浪漫德國之旅(三) @ Micky Walker

浪漫德國之旅(三)

第五天的行程是搭船遊萊茵河。郵輪起點是緬因茲(Mainz)，終點是科隆(Cologne)，全程需費時11小時，而觀光重點便是欣賞萊茵河(Rhine)沿岸的城堡。我們買的德國鐵路通行證(German Rail Pass)有送一趟免費的萊茵河郵輪之行。於是我們一大早就起床趕公車、火車到緬因茲，在一個好心的美國黑人帶路下，及時搭上郵輪(Koln-Dusseldorf KD German Rhine on the Rhine)。萊茵河最精華的一段就是從緬因茲到科伯倫茲(Koblenz)，需費時約5小時25分。由於我們時間有限，於是我們就搭緬因茲到科伯倫茲這一段，再搭火車到科隆，由科隆搭機飛回倫敦。

The fifth day of the trip in Germany is to take a boat trip on Rhine. The boat trip departs from Mainz and arrives at Cologne, which takes about 11 hours. We can take a boat trip to get the excellent view of castles along the river. The German rail pass we bought includes free transportation on the boats Köln-Düsseldorf KD Germain Rhine on the Rhine (Köln-Mainz). The boat departs at 8:45 am in Mainz. Therefore, we have to get up very early to catch the first bus and then catch the train fro Heidelberg to Mainz. We met a friendly American-African who led us the short cut to the port. We took the boat trip from Mainz to Koblenz, which took us more than 5 hours. We didn’t have too much time, so we had to take the boat trip, and then take the train to Cologne. After that, we would fly back to London.

洛麗萊之岩：相傳有位女妖會坐在岩上，引吭高歌誘惑往來的水手，與她一探水底世界。德國浪漫派詩人---海涅，及由此傳說得到靈感而寫了一首詩，從此，洛麗萊又因這絕美的詩更成為萊茵河的浪漫表徵。

The Loreley: It is said that a lady would sit on the rock to tempt sailors into the world of water by her bewitching voices. Heine, a German romantic poet, wrote a poem according to the legend so that the Loreley has become the romantic symbol of Rhine.

洛麗萊 海涅 The Loreley By Heinrich Heine

傳說，若來到這裡， I wonder why I am so weary

毫無來由地 What’s making me so depressed?

憂鬱即沁入心底 It must be the tale old and dreary

黃昏，逼近萊茵河面 That’s’ keeping my mind quite obsessed.

夕陽，燃燒山的盡頭 The air is cool, night is sinking.

一個少女 And quietly’s flowing the Rhine.

在岩上， The tops of the mountains are blinking.

用金黃的梳子 In purple-red sun-setting shine.

一邊梳髮

一邊歌唱 There’s sitting high up in the light.

歌聲裡 A maiden so beautiful, fair.

彷彿具有奪人心魂的魔力 Her jewels are glistening bright.

船夫 She combs her gold shimmering hair.

忘了操槳

看不見暗礁 Her comb is of most precious gold.

只忘神的注視少女 She’s combing and singing so sweet.

Bewitching young fishers and old.

終於 Their hearts start to quiver and beat.

船翻人溺

葬身波濤裡 There’s a man in his boat on the river.

啊!洛麗萊 He cannot but listen and share.

(中譯文字取自陳曉南譯， A longing is making him shiver.

志文出版社海涅抒情詩選一書) Look out, the rock’s ledge, on beware!

I feel there’s a crash, the boat sinking.

The man will be swallow and gone.

And that with melodious singing.

The Loreley will have gone.

萊茵河沿岸是歐洲種植葡萄的最北線，是德國境內最大的葡萄酒產地，因此這裡的白酒品質絕佳。去年底的歐洲十國之旅，唯一經過德國的地方，St. Goar，聖高爾，今年又舊地重遊。這是我們在船上發現的娃娃，我稱她為櫻桃妹，因為她的帽子上有兩顆可愛的紅櫻桃，我們看她的時間比看城堡的時間多，因為她長得時再是太可愛了!害我想嫁給德國人也生一個那麼可愛的洋娃娃!

We can see vineyard along Rhine, therefore “Rhenish” (white wine) is the best quality. (Right) St. Gore: the only town we pass by when we took a trip around west Europe last Christmas. (Left) Cherry Baby: This is the baby girl that we met on the boat. I called her”Cherry Baby” because there are two cherries on her hat. We cannot take our eyes off her because she is really cute, smile always on her face. She is such a cute baby girl that I wanna marry a German to have a baby like her.