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斯卡波罗集市----<<毕业生>>插曲

第一次听这首歌是看《毕业生》，觉得是天籁之音。后来才知道这首歌是来自凯尔特人
民歌，有一个神秘的名字《斯卡波罗集市》，沧桑感顿然而生。该集市也许已经消失在
历史尘烟深处，浅吟低唱的还有什么呢？王朝帝国，功名利禄，都成过眼云烟。歌功颂
德，刻意迎奉的也不会长久。几千年来人们争相传颂还是爱情，友谊，亲情，抗争，和
平，自由。例如关关雎鸠，在河之洲；例如执子之手，与子偕老；例如我有嘉宾，鼓瑟
吹笙；例如硕鼠硕鼠，无食我黍。。。。。几千年后，人性依然如此。人类生而孤独，
唯有真爱可以慰藉心灵。

正因此，喜欢这个诗经版的翻译（可惜作者不详），很是雅致。把歌词背后演绎成一个
离乡征夫与昔日佳人的故事。“争斗缘何，久忘其旨；痴而不觉，寒笳悲嘶”。这是人
类的悲哀，也是无数人间悲剧的渊薮。反观己身，雄心消退，碌碌无为，无长剑可拭。
谋豆梁于荒郊，忆韶华于寒夜，唯余“眠而不觉，寒笳清嘶”。

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Simon and Garfunkel原唱，歌词内容如下：

问尔所之，是否如适 Are you going to Scarborough Fair
蕙兰芫荽，郁郁香芷 Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
彼方淑女，凭君寄辞 Remember me to one who lives there
伊人曾在，与我相知 She once was a true love of mine

嘱彼隹人，备我衣缁 Tell her to make me a cambric shirt
蕙兰芫荽，郁郁香芷 Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
勿用针剪，无隙无疵 Without no seams nor needle work
伊人何在，慰我相思 Then she will be a true love of mine
彼山之阴，深林荒址 On the side of hill in the deep forest green
冬寻毡毯，老雀燕子 Tracing of sparrow on snow crested brown
雪覆四野，高山迟滞 Blankets and bed clothes the child of maintain
眠而不觉，寒笳清嘶 Sleeps unaware of the clarion call

嘱彼隹人，营我家室 Tell her to find me an acre of land
蕙兰芫荽，郁郁香芷 Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
伊人应在，任我相视 Then she will be a true love of mine

彼山之阴，叶疏苔蚀 On the side of hill a sprinkling of leaves
涤彼孤冢，珠泪渐撤 Washes the grave with slivery tears
昔我长剑，日日拂拭 A soldier cleans and polishes a gun
寂而不觉，寒笳长嘶 Sleeps unaware of the clarion call

良田所修，大海之坻 Between the salt water and the sea strand
嘱彼隹人，收我秋实 Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather
蕙兰芫荽，郁郁香芷 Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
敛之集之，勿弃勿失 And gather it all in a bunch of heather
伊人犹在，唯我相誓 Then she will be a ture love of mine

烽火印啸，浴血之师 War bellows blazing in scarlet battalions
将帅有令，勤王之事 Generals order their soldiers to kill and to fight for a cause
争斗缘何，久忘其旨 They have long ago forgotten
痴而不觉，寒笳悲嘶 Sleeps unaware of the clarion call

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WPtrLrR7Zw