一块小黑板和一个修车摊，就是他触手可及的诗和远方 | 'Poem' Dream

2017年，《中国诗词大会》的舞台上，出现了一位朴实的修车师傅，王海军。

In 2017, an earthy bicycle repairer appeared on the stage of the TV show "Chinese Poetry Conference." His name is Wang Haijun.

Wang Haijun in a TV show aired by CCTV-10 in 2017. /CCTV Screenshot

王海军今年67岁，是内蒙古人，从小喜欢读书写字。

Wang, 67, was born in Inner Mongolia, and he loved reading since he was little.

但是，家里条件不好，需要劳动力一起挣工分。于是，小学四年级，王海军的父亲勒令他回家放羊。

However, when he was in the fourth grade, Wang had to drop out of school because his father wanted him to herd sheep to make a little bit extra.

“我父亲对文化这一块，确实不怎么在意。”王海军说，“我当时也不愿意去。我是背着书包，带着泪花去的。”因为和父亲赌气，他有两个月都不肯好好放羊，敷衍了事。

"My father didn't care much about education," recalled Wang. "I was very reluctant. I went for the herd with my backpack and tears in my eyes." Being angry of his father, Wang deliberately slacked off at work for two months.

但后来，王海军拗不过父亲，不得不接受现实。“反正学校是回不去了。”他说，“而且，不好好放羊也很对不起我父亲，毕竟他也是为了撑起这个家。”

However, he had to accept the reality. "Going back to school was not an option," he continued, "and slacking off only put more burden on my father's shoulder. He just wanted to earn the bread for the family." 

Wang Haijun. 

从此，王海军就养成了白天干活，晚上读书的习惯。《三国演义》《唐诗三百首》是他最爱的书，百读不厌。“那时候附近也不可能有“新华书店”，所以都是借书看的，一本书都给翻烂了。”

From then on, Wang only reads after a day's work. "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Three Hundred Tang Poems" were his favorite books. "There weren't any bookstores around, so I borrowed them from others. I read them so much that the pages began to tear off."

“那时候晚上点灯也费油，油得用油票买，家里人有点怨气，但也没有阻拦过我。”除了爱读书，王海军一直过着庄稼人的普通日子，“看书不影响干活，就是影响睡觉。”

"At night I need to burn the oil lamps. The oil was rare and can only be bought with tickets. The family members were a bit upset, but they didn't stop me." Besides, Wang was no different from other workers. "Reading never held my work back. I just felt a bit lack of sleep."

Reading in the candle light.

大概三十年前，王海军和老伴跟着子女移居到石家庄。为了补贴家用，他支了个小摊，给人修自行车。

About 30 years from now, Wang and his wife moved to Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei Province with their kids. He set up a stall and repair bicycles for more family income.

在修车方面，他也有自己的一套哲学。

He has his principles while repairing bicycles.

“我就觉得一条，别人花钱让你干活，你就得干好。”这是王海军心中朴实的庄稼人逻辑，“我给你修一次，尽量不让你坏第二次，我干活是不会返工的。”而且，打气之类的小事，他从来不收钱。别人需要用什么工具，他也免费借给别人用，只要不给他拿走了。

"I'm paid, so I must do the job well. That's the first thing." It's a simple logic Wang gets as a peasant. "I don't want to repair the same thing twice, so I try my best every time." Also, he doesn't charge anything for small favors like inflating the tires and lending tools, as long as people don't take the tools away.

久而久之，大家都很信任他。修车的时候，把车往那儿一放就走了。

His service has won the trust of his costumer. Some people even leave their bicycles at his stall without worrying.

总的来说，修车的工作不算忙碌，王海军有很多时间可以看书。有一次，他在广播节目中听到了一个残疾女孩写诗的故事，深受打动。就着外孙的铅笔头和轮胎包装盒，他开始写起了自己的诗。晚上家人都睡了，他就打着手电筒写。他还从收废品的师傅那里找来了一个小黑板，在上面写自己诗然后挂在修车铺里。如果有人能帮他改一个字，他就请人喝一瓶啤酒。

The job is not busy, so Wang has time to read. Once, he heard in a radio program that a disabled girl wrote some excellent poems. Encouraged by the story, Wang began to write his own poems on the back of the package paper of the tires with a pencil left by his grandson. At night, when all of the family are asleep, he writes with a torch in the dark. He even got a small blackboard from the recyclers and put verses on it. He hangs the chalkboard in his stall and asks the passers-by to help him improve his poems. If anybody's advice is adopted, he will buy him or her a bottle of beer. 

Asking for advice. 

“我的诗写的都是我看到的东西。”王海军说，“像大江东去浪淘尽这种气势的，我水平不够，写不出来。”

"I only write about things I see," Wang grinned. "I'm not good enough to write imposing verses like 'The endless river eastward flows, with its huge waves are gone all those gallant heroes of bygone years'."

“雪后兔儿印，风烈草原寒，露趾拾干粪，母等柴屋暖。”这是写小时候，冬天穿着破了洞的袜子去捡干粪回来生火的经历。

"Hares leave footprints on the snow, over the cold grassland the wind blows. I pick poudrette with toes sticking out from my socks, while mother waits to warm up the hall." This one is based on his childhood experience.

“技精修晨暮，芳声半池城。”这是写他早出晚归出摊修车，得到众人的口碑称赞。

"The dawn and the twilight witness my skills, the fragrant reputation resounds in half the city." This poem describes the reputation he earns as a bicycle repairer.

 During his "break".

他修车的地方紧挨着一个小广场，有跳舞的，打篮球的，哄小孩的，各种各样的情景，都能成为他的素材。

There's a small plaza beside his stall where the locals dance, play basketball and hang around with their kids. Everything can be in Wang's poems.

2017年，当被邀请参加《中国诗词大会》时，王海军还以为“是骗人的”，因为自己只是一个偶尔写写诗的修车师傅。“现在想来，能够在那个舞台上念我自己的诗，还是很好的一个经历。”他说。

In 2017, when Wang was invited to "Chinese Poetry Congress," he thought "it was a fraud," because he never imagined that people would recognize the verses written by a bicycle repairer. "But it turned out to be a great experience, reading my poems on the stage in front of so many people," he said.

节目播出之后，他的自行车摊也热闹起来，来和他讨论诗词的人越来越多。“可以说这圆了我的一场梦。诗歌是属于任何人的。哪怕是一个普通的修车师傅，也可以有自己的诗歌梦。”

After the show, many people came to his stall to discuss poetry with him. "It feels like a dream come true. Poetry belongs to everyone. Even a bicycle repairer like me can still dream about such a poetic life."

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