從借來的一本英語兒童詩集中﹝我的英語程度確實只是在這個階段﹞看到以下的一首詩,有點配合即將來臨的美國總統大選。
Zebra
White men in Africa,
Puffing at their pipes,
Think the zebra's a white horse
With black stripes.
Black men in Africa,
With pipes of different types,
Know the zebra's a black horse
With white stripes.
Gavin Ewart
Friday, October 31, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
記歲珠
家裡有些因為一時的興致買回來卻一直都沒看的書,其中一本名為《古鎮羊皮書》的更厚達五百頁。讀書要看書緣,我曾經翻過此書一番,看到以下的故事,就從此記住了。
“七山一水一分田,一分道路加田園”的皖南自來人多地少,素有“富貴鄉”之盛譽的歙縣因其富足而更是“地狹人稠,力耕所出,不足以供,往往仰給四方”,是一個高移民輸出的地區。根據徽州俗例,男子十六歲就要出門做生意,不少人往往年滿十二三歲就得完婚,然後外出經商。“十三爹來十四娘”的早婚風俗由此形成。出門之後則歸期無定,有時需要幾年、十幾年甚至幾十年才能返鄉省親。或者命運多舛,“沒有出息”,無顏見江東父老而終老他鄉,甚或不幸在外夭亡,“一世夫妻三年半,十年夫妻九年空”便成為徽州夫婦生活的真實寫照。
據說,曾經有一對夫婦才結婚三個月,丈夫就出遠門做生意。從此,相思有夢,芳華虛度。婦人以刺繡為生,到每年年底,就將日常辛苦積攅下來的餘錢,換回一顆珠子,用以記住丈夫離家的歲月,稱之為“記歲珠”。後來丈夫還鄉,婦人已經去世三年。啟視其匣,所積之珠竟已達二十餘顆之多!“人寂寂,夜悠悠,天涯信阻暗凝愁。疏簾到曉檐花落,滴碎離心苦未休。”
“七山一水一分田,一分道路加田園”的皖南自來人多地少,素有“富貴鄉”之盛譽的歙縣因其富足而更是“地狹人稠,力耕所出,不足以供,往往仰給四方”,是一個高移民輸出的地區。根據徽州俗例,男子十六歲就要出門做生意,不少人往往年滿十二三歲就得完婚,然後外出經商。“十三爹來十四娘”的早婚風俗由此形成。出門之後則歸期無定,有時需要幾年、十幾年甚至幾十年才能返鄉省親。或者命運多舛,“沒有出息”,無顏見江東父老而終老他鄉,甚或不幸在外夭亡,“一世夫妻三年半,十年夫妻九年空”便成為徽州夫婦生活的真實寫照。
據說,曾經有一對夫婦才結婚三個月,丈夫就出遠門做生意。從此,相思有夢,芳華虛度。婦人以刺繡為生,到每年年底,就將日常辛苦積攅下來的餘錢,換回一顆珠子,用以記住丈夫離家的歲月,稱之為“記歲珠”。後來丈夫還鄉,婦人已經去世三年。啟視其匣,所積之珠竟已達二十餘顆之多!“人寂寂,夜悠悠,天涯信阻暗凝愁。疏簾到曉檐花落,滴碎離心苦未休。”
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
中一時學的一首詩
今天心血來潮,把中一時外籍老師教的詩翻出來看,幸好一直都沒有把這幾張紙丟掉。
Leisure
William Henry Davies
What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
Leisure
William Henry Davies
What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
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