https://i.mopix.cc/BM9Pfu.jpg 足球頌 [英國] Musa Okwonga (b.1979)，羅浩原 譯 這就是足球： 沒錯，在你家附近的公園裡 兩件毛衣地上左右一放標出球門 路燈就是照明燈 只有星星在當你的觀眾 這就是足球： 球場人員如理髮師精心修剪草坪 看台上永遠為喜愛的球員唱著讚歌 這就是足球： 上班日的夜晚看台上放著熱咖啡 球員們挺起胸膛對峙 卻從未真的打起來 這就是足球： 每場對戰持續一個半小時 這是印著兩隊標誌的長領巾的戰爭 你可以公平競爭，也可以撲到草坪上 這就是足球： 模仿著播報最終比分的聲音 在球員轉隊交易期 天空體育頻道宣告今天是截止日 這就是足球： 中場休息時排在上廁所、買食物的長隊末端 如傑夫.赫斯特在溫布利球場最後一秒的命運進擊 這就是足球： 開球時哼著「今日球賽」節目主題曲 你低頭不看30碼線與微顫的球門橫樑 這就是足球： 這就是恐慌 當意識到對手退守到大後方 其實是個陷阱 你的後衛們慌忙回防 這就是足球，這就是足球： 儘管護脛板都踢裂了 還在無辜地申訴 「裁判，我幾乎沒有碰到他！」 這就是足球： 不只是4-4-2或4-3-3陣型 而是當你少一人作戰，然後丟分時該怎麼做 這就是足球： 在客場踢球時承受對方的嘲弄 當你在最後一分鐘踢進致勝球時 他們就沒那麼大聲了 這就是足球： 決賽時平手 你得靠PK大戰打破僵局 可你能仰仗的只有膽量 驟死戰現在開始 這就是足球： 不是享用鮮蝦三明治的高級包廂 而是置身各國語言混雜之處 當你的球隊一比零領先 啤酒在酒吧中溢灑 這就是足球： 是言論殘酷卻公正的球迷雜誌 是你不惜轉乘巴士、飛機和火車去聲援球隊 這就是足球： 是對著牆練習，在禮堂中練習 在水泥操場上練動作 磨壞你所有的鞋子 這就是足球： 週日聯賽後拉著全隊的髒衣服回家洗 玩線上錦標賽直到睡意來襲 這就是足球： 它是頭等的大事 你可以去問問老教練比爾.辛奇利 它是球場旋轉閘門咔噠咔噠的響聲 是綽號「加扎」的保羅.加斯科因淚灑球場 這就是足球： 英格蘭足球總會出品 誕生於共濟會酒館 歷經一百五十多年的發展 這就是足球： 在所有運動中，這是我們國家的最愛 我們談論它，慶祝它 所以，如果你有酒，請舉杯 Ode to Football --Musa Okwonga This is football: Yes, jumpers for goalposts in your local park, With the lamp-posts as your floodlights, And no-one watching but the stars. This is football: Where the groundstaff cut grass with a barber's care, Where the terraces forever sing hymns to their favourite players. This is football: Hot coffee in the stands on midweek nights, This is players squaring up, But never actually starting fights. This is football: Each battle lasts an hour-and-a-half, It's that war of rival scarves, You can fight fair, or plunge to grass. This is football: Imitating that voice that reads Final Score, This is transfer-window shopping, It's Deadline Day on Sky Sports. This is football: Last in that half-time queue for the loo then food, This is Sir Geoff Hurst on Wembley's turf in destiny's pursuit. This is football: Humming Match of the Day's theme tune as it starts, Keeping your head down from thirty yards, and shivering crossbars. This is football This is panic, Your defenders scrambling back, When they realised the other team sitting deep, Was just a trap. This is football, this is football: Cracked shin pads and all, It's the innocent protest, It's the "I barely touched him, ref!" This is football: This is not just 4-4-2 or 4-3-3, This is what you do when you go one player down, and then concede. This is football: This is that banter you get at away grounds, Which when you score that last-minute winning goal, Is not so loud. This is football: Cup tie, You've gone to penalties to sever the knot, But your guts are all you've got, And sudden death now marks the spot. This is football: Not prawn sandwiches, You can find it in all languages, It's your spilled pint in the pub, When your team goes one-nil up. This is football: This is that fanzine which calls it harsh but fair, This is catching coaches, planes and trains since your club needs you there. This is football: Practised against the wall, and in the hall, It's those concrete playground moves, That have ruined all your shoes. This is football: Lugging your team's laundry home from Sunday league, This is playing online tournaments until sleep intervenes. This is football: It's a very big deal, You can ask Bill Shankly, It's that click-clack of the turnstile, It's that Gazza-needs-a-hanky. This is football: Brought to you by The Football Association, Formed in the Tavern of Freemasons, One-fifty years in the making. This is football: Of all the sports, this is our nation's favourite, And we speak to celebrate it, So if you have a drink, please raise it. --

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