「現在」的臣僕／帝皇：論周夢蝶詩中的時間意識

Servant of“the Present”/ The Emperor: The consciousness of time in Chou Meng Tieh’s poetry

周夢蝶詩出入現實人間與佛理禪思，於雪、火之間往復取鑄，唯「時間」意識豐實而光燦，始終於其中經緯穿行。本文聚焦於「現在」維度，擬從三個面向依序展開論述。首先，考察周夢蝶透視、觀照時間的方式和角度。詩人巧將時間擬人譬物，空間化、幻化、情感化時間，並截斷眾流佇立於「現在」。其次，究析周夢蝶如何耽溺於「現在」的尋覓、凝思和逗留。時間曖昧馳止、不可逆反，詩人卻相信擁有「現在」便獲得通向永恆的鑰匙。再次，辯證詩人悠遊於孤獨國中，自由而在，既臣服「現在」，且役使「現在」，每個「現在」都擴散出全方位的自在、自由與自主；宜沉思徘徊，亦可從容逍遙。

The poetry of Chou Meng-Tieh include realistic and non-realistic, and between snow and fire, however, only‘time’crossed longitude and latitude. He obsessed over time, leaned on it to meditate and incept the dream. The consciousness of time was overwhelming and brightening within his poetry. This article focused on‘the Present’to discuss the consciousness of time in Chou Meng-Tieh’s poems with three dimensions. Firstly, to investigate the Chou’s view and method on‘time’per se. The poet sophisticatedly generates and ingeniously humanifies the time as things, or spatializes, virtualizes, and quantifies that. The time stands on the cutting stream as a spot of present. Secondly, to explore how Chou dedicated finding, thinking, and staying in‘the Present’. The poet understands the ambiguous‘Present’, and believes that having‘the Present’could obtain the key to the eternity. Lastly, to demonstrate poet’s hesitation in lonely kingdom, not just surrender in but enslave‘the Present’. Every‘the present’diffused overwhelming comfort, freedom, and autonomy. The lonely kingdom with timeless has comprehensive of freedom, unrestrained and autonomy. The time crystallized in the kingdom which made him ponder and ample freely.