小女人的一天

周六睡到自然醒，简单拾掇一下和球友去打了一个小时的羽毛球，按说就我那点三脚猫功夫，随便找块空地挥舞两拍子，也就相般配了。可是正规场地有点郑重其事的意味，连带着自我感觉运动感都加强了一点。

中饭后睡了一个悠长而饱满的午觉，慵懒、闲适地抓过刘索拉的一本散文随笔集《你活着因为你有同类》，阳台上是欲阴还晴的散射光，很适合阅读。于是花了两个小时的时间分翻完了这本淡盐水一样的小书，没有特别大的收获，也没有什么坏处，其间以Yoga的站姿、跪姿和坐姿频繁交替，从生理到心理有着双层的淡淡的满足。

看刘索拉是因为相信她会自然流露一些音乐的气息，那本《你别无选择》是少有的一直刻在少女时期记忆里的一本小说，那群大学生，而且是学音乐的大学生，会启发一个女中学生的多少憧憬啊！

果然不出所料，那篇《“非典”时期的音乐情调供参考》当场成了我的音乐指南。虽然不是单身，还是听话地从她为单身人的建议开始。单单是你由睡梦中挣开眼睛的清晨，还在迷朦、恍惚中就可以选择两个歌手开始你新的一天。感谢网络，毫不费力地找到被称作灵歌皇后的Aretha Franklin，听的是那首很有名的respect，的确是好，歌声宽阔厚实、勾心撕肺，一段配器引起我特别的好感，可能是号吧，如云雀轻盈灵动，与她的富有穿透力的重金属音色形成一个跳跃的反衬，和声也好，温润妥帖。搜索了她的简介，一个非洲后裔的美国籍Pop界的巨星，一路由60年代直入90年代而不坠，94年更获得葛莱美终生贡献奖，摇滚名人殿堂的首位女杰。图片上看，健康丰腴、中气十足，象我们在荧屏上惯常见到的黑人女歌手。

据刘索拉说，清晨拉开窗帘对视阳光的同时，犒赏耳朵的另一个选择就是Bob Marley，来自牙买加的雷鬼音乐教父。什么是雷鬼音乐？借助网络很快了解到一鳞半爪：雷鬼Reggae音乐发源于牙买加，60年代相当盛行，其根源来自New Orleans的R&B。据说有一年夏天非常炎热，牙买加黑人无法在高温的户外弹奏节奏的音乐和跳舞。乐手就放慢音乐，形成了 Reggae音乐。Reggae这个词代表牙买加不修边幅的舞蹈形式。我还查到了这样的基本描述，“音乐型态雷鬼（Reggae）音乐结合了传统非洲节奏，美国的节奏蓝调及原始牙买加民俗音乐这种风格包含了弱拍中音节省略，向上拍击的吉他弹奏，以及人声合唱。歌词多以拉斯特法里(牙买加黑人教派) 的宗教传统为主，强调社会，政治及人文的关怀。”

我“摆渡”了他的音乐试听，最先是那首著名的“No Woman No Cry”，我甚至找到了中英文歌词。No Woman No Cry
No, woman, no cry;
No, woman, no cry;
No, woman, no cry;
No, woman, no cry.

Said - said - said: I remember when we used to sit
In the government yard in Trenchtown,
Oba - obaserving the 'ypocrites
As they would mingle with the good people we meet.
Good friends we have, oh, good friends we've lost
Along the way.
In this great future, you can't forget your past;
So dry your tears, I seh.

No, woman, no cry;
No, woman, no cry.
'Ere, little darlin', don't shed no tears:
No, woman, no cry.

Said - said - said: I remember when-a we used to sit
In the government yard in Trenchtown.
And then Georgie would make the fire lights,
As it was logwood burnin' through the nights.
Then we would cook cornmeal porridge,
Of which I'll share with you;
My feet is my only carriage,
So I've got to push on through.
But while I'm gone, I mean:
Everything's gonna be all right!
Everything's gonna be all right!
Everything's gonna be all right!
Everything's gonna be all right!

I said, everything's gonna be all right-a!
Everything's gonna be all right!
Everything's gonna be all right, now!
Everything's gonna be all right!

So, woman, no cry;
No - no, woman - woman, no cry.
Woman, little sister, don't shed no tears;
No, woman, no cry.

I remember when we used to sit
In the government yard in Trenchtown.
And then Georgie would make the fire lights,
As it was logwood burnin' through the nights.
Then we would cook cornmeal porridge,
Of which I'll share with you;
My feet is my only carriage,
So I've got to push on through.
But while I'm gone:

No, woman, no cry;
No, woman, no cry.
Woman, little darlin', say don't shed no tears;
No, woman, no cry.

Eh!　(Little darlin', don't shed no tears!
No, woman, no cry.
Little sister, don't shed no tears!
No, woman, no cry.)