盼頭

Something to Look Forward to

楊航

Yang Hang

細娃盼過年，大人盼開春。兒時，對于大人的盼是不能理解的，但過年，對我來說，可是一年的大盼頭了。過年，不但好玩，且有肉吃，那氣氛是迷人的。年一過，又盼日子快些流，好流來又一個春節。

Little children look forward to the arrival of lunar New Year, adults to that of spring. When a child I could't understand what the elders hoped for. But New Year's Day was always the greatest red-letter day of all the year, for it meant the nicest food as well as a lot of fun, which was really fascinating. As soon as the festival was over, another one was my dream and I wished time flew as fast as possible.

在盼中，日子真的流得飛快，轉眼上了小學，繼而初中，然后高中，最后大學；盼的欲望更加強烈，盼的內容也漸漸豐富了：盼有好成績畢業，盼有一份好工作，盼事業有成，盼掙錢替父母分憂，盼有一個好愛人……不知不覺，天天踩著石階而上，自己竟成了一個大男人，一個掙錢養家糊口的忙碌人了。

Days spent in expectation come and go really very fast. Very soon I finished primary school, went to junior and senior middle school, and finally to college; with ever greater desire for more varied things: for graduation with honours, for an ideal job, for a successful career, for more earnings to share my parents' burden, for a satisfactory life...Climbing the upward steps of hope I had become a fully grown man before I was aware of it, a busy breadwinner with a family on my hands.

生活開始變得復雜。然而，無論自己是否變得庸俗，變得偉大，盼頭依然天天有：盼信件，盼稿件被采用，盼發獎金，盼某事滿意結果，盼一次聚會、一次旅行……人就在盼中找到了依托。

Life began to show its various facets. Whether I have turned more vulgar or great, I have always something to look forward to. It may be arrival of a letter, publication of an article, the bonus-distributing day, a gratifying result of something, a get-together or a pleasure trip...Such expectations serve as a prop to a person's faith in life.

沒有盼頭的日子是蒼白不可想象的。人，得天天有點什么盼頭，生活才不至于暗淡。有了盼頭，會覺得太陽每天都是新的。不管是望梅止渴，還是畫餅充饑，它都會激勵你不停手中的槳，去追逐哪怕是一星微小的火光。

A day without hope would be unimaginably pale. There must be something to look forward to each day to brighten one's life and keep it out of shadows. To a person cherishing hopes every morning rises a new sun. Even if it is a fantasy or an illusion, so long as it shows a ray of hope it still urges you on in pursuit of that little sparkle without letup.

土地去掉水份，就成了沙漠；人沒有了盼，還剩什么？小盼頭支撐人的一天，大盼頭支撐人的一生。

人，是絕不能沒有盼頭的。

Deprived of moisture content, soil turns into desert. Deprived of hope, what is there left to a person? A small hope sustains a person for a day, a great one for a lifetime.

Human beings cannot do without something to look forward to.

（喬萍 瞿淑蓉 宋洪瑋 編著）

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