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名著精读:《悉达多》-船夫(3)
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But when Siddhartha fell silent, and a long silence had occurred, then Vasudeva said: "It is as I thought. The river has spoken to you. It is your friend as well, it speaks to you as well. That is good, that is very good. Stay with me, Siddhartha, my friend. I used to have a wife, her bed was next to mine, but she has died a long time ago, for a long time, I have lived alone. Now, you shall live with me, there is space and food for both."
"I thank you," said Siddhartha, "I thank you and accept. And I also thank you for this, Vasudeva, for listening to me so well! These people are rare who know how to listen. And I did not meet a single one who knew it as well as you did. I will also learn in this respect from you."
"You will learn it," spoke Vasudeva, "but not from me. The river has taught me to listen, from it you will learn it as well. It knows everything, the river, everything can be learned from it. See, you've already learned this from the water too, that it is good to strive downwards, to sink, to seek depth. The rich and elegant Siddhartha is becoming an oarsman's servant, the learned Brahman Siddhartha becomes a ferryman: this has also been told to you by the river. You'll learn that other thing from it as well."
Quoth Siddhartha after a long pause: "What other thing, Vasudeva?"
Vasudeva rose. "It is late," he said, "let's go to sleep. I can't tell you that other thing, oh friend. You'll learn it, or perhaps you know it already. See, I'm no learned man, I have no special skill in speaking, I also have no special skill in thinking. All I'm able to do is to listen and to be godly, I have learned nothing else. If I was able to say and teach it, I might be a wise man, but like this I am only a ferryman, and it is my task to ferry people across the river. I have transported many, thousands; and to all of them, my river has been nothing but an obstacle on their travels. They travelled to seek money and business, and for weddings, and on pilgrimages, and the river was obstructing their path, and the ferryman's job was to get them quickly across that obstacle. But for some among thousands, a few, four or five, the river has stopped being an obstacle, they have heard its voice, they have listened to it, and the river has become sacred to them, as it has become sacred to me. Let's rest now, Siddhartha."
等到席特哈尔塔说完了,而且出现了很长时间的沉寂之后,瓦苏代瓦才说:“情况正如我所想,河水跟你说了话。它也是你的朋友,跟你说了话。这很好,好极了。你就留在我这儿吧,席特哈尔塔,我的朋友。以前我有过妻子,她的床铺就在我的旁边,可是她早就过世了,我已经单身生活了很久。你跟我一起过吧,住处和饭食都够两个人的。”
“我感谢你,”席特哈尔塔说,“谢谢你,我同意。瓦苏代瓦,我还要感谢你这么专心地听我讲!善于倾听的人极少,我从没遇见过像你这样善于倾听的人。在这方面我也要向你学。”
“你会学到的,”瓦苏代瓦说,“但不是跟我学。是河水教会了我倾听,你也该跟它学。它什么都懂,这条河,可以向它学习一切。瞧,你已经向它学到了一点,那就是努力向下,沉下去,向深处探索,这很好。富有而高贵的席特哈尔塔变成划船的伙计,博学的婆罗门席特哈尔塔变成船夫,这也是河水点拨你的。你还会向它学到别的东西。”
又经过了一个长长的间歇,席特哈尔塔才说:“还有别的吗,瓦苏代瓦?”
瓦苏代瓦站起来。“夜深了,”他说,“咱们睡吧。我不能告诉你‘别的’是什么,朋友。你会学到的,兴许你已经知道了。瞧,我不是学者,我不擅长讲话,也不擅长思索。我只善于倾听,心地善良,别的特长就没有了。要是我能说会道,说不定会是个贤人呢,可我只是个船夫,我的任务就是送人们过这条河。我摆渡过许多人,成千上万人,他们都认为我这条河只是他们旅途上的一个障碍。他们出门旅行是为了挣钱和做买卖,去参加婚礼,去朝圣,而这条河正好挡在他们路上,船夫就是要帮他们迅速越赤这个障碍。但是,在这成千上万的人中间有几个人,为数很少的几个人,四个或者五个,这条河对于他们不再是障碍,他们听见了河水的声音。他们凝神细雨听,这条河对于他们变得很神圣,就像对于我这样。不过,咱们还是休息吧,席特哈尔塔。”
背景阅读

