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2004-04-29甄春亮

世界文化 2004年3期
关键词:老槐画夹浅滩

翟 爽 甄春亮

水静静地向东流淌,上面浮动的雾气缓缓地向四处打散着,整个河岸像一只大船,朝着反方向游移。河边的垂柳,还有那一片老槐,荡在空气中的是甜甜的兰花香。是她教我辨出这种气味,伴随着,伴随着,我无法不想起她。

散落的花瓣撒在草丛间,有的则飘零于水中,那时她总说:“落花有意,流水无情。留下的花待明年重生,离开的花随水流向未知的世界。”花如果永不凋谢该有多好!如今我独自来此欣赏海河,没有人与我同行。

看着那儿时玩过的浅滩,仿佛上面还浮现着她坐在那等我的背影,而浅滩上空,又回荡起我童年的嬉笑声。那时我总是突然不知去向,她焦急地四处寻找,寻到后就把我搂在怀里,轻轻地说:“乖!在河边可不能乱跑,在我能看见你的地方玩不好吗?”我顽皮地冲她点头,可转眼间就又不见了。如今我来此拾回滩边往事,而她已不在这里等待。

阳光开始照耀,水面波光粼粼,我又看见鱼儿雀跃起来,远远的小船上飘来悠悠笛声,隐隐看到渔人在撒网。曾经,是她在此背影下静静陪在我身边,看我写生,那爬满沧桑的手总是为我提着画夹、水壶,而我每每抬眼望她,她那执著而慈祥的目光总会落在我稚嫩的脸庞上。

我知道,只要沿着河边走下去,我就可以找到所有关于她的记忆。

又见这晃眼的石榴花,经风吹过,便留下满地的落英。尤记得那时,她总是弯下腰将此收集,待我盥洗时,便把它们悄悄放入水中,那残留在身上的花香正是这幽幽的芬芳,如今她的爱,我再也不能忘。

这片天地被我模拟成那时的样子,光阴成了一名过客。我就这样迎着记忆向前走,渐渐的我开始伤感了。我追问自己:“是什么造就了你今日的伤感?而为什么这些伤感又会令你感到无尽的苍桑?”后来,我终于有了答案:是时间、是分离、是爱。很久以来她的爱都不曾离开过我的心,我知道美好的东西只需稳妥地把它藏在心里就好了,而在这些离别的苦痛过后,能让人懂得的应该还有珍惜。

The river flows down quietly eastward. Morning mist that shrouds the waters is slowly scattering in different direction. The bank seems to be a large boat that sails up westweard. Weeping willows stoop over the river and there are a number of locust trees that have grown there for ages. A sweet scent of the orchid is wafted in the air. It is she who told me how to recognize itsunique fragrance. Immersed in the pervasive aroma of the flowers, bit by bit I cannot but recall her.

When she saw withered flowers fallen on the grass or floating in the waters, she would say with emotion, "Shedding petals, the waterside flower pines for love, while the heartless brook babbles on. The living orchid will blossom next year but the dead flowers are carried away by the waters to the unknown world." How I wish flowers would never wilt! But now I am roaming along the Haihe River alone without companions.

At sight of the ford where I used to play in my childhood, I feel as if the inverted image of her sitting near it is still reflected in the shallow water, and the air over it is again resonant with shouts and peals of merry laughter. In those days I used to run out of her sight all of a sudden. She, anxious and worried, would look for me everywhere until she found me, and she would wrap me in her arms and say gently, "Honey, you must not run about by the riverside. Play where I can spot you, won't you? I would nod with a naughty expression but disappear in the twinkling of an eye. Now I come back to the dried riverbed to recollect the past events but she is not waiting for me there.

The sun shines. The water shimmers in the sun-light. Again I see fish jumping out of waters. From a distant fishing boat comes the delightful melody someone plays on his flute and an indistinct shadow of a man is casting net into the river. It is she who once quietly sat beside me, watching me paint the view from the bank and carrying my painting folder and a bottle of water in her wrinkled hands. Each time when I raised my head to look at her, she was eying me with a benign smile, revealing her confi-dence in me.

I know if I walk along the riverbank, I will bring all the recollections of her.

Again I see the dazzling pomegranate flowers. A gust of wind sends them falling everywhere on the ground. I still remember she bent down to pick up the fallen petals and quietly put them into the warm water when I took a bath so that I faintly smelt of the sweet-smelling flower. Now I shall never forget her love for me.

I imagine that time passes but the whole place I stand in at present is exactly the same to that many years ago. As I roam along the river and more and more events in the past are brought to mind, a sense of sorrow arises in me. I ask myself, "Where does your sorrow come from? Why does it make you feel you have experienced so much?" Later on I get the answer: The very things that cause endless grief in me are passage of time, the final separation and her eternal love. Her love has never deserted me for many years. Once I thought it enough to safely bury those dear memories in my heart. However after the painful experience of our final separation it dawns on me I should also cherish those dear memories.

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