這段英文是對梅西最高的讚美：他是夜空中的北極星_風聞

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2022世界盃落下帷幕。昨晚的決賽看得人心潮澎湃，阿根廷如願奪冠，梅西終於“封王”，文刀君也終於快“陽康”了。

今早讀外媒，讀到美國媒體CBS Sports對梅西的一篇特寫，文中有兩句讚美詞寫得很有文采，道出了億萬球迷的心聲，分享給各位：

（No one else has been this brilliant for this long, the best player in the world for so much of the last 15 years.） He did not burn brightly and fade awayor slowly ease his way to the pinnacle. For almost his entire career, he has been theNorth Star against which all others are judged.

把梅西比作夜空中的“北極星（North Star）”，這個隱喻真是妙極了。

北極星有什麼特點？

孔子説，“（為政以德），譬如北辰，居其所而眾星共之”。

He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it. (James Legge)

15年職業生涯，梅西並非一步步邁向巔峯，而是出道即巔峯；並非短暫閃亮過後走向黯淡，而是如那“居其所而眾星共之”的北極星，一直在那裏，一直在閃耀。

文刀君把最後一句隱喻paraphrase一下：Messi’s talent is consistently high while other footballers vary and have to be compared against him.

這大概是對一位職業球員最高的讚譽吧！

於廣大球迷，梅西也是夜空中抬頭可見的北極星，15年如一日。正如《早安隆回》這首歌所唱的：

你是那夜空中最美的星星

照亮我一路前行

你是我生命中最美的相遇

你若安好便是晴天

你是那夜空中最美的星星

陪伴我一路前行

你是我生命中最美的相遇

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