamed and the situation unresolved.
Read Complete Analyses‘What’s up? Why are you of such saddened sight?’ – ‘I am in love!’ – ‘But who is your Sibilla?’ – ‘Just she! Just she!’ – ‘Glitsera, Hloya, Lila?’ – ‘Oh, no!’ – ‘For whom is sacrificed your heart?’ – ‘For her! For her!’ – ‘You’re shy, o, friend, my dear! But why have you in such a pine to be? Whose fault is it? Her man or dad is here…’ – ‘Oh, no!’ – ‘Than what?’ – ‘For her I am not he.’ Translated by Yevgeny Bonver
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