​这段英文是对梅西最高的赞美：他是夜空中的北极星

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2022世界杯落下帷幕。昨晚的决赛看得人心潮澎湃，阿根廷如愿夺冠，梅西终于“封王”，文刀君也终于快“阳康”了。

今早读外媒，读到美国媒体CBS Sports对梅西的一篇特写，文中有两句赞美词写得很有文采，道出了亿万球迷的心声，分享给各位：

（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 away or slowly ease his way to the pinnacle. For almost his entire career, he has been the North Star against which all others are judged.

把梅西比作夜空中的“北极星（North Star）”，这个隐喻真是妙极了。

北极星有什么特点？

孔子说，“（为政以德），譬如北辰，居其所而众星共之”。

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年职业生涯，梅西并非一步步迈向巅峰，而是出道即巅峰；并非短暂闪亮过后走向黯淡，而是如那“居其所而众星共之”的北极星，一直在那里，一直在闪耀。

文刀君把最后一句隐喻paraphrase一下：Messi's talent is consistently high while other footballers vary and have to be compared against him.

这大概是对一位职业球员最高的赞誉吧！

于广大球迷，梅西也是夜空中抬头可见的北极星，15年如一日。正如《早安隆回》这首歌所唱的：

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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