散文群诵《生命》  韩少功

 

原文：

你看出了一条狗的寒冷，给它垫上温暖的棉絮，它躲在棉絮里以后会久久地看着你。它不能说话，只能用这种方式表达它的感激。

你看到一只鸟受伤了，将它从猫嘴里夺下来，用药水疗治它的伤口，给它食物，然后将它放飞林中。它飞到树梢上也会回头看你，同样不能说话，只有用这种方式铭记你的救助。它们毕竟是低智能动物，也许很快会忘记这一切，将来再见你的时候，目光十分陌生，漫不经心，东张西望，追逐它们的食物和快乐，它们不会注意你肩上的木犁或者柴捆。它们不会像很多童话里描述的那样送来珍珠宝石，也不会在你渴毙路途的时候，在你嘴唇上滴下甘露。它们甚至再也不会回头。但它们长久地凝视过你，好像一心要知道更多关于你的事情，好像希望能尽可能记住你的面容，决心做出动物能力以外的什么事情。

这一刻很快就会过去。但有了这一刻，世界就不再是原来的世界，不再是没有过这一刻的世界。感激和信任的目光消失了，但感激和信任弥散在大山里，群山就有了温暖，有了亲切。某一天，你在大山里行走的时候，大山给你一片树阴；你在一条草木覆盖的暗沟前失足的时候，大山垫给你一块石头或者借给你一根树枝，阻挡你危险地下坠。在那个时候，你就会感触到一只狗或一只鸟的体温，在石头里，在树梢里。

                           Life

                                                     Han Shaogong

 

When you perceive the cold of a dog and warm it with a cotton bedding, it may gaze at you a long time after huddling in the kennel. This is the dog’s only way to express its gratitude, for it can't speak.  

 

When you notice the danger of a wounded bird, rescue it from a cat's mouth, heal it with potion, provide it with food, and finally release it into the woods, it may look back at you, too, after flying to a treetop. And like the dog, it is unable to speak, only to show in such a way that it remembers your help. They are, after all, low-intelligence creatures and may soon forget all this. When they happen to see you someday again, they may look at you with strange and careless eyes, and presently turn to look for food and pleasure, paying no attention to the plough or the faggot on your shoulder. They do not bring you pearls and gems, as many fairy tales describe, nor do they drop nectar on your lips when you are dying of thirst. Moreover, they may never look back. But they gazed at you a long time, as if wanting to know more about you, to remember your face as much as possible, and determining to do something beyond what creatures can do.

 

This moment may soon pass by. But with this moment, the world is no longer the same, no longer the world without this moment. Gone are the eyes of gratitude and trust, but with gratitude and trust spreading in mountain, the mountain has warmth and intimacy. One day, when you walk in the mountain, the mountain may offer you a pleasant shade. If you lose your footing in a ravine covered by grass and trees, the mountain may render you a stone or lend you a branch to stop you from falling into danger. At that moment, you can feel the warmth of a dog or a bird, in the stone or at the treetop.