古语云:智者乐水,仁者乐山。今人曰:美者乐花,静者乐草。2020年11月27日正值上海深秋初冬之际,外语学院工会举办了插花表演和学习活动,请教职工们亲近花草、与鲜花面对面。
下午一点,老师们走进摆满了鲜花、绿草、花泥、花篮的校工会活动室,团团围坐,首先听花艺师介绍花艺的流派、欧式插花步骤、插花选材、当日鲜花的品种和花语、如何选择花礼等。接着,花艺师现场表演和讲解插花,老师们也随之亲自动手、挑选心仪的花篮,以各自的解读和审美开始精心布局、巧手插花。时间在流逝,但是在绿草的烘托下、鲜花的清香中,老师们忘记了时间的存在、工作的压力和生活的烦恼,眼里、心里只有那花香与花美。
最后,大家抱着自己满意的插花作品——鲜花与花篮,展露笑颜,与花艺师合影留恋。一小时的活动虽然结束了,但是花性之平等、清净、知足、知恩、自爱、慎独的精神,让我们有了领略和感悟。
在此,以一首纪伯伦的《花之歌》送给每位老师,祝愿大家心中春常在、花样人生来!
花之歌
纪伯伦
我是大自然的话语,大自然说出来,又收回去,藏在心间,然后又说一遍……
我是星星,从苍穹坠落在绿茵中。
我是诸元素之女:冬将我孕育,春使我开放,夏让我成长,秋令我昏昏睡去。
我是亲友之间交往的礼品,我是婚礼的冠冕,我是生者赠予死者最后的祭献。
清早,我同晨风一道光明欢迎;傍晚,我又与群鸟一起为它送行。
我在原野上摇曳,使原野风光更加旖旎;我在清风中呼吸,使清风芬芳馥郁。我微睡时,黑夜星空的千万颗亮晶晶的眼睛对我察看;我醒来时,白昼的那只硕大无朋的独眼向我凝视。
我饮着朝露酿成的琼浆,听着小鸟的鸣啭、歌唱;我婆娑起舞,芳草为我鼓掌。我总是仰望高空,对光明心驰神往;我从不顾影自怜,也不孤芳自赏。而这些哲理,人类尚未完全领悟。
Song of the Flower
I am a kind word uttered and repeated
By the voice of Nature;
I am a star fallen from the
Blue tent upon the green carpet.
I am the daughter of the elements
With whom Winter conceived;
To whom Spring gave birth; I was
Reared in the lap of Summer and I
Slept in the bed of Autumn.
At dawn I unite with the breeae
To announce the coming of light;
At eventide I join the birds
In bidding the light farewell.
The plains are decorated with
My beautiful colors, and the air
Is scented with my fragrance.
As I embrace Slumber the eyes of
Night watch over me, and as I
Awaken I stare at the sun, which is
The only eye of the day.~
I drink dew for wine, and hearken to
The voices of the birds, and dance
To the rhythmic swaying of the grass.
I am the lover's gift; I am the wedding wreath;
I am the memory of a moment of happiness;
I am the last gift of the living to the dead;
I am a part of joy and a part of sorrow.
But I look up high to see only the light,
And never look down to see my shadow.
This is wisdom which man must learn.