Sea-Fever

慕慕家在小島，要是天氣好的話，窗外便可看見碧海藍天，所以總愛倚在窗前，欣賞黃昏日落，望著海之那一邊和連綿的遠山 . . .



不過日出便從未在家看過，因為方向不對嘛，雖然偶爾也會當個早起的鳥兒，但紅日出東方的美景仍是緣慳一面，每每見到晨光乍現，原來太陽早已高掛了，只有淡淡的金光反照在海面，卻也令人神馳 . . .






Sea-Fever

I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,
And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking.

I must down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.

I must down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.

By John Masefield (1878-1967)

慕慕最近無意中在網上學了這首英詩， 心想可能也和 John Masefield 一樣， 對海有一種莫名的情意結 . . .



詩中提到的海鷗，也令慕慕想起08年在德、奧、瑞三國交界的博登湖 Bondensee 上，羣鷗飛舞的畫面實在難忘 . . .









儘管每天上班下班坐船途中都會見到相同的海面，也總是看不厭，甚至這天有機會到屯門蝴蝶邨的海濱，在這個平凡的海邊，竟也可以呆呆地坐了一小時 . . .，Sea-Fever ?!?



Background music:
Debussy: La Mer / Abbado · Berliner Philharmoniker



此文於2010年8月8日原刊載於Yahoo blog，於2013年10月搬家至此，以下是之前於Yahoo blog的回應。