鳥創意的窩

The Lake Isle of Innisfree

I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made:
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.

And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;
There midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet's wings.

I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart's core.

一直以來，我都是在心中默念這首詩，或僅是瀏覽著，卻沒想過要大聲念出來。的確，如楊照所說的，讀詩彷彿耕種水稻田，你放進愈多勞力，土地會回饋你愈多愈好的稻米；而你讀詩讀得愈勤奮頻繁，詩會還你更多的回報，每一次，都會產生不同的收穫。

讀起這首詩來，便會發現這是一首快不起來的詩。每一個字，都是分開獨立的，除了Innisfree是三個音節因此得以念得比較順外，整首詩針對文字所做的設計，便是對於『快讀』的阻撓，重覆出現的長母音的字，讓這首詩的音樂性顯得強烈，描述的內容卻是自然清新，彷彿當"I will arise and go"之後，那身處在田園生活的愜意便會成真，"peace comes dropping slow"就在眼前。

有空的時候，請念念這首詩，請聽聽自己唱這首歌的聲音。