加拿大Lovesick Lake (慯情湖)的故事 The Legend of Lovesick Lake

 

 

加拿大多倫多市向北大约200公里有一个渡假的地方叫做 Lovesick Lake (慯情湖)，是一个自然环境保护區。那里風景美麗，湖水清澈。秋天樹葉轉變多彩的顏色，反眏在湖水中。遊人都贊嘆這大自然美景，流連忘返。

在湖中央有一个狹窄的水落差，水流湍急，形成一个似瀑布的急流。很多年輕人或冒險者喜歡在此泛独木舟，從上游急冲而下，驚險百出.

近公路旁一間餐館叫 Lovesick Lake Restaurant 餐館的菜單後面印有一个簡畧的故事:

大約二百多年前，這里是印第安 Kawarthas 族人的聚居地。酋長有一个年輕美麗的女兒，她愛上了同族的一个碩健英俊的男子。在一个月明的節日睌上，两人有机會相處。女的向対方表達愛意，但遭到男的拒絕，因為他已愛上別人。之後那姑娘羞愧伤心，出走到這湖附近，幽幽而终！

因为这件事人们便叫這湖為 "Lovesick Lake".

多情自古空餘恨，此恨綿绵無绝期！


The Legend of Lovesick Lake

The most interesting lake in the Kawarthas in terms of its name, Lovesick lake area is the most picturesque and romantic spot. The story depicts a young Indian woman named Polly Cow, daughter of “Handsome Jack” Cow, who was the good looking, charismatic Indian Chief of the early 1800’s. “Handsome Jack” Cow was one of the most powerful chiefs in the Kawarthas. Polly inherited her father’s physical beauty and was reported to have been the most beautiful Indian maiden of all. She fell in love with an Indian brave, who rejected her love. Heartbroken, she fled to a deserted island on the lake and nearly died of lovesickness. No one knows what became of this beautiful Indian maiden, therefore after many centuries, the lake was named “Lovesick”.

(背景音乐:The Music Box by Frank Mills 加國鋼琴師)