台港诗人删改名诗平议

A Pertinent Discuss on the Revising of Poems by Poets in Taiwan and Hong Kong

删诗、改诗本属"文章作法"的题中之义,改得好可使作品锦上添花,改得不好会成为文坛笑柄,哪怕是有"桂冠诗人"之称的名家,也不例外。改诗难于做诗。为名家删改有定评的诗作,更是一种危险的做法。改者用自己的诗学观和写作方法强加于人,欠科学。不少人都认为余光中的修改过于武断,轻薄前贤不过是为了证明自己比戴望舒更高明而已。蓝海文为了实践自己的传统诗观,防止诗坛被"西化"污染,便操起解剖刀大改包括余光中在内的台湾著名诗人作品,引发许多人的非议。改写名诗这一现象的出现,还说明港台新诗不仅联系密切,在互为借鉴时还产生过冲突。

Revising is an indispensable part of composing a poem.A good modification can make the works better,but if not,it can become a laughingstock in the literary world.Revise a poem is more difficult than writing one,no exception for the so-called"Poet laureate".And it’s a dangerous practice to modify poems with definite comments for famous writers.It is unscientific for the reviser to impose their own poetics and writing methods on others.Many people think that Yu Guangzhong’s revision is too arbitrary,and that he belittles his predecessors just to prove that he is superior to Dai Wangshu.In order to practice his traditional view of poetry and prevent the poetic world from being westernized,Lan Haiwen revised the works of famous Taiwan Poets including Yu Guangzhong with a scalpel,which caused many people’s criticism.The phenomenon of rewriting famous poems also shows that Hong Kong and Taiwan’s new poems are not only closely related,but also conflict when they learn from each other.