Don't, Silly Heart, Get Excited!
Don't, Silly Heart, Get Excited! - meaning Summary
Curbing Restless Hope
This poem addresses the speaker's restless heart, warning it against chasing unreliable happiness while admitting longing and hope. The repeated refrain Don't, silly heart, get excited
balances resignation with tenderness as the poet recalls travel, changing fortunes, and sheltering with a beloved. Ultimately the voice accepts life’s mixed outcomes but anticipates renewed strength and a possible reciprocation of love, cautiously awaiting a happier turn.
Don't, silly heart, get excited! Happiness tricks every one of us, Only the poor beg for some of it... Don't, silly heart, get excited. Smoothly the moon's yellow charms Flood over flowering chestnuts. Bending to Lala's shalwars, Under her veil I shall shelter. Don't, silly heart, get excited. Sometimes we all act like children, By turns we're laughing and wailing: It has been our lot to witness Joyful success, dismal failure. Don't, silly heart, get excited. I've been to many a country, Everywhere joy I was seeking. Now I'll no longer go hunting Happiness that has no equal. Don't, silly heart, get excited. Life has not wholly deceived me. New strength for singing I'll summon. Why don't you fall fast asleep here, Heart, in the lap of our loved one? Life has not wholly deceived me. Fate that descends like an avalanche Maybe shall notice us also, To my love I'll get an answer With a sweet nightingale warble. Don't, silly heart, get excited.
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