本书简介:
古印度贵族青年悉达多英俊聪慧,拥有人们羡慕的一切。为了追求心灵的安宁,他孤身一人展开了求道之旅。他在舍卫城聆听佛陀乔答摩宣讲教义,在繁华的大城中结识了名妓伽摩拉,并成为一名富商。心灵与肉体的享受达到顶峰,却让他对自己厌倦、鄙弃到极点。在与伽摩拉最后一次欢爱之后,他抛弃了自己所有世俗的一切,来到那河边,想结束自己的生命。在那最绝望的一刹那,他突然听到了生命之河永恒的声音……经过几乎一生的追求,悉达多终于体验到万事万物的圆融统一,所有生命的不可摧毁的本性,并最终将自我融入了瞬间的永恒之中。

作者简介:
赫尔曼·黑塞(Hermann Hesse,1877.7.2-1962.8.9)德国作家。1923年46岁入瑞士籍。1946年获诺贝尔文学奖。1962年于瑞士家中去世。爱好音乐与绘画,是一位漂泊、孤独、隐逸的诗人。黑塞的诗有很多充满了浪漫气息,从他的最初诗集《浪漫之歌》的书名,也可以看出他深受德国浪漫主义诗人的影响,以致后来被人称为“德国浪漫派最后的一个骑士”。主要作品有《彼得·卡门青》、《荒原狼》、《东方之行》、《玻璃球游戏》等。

主要生平及创作
出生于德国西南部的小城卡尔夫的一个牧师家庭。自幼在浓重的宗教气氛中长大,1891年,他通过“邦试”,考入毛尔布隆神学校。由于不堪忍受经院教育的摧残,半年后逃离学校。这期间他游历许多城市,从事过多种职业。
  
在比较广泛地接受东西方文化熏陶之后,1904年,黑塞发表了长篇小说《彼得·卡门青特》,一举成名,从此成为专业作家。这一年他与玛丽结婚,移居巴登湖畔,埋头写作,1906年发表了长篇小说《在轮下》。这一时期的创作以浪漫主义诗歌、田园诗风格的抒情小说和流浪汉小说为主,作品洋溢着对童年和乡土的思念之情,充满对广大自然和人类的爱,同时也表现了青年人的精神苦闷与追求。
  
第一次世界大战后,黑塞的创作发生了明显的变化,他醉心于尼采哲学,求助于印度佛教和中国的老庄哲学,并对荣格的精神分析产生了深厚的兴趣。他试图从宗教、哲学和心理学方面探索人类精神解放的途径。这时期的长篇小说有《克努尔普》(1916)、《德米安》(1919)、《席特哈尔塔》(1922)、《荒原狼》(1927)和《纳尔齐斯与歌尔德蒙》(1930)等。这些书深受西方读者的喜爱,得到极高的评价,其中《荒原狼》曾轰动欧美,被托马斯·曼誉为德国的《尤利西斯》。
  
30年代后,法西斯在德国猖獗,黑塞对社会前途陷入深深的怀疑与绝望之中,但他仍不倦地从东西方宗教与哲学中寻求理想世界,《东方之行》(1932)、《玻璃球游戏》(1943)正是这一时期追求与探索的结晶。
  
黑塞被雨果·巴尔称为德国浪漫派最后一位骑士,这说明他在艺术上深受浪漫主义诗歌的影响。他热爱大自然,厌倦都市文明,作品多采用象征手法,文笔优美细腻;由于受精神分析影响,他的作品着重在精神领域里进行挖掘探索,无畏而诚实地剖析内心,因此他的小说具有心理的深度。1946年,"由于他的富于灵感的作品具有遒劲的气势和洞察力,也为崇高的人道主义理想和高尚风格提供一个范例",黑塞获诺贝尔文学奖。

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重点单词
  • obstaclen. 障碍,绊脚石
  • sacredadj. 神圣的,受尊重的
  • fell动词fall的过去式 n. 兽皮 vt. 砍伐,击倒 a
  • elegantadj. 优雅的,精美的,俊美的
  • spokev. 说,说话,演说
  • rareadj. 稀罕的,稀薄的,罕见的,珍贵的 adj. 煎得
  • silencen. 沉默,寂静 vt. 使安静,使沉默
  • sinkn. 接收端,沟渠,污水槽,散热器 vi. 下沉,下落,
  • strivevi. 奋斗,努力,力求