2011年9月19日星期一
不死鳥傳說-水翟
不死鳥傳說水翟
18th Mar 2007
傳說,有一只鳥,瀕臨死亡,會集香木,然後自焚。鳥在火中,傳出悲鳴,燒成灰盡。死灰之中,始至複生。重生之後,其羽更豐,其音更清,其神更髓。這鳥就是不死之鳥──中國人稱之為鳳凰。
在古埃及的《亡靈書》中,這種死後複生的鳥被稱之為「本努」(Bennu),是埃及古城“太陽之城”(Heliopolis)──的象徵,與太陽神「拉神」(Ra)有著密切的聯繫,被人們稱為太陽之魂。在希臘,人們稱牠為Phoenix,意思是紫紅色或深紅色。古時候希臘人認為,Phoenix生活在阿拉伯半島上的一口枯井附近,每當黎明來臨時,Phoenix在清晨的陽光下沐浴,並唱著美妙動聽的歌曲,此時太陽神(Apollo)就停下他的太陽馬車靜靜聆聽。在伊斯蘭神話中,「安卡」(Anqa)也和不死鳥一樣會在壽限將至時自焚並獲得新生,這是一種巨大而神祕的鳥。最初,這鳥被認為是神的完美創造物,但後因變成禍害所以被滅絕。而在中國的佛經中的天龍八部提到的迦嘍羅(一種以龍為食的大金翅鳥)可能就是中國鳳凰的原形。
不死鳥的傳說常被詩人作家所借用。在莎士比亞的《暴風雨》中這樣寫道:“在阿拉伯,有一棵樹,那是百鳥之王鳳凰的王座,此時,它就在那統轄著群鳥與天空。”中國的近代詩人郭沫若所寫的《鳳凰涅槃》是表達他內心對國家的激情,呼喚著中國在經歷戰火洗禮後,能在烈火中死而復生。涅槃是佛教用語,原意是火的息滅或風的吹散狀態。佛教以此典故寓意不畏痛苦、義無反顧、不斷追求、提升自我的執著精神。在基督教的文學藝術作品中,鳳凰也象徵著復蘇,不朽或死後重生。至於在畫家筆下,相信手塚治虫的「火之鳥」,很多人都不會陌生。
不死鳥像徵著經歷痛苦後,重得新的生命。在人生的旅途上,相信每個人都有他自己的經歷──或曾經滄海,或遭遇患難,或經歷失敗,或被遭離棄。但能堅持不放棄信念者,必能像火鳳凰一樣,浴火後重生,飛往無盡之天際。
The Sound Of Silence
The Sound Of Silence (3:08)
P. Simon, 1964
Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turn my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never shared
No one dared
Disturb the sound of silence
"Fools," said I, "you do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sound of silence
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